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Hey everyone,
Big news out of the UK this week, and I wanted to put it here before it gets lost in group chats.
The government has announced new rules for settling permanently in the UK, the route most of us call ILR. Here’s what’s been reported so far:
- For most workers, the wait is doubling to ten years.
- Nurses, doctors and teachers can still settle after five years.
- Care workers keep the five-year route if they arrived before May 2025, earn at least £25,000 a year and have kept to their visa conditions. That’s a change from an earlier plan that would have made them wait much longer.
- Reports say it applies to people already in the UK, not only new arrivals.
What we're not sure about: when it all starts. One report says 2027, but I haven’t confirmed that, so please check GOV.UK before you plan around any date. And I’m not an immigration lawyer, so don’t take this as advice. Check the Home Office page, or talk to a qualified adviser about your own situation.
I’m posting this because a lot of us have family, friends, or ourselves caught up in this. Nurses, carers, people who came on a student visa and stayed to work. A change from five years to ten affects job decisions, family plans, and where you build a life.
So I’d love to hear from you:
- Are you in the UK on a work visa right now? Does this change your plans: stay, wait it out, or look somewhere else?
- If you’re in one of the groups that keeps the five-year route, how do you feel about it?
- Has anyone already spoken to an adviser or their employer about this? What did you learn?
Share as much or as little as you like. Real stakes here, so let’s keep it respectful.
Sources: GOV.UK, Al Jazeera, Nairametrics, Nov 2-3, 2026.