When To Submit Your Skilled Worker Extension Application?

Skilled Workers are eligible to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain after completing five continuous years of lawful residence under the Skilled Worker route. However, the relevant migrant's visa must cover the full five-year period to meet this requirement.

If the migrant's current visa does not span five years, they will need to apply for an extension to complete the necessary period before applying for ILR.

In order to make the extension application, the migrant's sponsor will need to assign a new certificate of sponsorship to the migrant confirming the sponsorship work duration – read our article here for further details on determining the correct work dates.

Once the migrant has their new certificate of sponsorship reference number, they can start to consider making their visa application.