When can you get UK settlement (ILR)?

Pick your route and the month you started (or will start) living in the UK to see your indicative earliest ILR and citizenship dates. Free, instant, no sign-up.

Continuous lawful residence on the Skilled Worker route, meeting salary and absence rules.

Residence starts

August 2026

Earliest ILR

August 2031

after 5 years

Citizenship (indicative)

August 2032

ILR + 12 months

That is roughly 5 years from now to ILR eligibility.

Indicative guide only, not immigration advice or a decision. Your actual qualifying period depends on continuous lawful residence, permitted absences, meeting the route conditions throughout, and the rules in force when you apply. Partners of British citizens can often apply for citizenship as soon as they hold ILR. We confirm your exact settlement clock for your circumstances.

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