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Visas: Social Workers

Commons · Question 95086 · Tabled 27 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 2 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Cat Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether registered social workers will be eligible for the 5 year pathway to settlement for skilled frontline public service workers.

Answer

Answered by Mike Tapp, 2 Dec 2025

In May 2025, the Immigration White Paper set out an increase in the baseline qualification period for settlement from five years to ten, which was collectively agreed across government. A Fairer Pathway to Settlement sets out the Government’s proposed mod...