UK Settlement Shake-Up: Implications for HR & Employers
The Home Secretary has launched a formal consultation on a new earned settlement system for Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK. The consultation proposes moving away from the familiar five-year route to ILR for most workers and their families and replacing it with a ten-year default that can be shortened or lengthened depending on […]
UK Consults on Earned Settlement Rules for ILR
The Home Office has launched a major consultation on reforms that would fundamentally change how migrants qualify for Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK. The reforms, set out in the Command Paper, A Fairer Pathway to Settlement, propose an earned settlement system that replaces the standard five-year ILR route for most migrants with a […]
Earned Settlement: UK Consults on ILR Changes with 10-Year Default
The Home Office has launched a consultation on a new, contribution-based ‘Earned Settlement system that would replace the long-standing five-year route to Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) for most migrants. The Home Secretary’s ‘command paper’ sets out what could be a fundamental shift in UK ILR rules: settlement would no longer be presented as a predictable […]