Written Question·Home Office·UIN 17827

Visas: Skilled Workers

Tabled: 10 July 2026

Answered: 16 July 2026

Question

Steve Darling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to provide full grandfathering or full transitional protection for Skilled Worker visa holders and their dependants who were already granted leave before any earned settl

Answer

Mike Tapp

The government’s proposals for settlement reform were set out in the Command Paper ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’ (CP1448) and were the subject of a public consultation between 20 November 2025 and 12 February 2026.We received over 200,000 responses fro...

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