Tag Archives: Immigration

Major Changes to Tier 1 & Tier 2 Announced

Changes to Tier 1 (for Highly Skilled Individuals) Tier 1 General: The ‘General’ subcategory of Tier 1 will be closed all together. Tier 1 (Entrepreneur):  The ‘Entrepreneur’ sub category of Tier 1 will be reformed to make it more attractive to international Entrepreneurs. Promising start up companies which do not meet the investment threshold will […]

MAC Publishes Immigration Cap Report

In response to the findings the Immigration Minister, Damian Green, said that “We thank the Migration Advisory Committee for their report, which we have analysed in great detail, and we will be announcing the details of our policy shortly. Bringing down net migration to sustainable levels will not be easy. We will not be able […]

UKBA Study finds that 33% of Tier 1 Migrants in low-skilled jobs

The Coalition Government’s Immigration Minister, Damian Green, said that ‘While it is important that low-skilled jobs are filled, there are hundreds of thousands of British people who could be doing them instead of a migrant. Those coming into the UK under the highly skilled migrant route should only be able to do highly skilled jobs […]

Car Manufacturers wary of Immigration Cap

However, David Cameron recenlty reassured UK business leaders that the Coalition Government would adopt a ‘flexible system’ when introducing the permanent Immigration Cap next April. Speaking to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) the Prime Minister said \”Let me give you this assurance. As we control our borders and bring immigration to a manageable level, […]

Prime Minister reassures UK Businesses over Immigration Cap

In July of this year the Government introduced an interim Immigration Cap set 5% below last years Tier 1 (formerly HSMP) and Tier 2 (formerly Work Permit) approval total. Since the introduction of the cap many multinational corporations have complained that they have been unable to bring in the highly skilled professionals they need causing […]

APSCO says Tier 2 ICT must be included in Immigration Cap

APSCo told Migration Advisory Committee that \”If intra-company transfers are excluded the Immigration Cap will do little to restrict the influx of non-EU IT workers to the UK.\” Ann Swain, the Chief Executive of APSCo also said that the Resident Labour Market Test should also be applied to Intra Company Transfers. She went on to […]

Home Office Budget cut by 23% – Down to £8.5 Billion by 2014/15

Of the 20,000 active posts currently within the UK Border Agency more than 5,000 are expected to go, with officials insisting that the impact on border controls can be kept to a minimum by making efficiency savings and improving productivity. In response to the Spending Review the UK Border Agency has said that ‘while meeting […]

Tier 1 & Tier 5 Migrants will require Biometric Residence Permits

The biometric residence permits, which are already required by Tier 2 migrants, will replace the stickers (known as ‘vignettes’) which Tier 1 and Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) migrants currently hold in their passports. In the future these migrants will be required to provide biometric information including a digital photograph and fingerprints before being allowed to […]

Government Challenged over one rule for Premiership Footballers and another for Elite Scientists & Engineers

The letter sent to the Times was signed by eight of the eleven British or British based scientists to win the Nobel science award since 1996, including Professor Andre Geim and Professor Konstantin Novoselov, two Russian scientists from the University of Manchester who invented grapheme. Professor Novoselov said that ”the UK risks losing senior figures […]

Nick Boles calls for £5,000 Public Services fee for Migrants

Recently Mr Boles said that \”We need to make sure people who come here make a financial commitment to the country which they\’ll get back in a few years time.\” However, the highly controversial suggestion would be very difficult to bring into force due to the sheer weight of opposition. Skilled & highly skilled workers […]