- Minimum salary likely for ILR applicants post 2016
- A2 worker rules likely to remain in force until 2014
- Revised shortage occupation list proposed by the MAC
- Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) category starts 9th August 2011
- Government signals end of ILR for migrant workers
Minimum annual pay is the best way to select which highly skilled migrant workers should be eligible for settlement, the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has recommended. The MAC was commissioned by the government in June to identify the most...
The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has looked at the consequences of maintaining or lifting the current employment restrictions on workers from Bulgaria and Romania. The government has the option of lifting the transitional controls at the end...
The Migration Advisory Committee has today advised that the Shortage Occupation List be revised to restrict migrants from outside the European Economic Area to a smaller proportion of occupations within the UK labour market.Today the Migration...
The government has today announced the way that it will encourage exceptionally talented leaders in the fields of science, humanities, engineering and the arts to come to the UK.The new Tier 1 (Exceptional talent) category will open on 9 August...
Migrants coming to the UK to work on temporary visas will no longer be able to apply for settlement, under proposals announced by the government today.Launching a public consultation on reforms to the work routes leading to settlement, Immigration...

