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Immigration: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to allow migrant nurses who are not employed by the NHS to qualify for indefinite leave to remain after 5 years.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
12 Mar 2026
Answer
12 Mar 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to allow migrant nurses who are not employed by the NHS to qualify for indefinite leave to remain after 5 years.

  2. 12 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Government recognises and values the important contribution that nurses make to the UK and our National Health Service.The earned settlement public consultation ran for 12 weeks and closed on 12 February 2026. We are now reviewing and analysing all re...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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