Earned Settlement Calculator
See your ILR date under today’s rules next to your likely pathway under the earned settlement policy, and the requirement that decides it.
Enter your route, start date and income for the last seven tax years to compare two dates: your earliest ILR application date under the rules in force today, and your indicative date under the earned settlement pathways the Government announced on 2 November 2026 (CP 1707). Earned settlement is not yet law; rule changes are expected from December 2026 and through 2027.
Earned settlement calculator
Compare your ILR date under today’s rules with your likely pathway under the earned settlement policy announced on 2 November 2026. Runs in your browser; nothing is stored or sent.
Earned settlement is announced policy (CP 1707), not yet law. Rule changes are expected from December 2026 and through 2027, and applications are ordinarily decided under the Rules in force at the date of decision. The earnings test uses the years before you apply; this tool treats the years you enter as those years. Estimate only, not immigration advice.
How this calculator works
The today result uses your route’s current qualifying period and the 28-day early application rule. The earned settlement result applies the CP 1707 pathways in this order: criminality, then public funds and immigration breaches (20 years), then earnings of £125,141 in 3 of 4 years (3 years), £50,271 in 3 of 5 years, public service occupations, British connections and the care worker transitional rule (5 years), and finally the £12,571 or £25,142 household contribution test (10 years).
| Pathway | Main tests |
|---|---|
| 3 years | £125,141 in 3 of the last 4 years, on Skilled Worker, Global Talent or Innovator Founder |
| 5 years | £50,271 in 3 of the last 5 years; eligible public service occupation; partner of a British citizen; UK Ancestry; BN(O); care workers who joined before May 2025 earning £25,000 |
| 10 years | £12,571 in 5 of the last 7 years, or £25,142 household income |
| 20 years | Specified public funds in the last 5 years, or an adult immigration breach |
What it cannot tell you
- Whether transitional provisions will protect an application already made when the rules change.
- Exact public funds exemptions, which will be published before implementation.
- Whether you are in the 3-year Highest Talent Group, which is under Migration Advisory Committee review.
- How absences will be treated under the new framework. For today’s 180-day rule, use the ILR absence calculator.
Read the full policy in earned settlement UK explained.
Official sources
Always check the original documents for the current position.
- GOV.UK — A Fairer Pathway to Settlement: Government response (CP 1707) — the final policy, 2 November 2026
- GOV.UK — Home Secretary’s statement to Parliament — timing of the rule changes
- GOV.UK — Indefinite Leave to Remain — the rules that apply today
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about calculating ILR under earned settlement.
How do I calculate my ILR date under earned settlement?
Is the earned settlement calculator result final?
My salary is £27,000. How long until ILR?
Does the calculator store my data?
Our editorial and accuracy standards
ILR Calculator UK is an independent, free settlement-planning resource. This page is written from the Government response CP 1707 and the Immigration Rules, with primary sources linked. We mark clearly what is announced policy and what is law, and re-check the page after each Statement of Changes. Researched and maintained by Howard Wilson, Editor. Read our editorial standards.
This site provides general information, not regulated immigration advice. For a view on your own case, use an adviser regulated by the Immigration Advice Authority (IAA) or a solicitor.