Visas: Skilled Workers
Commons · Question 68831 · Tabled 17 Jul 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Liz Saville Roberts
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made with Cabinet colleagues of how many (a) prison service, (b) DWP and (c) general civil service staff members with Skilled Worker visas will lose their visa eligibility due to
Answer
Answered by Seema Malhotra, 22 Jul 2025
Under the current transitional arrangements, existing Skilled Worker visa holders are exempt from the changes to the skills threshold introduced on 22 July and can continue to extend in their current occupations.