Question follow-through · 17827

Visas: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to provide full grandfathering or full transitional protection for Skilled Worker visa holders and their dependants who were already granted leave before any earned settl

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
10 Jul 2026
Target answer date
14 Jul 2026
Answer
16 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to provide full grandfathering or full transitional protection for Skilled Worker visa holders and their dependants who were already granted leave before any earned settl

  2. 14 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The government’s proposals for settlement reform were set out in the Command Paper ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’ (CP1448) and were the subject of a public consultation between 20 November 2025 and 12 February 2026.We received over 200,000 responses fro...

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