A proposed overhaul of UK settlement rules would double the wait for permanent residence, and it reaches back to sponsored engineers already here. For AI employers, it is quietly becoming a retention problem.

By Sunny Sandhu, Senior Immigration Associate, AY&J Solicitors

For years, the offer that brought skilled engineers to Britain was straightforward: work here for five years, and permanent settlement follows. That promise is now under review, and for the sponsored specialists the AI sector depends on, the recalculation has already begun, even though not a single rule has yet changed.

The cause is a proposed overhaul the government calls…

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