Process & Timing
Path from UK Skilled Worker Visa to ILR
Skilled Worker visa holders can apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain after 5 continuous years on the route, subject to absence rules, salary at extension, and Life in the UK test.
Key fact
5 continuous years on Skilled Worker required for ILR
Step-by-step
- 1Maintain Skilled Worker visa for 5 continuous years (extensions count).
- 2Stay within 180 days of absence in any rolling 12-month period.
- 3Pass Life in the UK test (£50) and English language B1 evidence.
- 4Salary at ILR application must meet the going rate.
- 5Apply via gov.uk SET (M); fee £3,029.
- 6After ILR, can apply for British citizenship 12 months later.