Written questions

Visas: Skilled Workers

Commons · Question 94807 · Tabled 26 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 2 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of applying the (a) proposed salary threshold and (b) RQF Level 6 requirements for Skilled Worker visas retrospectively to individuals already in t

Answer

Answered by Mike Tapp, 2 Dec 2025

A Fairer Pathway to Settlement, sets out the Government’s proposed model for earned settlement, and accompanies the current public consultation on settlement reform, which is open until 12 February 2026. This proposes a qualification period for settlement...