Home Office written question – answered at on 2 December 2025.
Alex Easton
Independent, North Down
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether individuals currently residing on a UK Ancestry visa and working towards Indefinite Leave to Remain under the existing five-year residency requirement will be required to meet the proposed ten-year residency rule in proposed changes to immigration rules.
Mike Tapp
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
We are currently holding a public consultation on new settlement rules. Following that, we will provide details of how this initiative will work, including on any transitional arrangements for people already in the UK.
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