The UK Government published their immigration White Paper on 12 May 2025. The White Paper is a statement of intent, setting out how the government intends to fundamentally change the immigration system to reduce net migration numbers and push employers to do more to attract, recruit, and train domestic workers.
The paper itself is concerned with work, student, and family migration. It has been drafted in strong terms and promises to substantially tighten and enforce the rules and better enable integration. We have drafted this guide to help employers absorb and plan for the changes that are coming to work migration and permanent residence. It will help you to understand what is coming, when you could expect the changes to happen, what to say, and what you can do now and in the future. The guide itself is not concerned with family or student migration, but those changes do matter too and we would be happy to have a broader conversation, where helpful.
Andrea Als
andrea.als@vialto.com
Lyudmyla Davies
lyudmyla.davies@vialto.com
Tom Marsom
tom.marsom@vialto.com
Ian Robinson
ian.j.robinson@vialto.com
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