Shabana Mahmood to Unveil Final UK Immigration Rules on Monday
The revised system keeps faster routes for high earners and key workers, while extending waits to 20 years for some rule-breakers and 30 years for small-boat arrivals.
- On Monday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced a revised immigration framework, setting a 10-year standard settlement route while preserving a five-year path for eligible care workers who arrived before May 2025 and earn at least £25,000 annually.
- Following a year-long consultation receiving more than 200,000 responses, Mahmood faced intense pressure from Labour lawmakers and unions opposing original proposals that would have required many lower-paid migrants to wait 15 years for permanent residency.
- Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp claimed the concessions expose taxpayers to a £10 billion liability, while the Institute for Public Policy Research projects skilled migrants will contribute a net £115 billion over their lifetimes.
- Migrants earning more than £125,000 qualify for settlement within three years, whereas refugees entering via unsafe routes face up to 30-year waits if they do not work or study, establishing a tiered system tied to contribution and entry method.
- The reforms mark a fundamental shift from residence-based settlement to an 'earned settlement' system where the right to remain is tied to economic contribution and entry method rather than automatic entitlement after five years.
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The British government confirmed on Monday a tightening of the conditions for obtaining permanent residence for legally-status foreign citizens, many of whom were going to wait at least 10 years to be eligible, compared to five years now, informs AFP, taken over by Agerpres. This reform had been announced in November 2025 by the Minister of ...
The British Minister of the Interior, Mahmoud, announced that the qualifying period for "permanent stay" would be extended to 10 years instead of 5 years for foreign workers.
Britain changes the rules for permanent residence, and hundreds of thousands of foreigners will have to wait longer to get the right to stay permanently in the country. For certain categories of refugees, the period can reach 20 or even 30 years.
(London=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Ji-yeon = The UK Labour government is increasing the residency requirement for some immigrants to obtain permanent residency from 5 years to 10 years, among other measures...
The daughter of immigrants from Pakistan is in charge of tightening the conditions for obtaining permanent residence in the United Kingdom. The British Home Secretary, the Labour Party's Shabana Mahmood, announced a reform this Tuesday that represents a fundamental change in the migration model in the islands. However, she has offered one cold and one hot, pressured by the most left-wing sectors of the party.
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