This analysis considers the main changes to the Immigration Rules (the rules) set out in HC 1118. The Statement of Changes was issued on 15 March 2022, along with an Explanatory Memorandum (EM). Subscribers can navigate to specific headings within this Practice Note quickly using the Table of Contents bar on the left side of the screen. In terms of substantive changes, the main headlines are the introduction of the previously trailed ‘Plan for Growth’ routes, revising and rebranding four existing sub-categories together with a new secondment category in the new Global Business Mobility visa routes, and the new Scale-up and High Potential Individual routes. In certain of these new routes some important practical aspects will only be clear once the Sponsor Guidance for the route is published, which is usually on the date of implementation. There is also a new Appendix Settlement Family Life, which puts in simplified format the Rules for partners, parents and dependent children on the ten–year route to settlement, and a new Appendix Private Life, which