United Kingdom: General Immigration

The Skilled Worker Route enables individuals to be sponsored by and work for businesses in the UK that hold Skilled Worker sponsor licences. Individuals that hold permission on the Skilled Worker route...

In the forthcoming overhaul of UK immigration, major changes will affect the rules on indefinite leave to remain or settlement. Implementation of the proposed "earned settlement" framework is planned to begin in April 2026.

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Join Gary McIndoe, Mohammed Hafejee and Keelin Claffey from Latitude Law as they break down the UK's latest immigration reforms in this Mondaq Spotlight: Navigating the UK's New Immigration Landscape.

In May 2025, the UK Government published an Immigration White Paper setting out proposed changes to the immigration system, including an intention to increase the qualifying residence period for settlement (also known as indefinite leave to remain or ILR) from five to 10 years. The White Paper also introduced the concept of "earned settlement", whereby migrants could reduce the 10-year qualifying period by meeting additional criteria in relation to their contributions to and integration into UK society.

Immigration Skills Charge (ISC) is the mandatory fee sponsor employers are required to pay when hiring an employee from outside the UK on certain work visa categories.

In an almost first-ever, the UK Government has recently announced an unprecedented rise to the Immigration Skills Charge (or 'ISC'), coming into effect 16 December 2025.

Following the UK Government's Immigration White Paper, "Restoring control over the immigration system", which was published in May 2025, the government has rapidly implemented key changes to the Immigration Rules.