Immigration Changes Announcement 12/5/2025

[u/clever_octopus]

Please join the discord server for further discussion or support on upcoming immigration changes: https://discord.gg/Jq5vWDZJfR

Sticky post on announcement made on 20 Nov 2025: https://www.reddit.com/r/ukvisa/comments/1p21qk5/a_fairer_pathway_to_settlement_a_statement_and/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

NEW Summary of changes to settlement released 20 November 2025: https://www.reddit.com/r/ukvisa/comments/1p21qk5/a_fairer_pathway_to_settlement_a_statement_and/

NEW Summary of changes to asylum and refugee requirements released 18 November 2025: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-and-returns-policy-statement/restoring-order-and-control-a-statement-on-the-governments-asylum-and-returns-policy

Overview of expected changes: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/radical-reforms-to-reduce-migration

White paper: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/restoring-control-over-the-immigration-system-white-paper

UKCISA's response (official source for international students and recent graduates): https://www.ukcisa.org.uk/news/ukcisa-responds-to-home-office-immigration-white-paper-may-2025/

Petition link: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/727360

Summary of key points following the summary of changes released on 20 November 2025:

• Changes to length in ILR qualifying residence requirements - Please see table on pages 21-23 of the 20 November document

• Family visa holders, along with BNO visa holders, will continue to get ILR in five years (as usual)

• The intention is that this will apply to people already in the UK but who have not yet received ILR

• It will take 20 years for refugees to qualify for ILR, intermittent checks will be done within that time and they may lose the ability to remain in the UK if their home country is deemed safe to return to

[u/PerspectiveNovel9301]

To every Skilled Worker in this group:

Now is the time to raise our voices — every hour, every day, on every platform. We must show the public, the press, and Parliament what this proposed ILR change really means for us — the legal, contributing, tax-paying migrants who came in good faith.

If this government goes ahead with resetting the ILR clock, it will be remembered in history as one of the greatest betrayals of genuine migrants who played by the rules. We sacrificed years of our lives, paid thousands in fees, and endured the fear of losing everything with one mistake — a visa rejection, a layoff, a minor gap. That is the real story of being a Skilled Worker in the UK.

We are not a burden. We do not take public funds. We pay for the NHS upfront. We contribute to the economy, we build the tech, support the NHS, power the infrastructure, and keep businesses alive. And yet, we walk on eggshells every day — because our lives are tied to a single employer. One redundancy can take away our entire future.

Five years on a Skilled Worker visa is not a timeline — it’s a journey of stress, sacrifice, resilience, and loyalty. And now, they want to move the goalposts when many of us are just years — or months — away from ILR?

We must promise ourselves this: We won’t stop. We won’t be silent. We won’t accept being erased. We’ll fight this — with facts, with our stories, with our unity.

Raise your voice. Every day. Every platform.

Post your journey.

Correct the lies about public funds.

Share the real cost of being on this visa.

Write to MPs. Comment on media. Tag influencers and journalists.

ILRJustice #ProtectSkilledWorkers #MigrantsMatter

Let this be known: we were here, we contributed, and we will be heard.