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UK immigration weekly: White Paper on work, study and settlement; right to work extended to gig economy; sponsor data; key case law (QY, Musarat Bibi, U3/SIAC)—15 May 2025

Published on: 15 May 2025

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  • Key developments
  • UK immigration control: how it works
  • Work sponsorships: sponsors
  • Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement
  • Citizenship applications
  • Daily and weekly news alerts
  • New and updated content
  • Key developments
  • Future developments—Immigration calendar

Note that our Immigration calendar sets out key forthcoming developments relevant to business immigration advisers.

UK immigration control: how it works

Immigration White Paper heralds significant changes to UK immigration system

The government has issued its long‑awaited White Paper on lawful migration, ‘Restoring Control over the Immigration system’, setting out major reforms across the system, with the stated objective of cutting net migration and reasserting control. In the employment context, this includes lifting the skill threshold for Skilled Worker back to the Tier 2 graduate standard and turning all Points‑Based System routes into ten‑year pathways to settlement, with a new points‑led method to shorten that period based on contributions to the economy and society. A suite of measures seeks to reduce work migration overall, steering employers towards training and investing in the domestic labour market rather than relying on overseas workers. The paper also details broad reforms to study routes, English language requirements, ‘earned’ settlement/citizenship, and enforcement...

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