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Legal migrants face longer waits to settle in UK under new rules
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced changes to settlement rules, doubling waiting times for most migrants from five to ten years.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced changes to settlement rules for legal migrants. Most foreign workers will now wait ten years for indefinite leave to remain, doubled from five years. However, several groups are exempted: care workers earning at least £25,000 annually, public-sector workers including doctors and nurses, and those earning over £50,000 can settle after five years. Those earning above £125,000 can apply after three years. Small boat arrivals will wait twenty years, extending to thirty if they do not work or study. The changes, to be introduced in 2027, represent a softening of original proposals that would have made care workers wait fifteen years.
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