
Keep the current 10-year route with continuous residence unchanged, as it’s already a 10-year pathway to settlement. However, in exceptional circumstances, create an early settlement option for people who contribute significantly or have a high English language proficiency.
Shabana Mahmood
Home Secretary
Keep 5 year route to ILR for Existing Ancestry Visa Holders
Do not apply new ILR rules to those who arrived before 2021 on a 10 year route
Abolish 10 year spouse route and replace with one 5 year route to ILR
Keep the 5-Year ILR route for refugees. Do not extend it to 10 or 20 years
Keep 5 Year ILR route for people who came to UK in 2023 or later
Keep the current 10-year route with continuous residence unchanged, as it’s already a 10-year pathway to settlement. However, in exceptional circumstances, create an early settlement option for people who contribute significantly or have a high English language proficiency.
Keep 5 year route to ILR for Existing Ancestry Visa Holders
Do not apply new ILR rules to those who arrived before 2021 on a 10 year route
Abolish 10 year spouse route and replace with one 5 year route to ILR
Keep the 5-Year ILR route for refugees. Do not extend it to 10 or 20 years
Keep 5 Year ILR route for people who came to UK in 2023 or later