Settlement & ILR at scale: a practical guide for large and growing sponsors

With 50 or 500 sponsored workers, settlement isn't a one-off form. It's a rolling pipeline of indefinite leave to remain (ILR) applications, each one needing your confirmation that the role and salary still stand, a clean absence record, and five years of consistent reporting behind it. Lose track of who qualifies when and you end up paying for visa extensions you didn't need, or hunting for records the Home Office expects you to have on file.

The rules are moving too. The English language requirement for settlement rises from B1 to B2 on 26 March 2027, and the government's earned settlement proposals, which would raise the standard qualifying period from five to ten years, are still to be confirmed. This session separates what's fixed from what's still proposed, and shows larger sponsors how to plan their settlement pipeline either way. Every attendee gets a settlement readiness checklist, plus live Q&A with our IAA-regulated immigration adviser.

Join the session at 11am UK on 13 October 2026.

What you'll learn

• How to map every sponsored worker's settlement date, so no ILR window or visa extension catches you out.
• The current ILR requirements for Skilled Worker and Health and Care Worker visa holders, and the records you'll need to back them up.
• What's confirmed and what's still proposed under earned settlement, including the B2 English change from 26 March 2027.
• How to plan the cost, timing and workforce impact of settlement across a large sponsored team.