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December 2022
JCWI and Praxis’s joint policy one-pager on why we must cap routes to settlement at 5 years and abolish the lengthy and expensive 10-year route.
What’s the ask?
Everyone should be able to access settlement after 5 years’ documented residence.
What is ‘settlement’?
This refers to permanent residence, or Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR). People who are ‘settled’ in the UK can live, work and access state support indefinitely, and no longer apply to extend their right to stay every few years. After having ILR for 12 months, most people can apply for Citizenship.
Background
Once people enter the UK, they form permanent relationships and communities, and put down roots. The UK’s current immigration system does not take this into account. Instead, it creates precarity and can cause people to become undocumented.  Too many visas come with no pathway to settlement or renewal, and others include a long …