Immigrating to the UK

[Priapus]

So anyone coming here on a skilled visa earning under £50k will have to wait ten years now, to qualify. Unless you’re in education, doctors etc.

 

[Dave]

So anyone coming here on a skilled visa earning under £50k will have to wait ten years now, to qualify. Unless you’re in education, doctors etc.

It’s a fairly long list, I managed to find the full .gov publication from today.

This is from Annex C

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6ae89fddf4a6b3f59cf37580/FINAL_VERSION_-_Earned_Settlement_-_Consultation_Response.pdf

Generalist medical practitioners

Specialist medical practitioners

Physiotherapists

Occupational therapists

Speech and language therapists

Psychotherapists and cognitive behaviour therapists

Clinical psychologists

Other psychologists

Therapy professionals not elsewhere classified

Midwifery nurses

Registered community nurses

Registered specialist nurses

Registered nurse practitioners

Registered mental health nurses

Registered children’s nurses

Other registered nursing professionals

Pharmacists

Optometrists

Dental practitioners55

Medical radiographers

Paramedics

Podiatrists

Other health professionals not elsewhere classified

Further education teaching professional

Secondary education teaching professionals

Primary education teaching professionals

Nursery education teaching professionals

Special and additional needs education teaching professionals

Head teachers and principals

Social workers

 

[2026]

So anyone coming here on a skilled visa earning under £50k will have to wait ten years now, to qualify. Unless you’re in education, doctors etc.

It's not only longer to wait, but would carry that NHS sub charge fee. So if you earn less you will effectively pay more while waiting longer.

It's really harsh, specifically on anyone here who didn't plan/save for this

 

[2026]

"
A recognised British connection will include:
• eligible partners, parents and children of British citizens; and
• Commonwealth citizens who qualify through the UK Ancestry route on the basis of
having a UK-born grandparent."

Ok, ancestral visas are considered British connects

 

[Priapus]

It's not only longer to wait, but would carry that NHS sub charge fee. So if you earn less you will effectively pay more while waiting longer.

It's really harsh, specifically on anyone here who didn't plan/save for this

Yeah you’d need to pay for two more visas. So 4 in total. Eish.

 

[The Voice]

Overall, yes.

Though 50k is probably a little high for the 5 year option, it could have been 36k-40k and been a bit fairer to those working outside London/the South East.

From what I've been seeing online, it's not retrospective, so you would've had to have been on 50k+ for the entire 5 years.

I think the u-turn for carers is a mistake, because the 15-year rule massively cut down the number of "carers" coming over here. Now the floodgates (and dodgy "care home agents" who take advantage of people) are going to open again.

 

[Priapus]

From what I've been seeing online, it's not retrospective, so you would've had to have been on 50k+ for the entire 5 years.

I think the u-turn for carers is a mistake, because the 15-year rule massively cut down the number of "carers" coming over here. Now the floodgates (and dodgy "care home agents" who take advantage of people) are going to open again.

It’s still ten years for them though isn’t it? And the Home Office is not issuing care visas at the moment. I think the U turn is for those already here. Around 220k would have been affected.