Resource Type: Economic Migration

On 20 November 2025, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood MP announced sweeping changes to the current routes to settlement. The Government has opened a consultation on the changes which will close […]

A Statement of Changes (‘SoC’) to the Immigration Rules (HC 1491) was published on 9 December 2025 and can be read here, alongside its accompanying Explanatory Memorandum. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary […]

ILPA sent the below letter to UKVI on 10 December 2025 expressing our concerns with VFS Global services. UPDATE 22 DECEMBER 2025: ILPA received the below letter from the Co-head […]

ILPA submitted the below response to the Home Office’s Consultation on the Prevention of Illegal Working: Extending the Right to Work Scheme to Other Working Arrangements on 10 December 2025.

ILPA submitted the below response to the Home Affairs Select Committee’s Inquiry into Routes to Settlement on 8 December 2025.

The November 2025 Stakeholder newsletter from UKVI’s External Relations Team can be downloaded below. It provides information under the following headings: