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🚨 SUMMARY: Shabana Mahmood's reforms to settlement in the UK for migrants - Social care migrants who arrived before May 2025, earn at least £25,000 and meet their visa conditions will keep the 5 year wait to settlement, a U-turn on the proposed 15 years after Labour backlash - Social care migrants who don't meet the above will be given a "second chance" and face a 10 year wait - In another U-turn, 136,000 dependants of the eligible care workers will face a 5 year wait alongside their partners rather than having to qualify independently - Migrants who didn't arrive by small boat will face a 10 year wait if they work or study, or 20 years if they don't. Small boat migrants will face a 20 year wait if they work or study, rising to 30 years if they don't - The highest earners (£125,141+) will face a 3 year wait - Doctors, nurses, teachers earning over £50,271 and refugees arriving through safe and legal routes will face a 5 year wait if they arrived before May 2025 - The standard wait for most other legal migrants will increase from 5 to 10 years, down from the proposed 15 years - Migrants who breach visa rules or claim certain benefits will face a 20 year wait - Migrants will also no longer be banned from claiming benefits after gaining settlement - Anyone applying for settlement will need a clean criminal record, higher English language proficiency, no outstanding debts to the taxpayer and a record of sustained National Insurance contributions