Visas: Skilled Workers
Commons · Question 68947 · Tabled 17 Jul 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Ann Davies
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has she made of the potential merits of using the certificate of sponsorship start date to start the qualifying period for care workers on skilled worker visas to apply for indefinite
Answer
Answered by Seema Malhotra, 22 Jul 2025
The requirement to hold a certificate of sponsorship is part of the eligibility criteria of the skilled worker route and does not confer any permission to enter or stay in the UK. An applicant for settlement must show a period of lawful continuous residen...