Visas: Skilled Workers
Commons · Question 105322 · Tabled 13 Jan 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Alex Sobel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the White Paper entitled Restoring Control over the Immigration System, published on 12 May 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed Indefinite Leave to
Answer
Answered by Mike Tapp, 21 Jan 2026
The earned settlement model, proposed in ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’, will raise the standard qualifying period for settlement from five years to ten years.We are proposing a series of tests that will measure a person’s contribution to this country a...