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Proposals to Overhaul the Tier 2 Visa Published

Saturday 29th September 2018

The Migration Advisory Committee recommended in its report earlier this month, that free movement for EU citizens should end after Brexit. They also recommended that the current Tier 2 Immigration route be expanded to also include medium-skilled workers to the UK.

These are welcome news for non-EU citizens because of potential opening of additional immigration options, as well as ending the free movement may result in more job opportunities opening up for non-EU citizens.

At the same time, the EU workers will unfortunately face the same immigration rules as non-EU workers.

Recommendations by the Migration Advisory Committee Include:

• No free movement for EU workers. They will be treated in the same way as non-EU workers.
• No low-skilled worker schemes will be created. The only exception is the Seasonal Agricultural scheme that comes into operation in the spring of 2019.
• No changes to how the current Tier 2 Intra Company transfer route works.
• The Tier 2 visa cap to be removed.
• Medium skilled jobs (at RQF Level 3, 4 and 5 and 6) to be included in the Tier 2 Skilled worker route.
• The minimum salary threshold of £30,000 to be maintained for all Tier 2 jobs.
• The Resident Labour Market Test for Tier 2 Skilled Workers to be abolished.
• Tier 2 workers will be able to change employer in-country.

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