Found something else as well, on the MAC consultation paper, on page 7 section 2.20, it defines only PSW and ICT as "temporary migration", and I think that's what Theresa May meant when she said "temporary work should not lead to permanent settlement. That means those already holding ...

On UKBA's website, there is a page listing all the kinds of visa that could eventually lead to PR, it did say the number of years needed before applying for PR may subject to change (possible but highly unlikely because of the restriction from European directive), but the expectation those that alre...

The "earned citizenship" provisions of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 are set to come into force on such date as the Home Secretary orders. The last government said that it intended to issue an order to bring the relevant sections into force in July 2011, but had not ye...

On this page, http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/settl ... tiontypes/ you can see that all these different type of visa can lead to settlement (PR), and that's called legitimate expectation.

I thought Tier2-ICT applied after april 6 2010 already lost the right to settlement.

And another question, this new law that supposed to come into force July 2011 was made into law back in July 2009, why do they have to wait 2 years?

Parliament would generally need to be given 21 days notice, however, this isn't always the case. For example, statement of change HC 439 was presented to parliament on 18 March this year and came into effect on 6 April. Shouldn't the new rule, whatever that might be, be a Bill or something, that re...

Whatever they are coming up with, how long would it take to go through parliament and come into force?