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General requirements definition

What does General requirements mean? In construction practice, “general requirements” describes the project or site overheads needed to run the job but not tied to a specific construction activity. In UK and Irish usage this aligns with “preliminaries” in bills of quantities and standard forms (e.g. JCT and NEC), and is a descriptive, industry term rather than one defined by legislation or case law. Typical items include rental of the contractor’s buildings and site accommodation, offices and welfare, general support and supervisory staff costs, security, temporary utilities and services, health and safety management, insurances and bonds, permits, communications, cleaning and waste management,...

Settlement (ILR) in UK work, business and investment routes: qualifying periods, absences, continuous residence, dependants, English and Life in the UK, criminality, and forthcoming Earned Settlement reforms

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Practice notes

Forthcoming development:

The Home Office has released a policy paper and consultation on its ‘Earned Settlement’ plans, set to overhaul who can qualify for settlement across all routes, including lengthening residence periods for many applicants. First trailed in the Immigration White Paper in May 2025, a 12-week consultation opened on 28 November 2025. See: Government announces consultation for earned settlement reforms.

This Practice Note outlines the principal shared criteria for settlement applications within the work, business and Investment (collectively, ‘economic’) routes under the Immigration Rules. All routes that have been ‘simplified’ for the post-Brexit system now describe indefinite leave to remain (ILR) simply as settlement. Note that some economic routes do not confer settlement, notably Senior or Specialist Worker, Graduate and High Potential Individual routes, as well as the Temporary Worker routes. In summary, the General requirements are:

absences and maintenance of continuous lawful residence
knowledge of the English language
knowledge of life in the UK

For guidance on how previous criminal conduct or convictions may affect settlement applications, see Practice Note: Suitability and previous conduct...

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Gary McIndoe

Latitude Law

Gary has practised UK-inbound immigration, nationality and refugee law for more than 25 years. His first taste of work in his field was at the Home Office, where his role included policy work on the return of Hong Kong to Chinese control in 1997.He qualified as a solicitor in 2000 and founded Latitude Law in 2007; the firm has grown steadily since then and currently has a 15-strong legal team undertaking a full range of immigration work. Latitude has recognised expertise in guiding businesses, from start-ups to mulitnationals, through sponsor licensing and related regulatory processes. It is also noted for its work with high-net-worth individuals, with particular focus on the sole representative of overseas business, innovator and start-up visa categories.Gary and his team have developed strong links with exceptionally talented individuals in a burgeoning regional tech sector. Latitude also continues to take on...

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