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HC 733: UK Skilled Worker reforms: England care sponsors must recruit from UK pool; salary thresholds increased; repayments, loans and investments deducted from eligible pay; settlement and validity clarifications

Published on: 14 March 2025

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New requirement for care worker sponsors to recruit from UK ‘pool’ first

A new eligibility rule now applies to applicants for care workers and home carers (SOC 2020 code 6135) and senior care workers (SOC 2020 code 6136) where they will be:

working exclusively in England, and
either:
- seeking entry clearance, or
- switching in-country into this route—unless they have already spent at least three months working for the sponsor in one of these SOC 2020 roles under their current immigration route

In these circumstances, the sponsor must confirm it has attempted, but failed, to recruit from the UK-based ‘pool’ of Skilled Workers who:

are currently in the UK,
were most recently sponsored in one of the two SOC 2020 occupation codes above, and
require new sponsorship because:
- their sponsor has lost its licence,
- their sponsor has not provided adequate work, or
- they have been identified by the relevant regional or sub-regional partnership in the sponsor’s area of operation or recruitment as a worker needing assistance to obtain new sponsorship

This confirmation is mandatory before sponsoring eligible applicants under these occupation codes in England...

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