Written Question·Home Office·UIN 103335

Visas: Skilled Workers

Tabled: 6 January 2026
Answered: 13 January 2026

Question

Kevin Hollinrake

ConservativeThirsk and Malton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to introduce transitional arrangements to exempt existing Skilled Worker visa holders in (a) meat hygiene inspector roles and (b) other skilled roles from the retrospectiv

Answer

Mike Tapp
The earned settlement model, proposed in A Fairer Pathway to Settlement, will raise the standard qualifying period for settlement from five years to ten years.We are proposing a series of tests that will measure a person’s contribution to this country and...

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