Question follow-through · 124428

Visas: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Question 86523, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of delays in Certificate of Sponsorship allocations on lawful Skilled Worker visa holders; and what steps ar

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
26 Mar 2026
Target answer date
14 Apr 2026
Answer
14 Apr 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Question 86523, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of delays in Certificate of Sponsorship allocations on lawful Skilled Worker visa holders; and what steps ar

  2. 14 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    Applications for Sponsorship Change of Circumstance are currently within our core service standard.We are aware that our priority services, particularly for applications for UCOS, are oversubscribed and are actively reviewing this.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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