UK and Ireland Settlement Rules for Health Workers: ILR, Stamp 4, long-term residence and citizenship rules and fees

The published rules and fees for settling in the UK on a Skilled Worker or Health and Care Worker visa, and for staying permanently in Ireland on an employment permit: qualifying periods, absence limits, minimum salary, fees, Stamp 4 timing by permit type, long-term residence and citizenship by naturalisation. There are 24 rules, each with its source page (9 in all) and the date it was checked. Published by MedicSail (https://medicsail.com), a licensing consultancy for internationally trained doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists and allied health professionals. The same figures appear on MedicSail's free guides and tools, where they are kept up to date. Files settlement_rules.csv: One row per settlement rule or fee for the UK and Ireland. (24 rows) Column Type Meaning country string United Kingdom or Ireland route string Visa or permit route rule string What the rule or fee is value string The figure or date unit string years, months, days, GBP, EUR or date effective_date datetime Date a fee took effect, where stated source_page_updated datetime Date the official page was last updated, where stated source_name string Official page source_url string URL checked_on datetime Date checked (yyyy-mm-dd) medicsail_page string MedicSail settlement date calculator Notes Nothing is estimated. Each value is exactly as held from the official page named in the row. Where the page shows its own update date, it is in source_page_updated. Rules are those in force on 21 October 2026. UK English for settlement rises to B2 from 26 March 2027 and the earned settlement proposals had not been published when checked. Individual cases differ. Use the source page or an authorised adviser before applying. Check the source page before you rely on or pay anything. Rules and fees change. This is general information, not immigration, legal or professional advice. MedicSail is independent and is not affiliated with any regulator or government body. Licence CC BY 4.0. You may reuse the data with attribution: "MedicSail, UK and Ireland Settlement Rules for Health Workers (October 2026), https://medicsail.com". Also on Kaggle: kaggle.com/datasets/medicsail/uk-ireland-settlement-rules-health-workers. Current figures and guides: medicsail.com.