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07/12/2024

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Under growing pressure to tackle high net migration figures, the Home Office has published plans to clamp down on visa abuse and exploitation to be

26/03/2024

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21/03/2024

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14/03/2024

APPENDIX SKILLED WORKER
STATEMENT OF CHANGES 19TH FEBRUARY 2024

As announced by the Home Secretary on 4 December 2023, changes are being made to tighten the Health and Care Worker route for Skilled Workers sponsored as care workers or senior care in response to high levels of non-compliance and worker exploitation and abuse, as well as unsustainable levels of demand.

Following:
•Remove the provision for dependants to accompany or join workers sponsored in 6145 and 6146 occupation codes (other than providing for children born in the UK to regularise their stay); and
•Narrow the eligibility for workers to be sponsored in these occupation codes in England from all jobs to only jobs where the sponsor is registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and is currently carrying on a regulated activity (this does not affect the eligibility of jobs in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).

05/12/2023

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/most-uk-nationals-unable-to-bring-home-a-foreign-spouse-under-new-migration-rules/ar-AA1kZJ6o?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=596f042539c04a38a10c6154e56fd0e3&ei=11

Only people earning at least £38,700 a year will be entitled to sponsor dependants to get a visa to live in the UK

09/08/2023

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09/08/2023

Statement of changes to the immigration rules published on 17 July 2023.

09/08/2023

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc-1496-17-july-2023
• From 1st January 2024, international students will not be able to bring dependants, unless they are studying a PhD, other doctoral qualification, or a research-based higher degree.

The switching restrictions are introduced to ensure that students are generally not switching incountry to another visa route until they have completed their courses. At present some students abandon their courses and apply for skilled workers or other work visa before completing their studies. This is no longer permitted under the new immigration rules.

The following major change is being made to the student route:

" Removing the ability for international students to switch out of the student route into work routes before their studies have been completed (switching restrictions).

Students on courses at degree level or above will be able to apply for skilled worker or other sponsored visas before course completion, as long as their employment start date is not before their course completion. Those studying towards PhDs will be able to switch after 24 months of study.

To switch to Ancestry visa or Global Talent visa, students can only do so after completion of the course or be studying a full-time course of study leading to the award of a PhD with a higher education provider which has a track record of compliance and have completed at least 24 months of study on that course.

Statement of changes to the immigration rules published on 17 July 2023.

09/08/2023

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/eu-settlement-scheme-enhancements-confirmed

EU Settlement Scheme -1st September 2023

• From 1st September 2023, specific groups with pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme will have their status automatically extended by 2 years if they have not yet obtained settled status by the time their pre-settled status expires. This is a considerable change from the previous requirement for people to actively upgrade their status to settled. The Home Office has also confirmed its plan for those with pre-settled status to automatically move to settled status at the appropriate time, but this is not yet addressed by the recent changes. There are also some changes to the grounds on which people can make a late application to the scheme. The application will now be rejected (with no right of appeal or review) if the applicant cannot overcome the hurdle of persuading the Home Office that they have reasonable grounds for missing the original deadline of 30th June 2021.

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09/08/2023

Statement of changes in Immigration law
August 2023 - Update

• The Shortage Occupation List (SOL) will be updated to include certain construction and fishing roles. The SOL is a list of roles in the UK where labour is in short supply and concessions are made to the usual requirements for skilled workers. In line with this, ‘dry liners’ are being reclassified as ‘plasterers’, enabling people who do drylining to qualify for sponsorship.
• Skilled Worker permission will be granted to GPs in specialty training until 4 months after the end date of their Certificate of Sponsorship (instead of the usual 14 days), allowing GPs additional time in the UK to find employment with a licensed sponsor.
• An extension of the Ukrainian schemes allowing those with permission to extend their stay for a further 3 years. The deadline for applying under the scheme has also been extended to 16 May 2024.
• A requirement of genuineness will be added to Global Business Mobility (GBM), Scale-up and Temporary Worker routes so that applicants must genuinely intend to take up sponsored work and not work in breach of their conditions.
• New Zealand nationals in the UK under the Youth Mobility Scheme can stay in the UK for up to 3 years (rather than the standard 2 years under this scheme).

05/08/2022

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/asylum-seekers-in-uk-waiting-more-than-six-months-for-decision-must-be-allowed-to-work-un-says/ar-AA10j1GF?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=422a4ddb5a434d21becbff627cc7de1e

Asylum seekers in UK waiting more than six months for decision must be allowed to work, UN says - Report finds refugees being sucked into exploitation and modern slavery while having to live off £5 a day