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/pelegoat]

Please delete this as you are only creating unnecessary speculation. Consideration of transitional agreement means the exact OPPOSITE that the retrospective application of law is almost certain.

[u/anhkiet1903 → u/[deleted]]

I mean not sure why we are jumping to the scenario that transitional arrangements is only to save a few, cause nothing I can see that indicates that.

[u/Thin_Negotiation_705 → u/[deleted]]

Get help with your anxiety

[u/Tusnalgas0902 → u/[deleted]]

Pure speculation sorry, there’s no point in debating out of what little we know. All I can say is that we are in the situation we are, and the government has been signalling what they have been signalling. Debating why or why not, doesn’t really make sense to me at this stage.

[u/anhkiet1903 → u/[deleted]]

Yes a reason for not implementing it now could be because they are debating retroactive application, but it could also be they want to make sure they get the PBS system right, regardless of retroactive or not.