UK Immigration News

UK business leaders have launched a scathing attack on Migration Watch UK – a self-proclaimed, independent, non-political think tank, which campaigns for tighter UK immigration rules – after the organisation claimed that the Tier 2 visa system and Tier 2 Sponsorship Licence scheme had a ‘negligible effect on the ability of companies to recruit skilled wo

Restrictive UK Visa policies are continuing to cause problems in the UK.  It is difficult to obtain an UK Tier 2 Sponsorship Licence and Tier 2 Visa.  Job site, Indeed.com has urged Britain’s tech sector to rally together to attract more non-EU workers on Tier 2 visas to plug skills gaps in cyber-security.

UK Visas remains a hot topic.  Scottish National Party (SNP) MPs have vowed to ‘keep the pressure’ on the Home Office over UK immigration rules. The SNP’s pledge comes after Glasgow Central MP, Alison Thewliss, met with UK immigration minister, Robert Goodwill. Following the meeting, Thewliss expressed her disappointment, saying ‘no progress was achieved.’

UK Visa rules must be relaxed.  Australia has told the UK to relax Tier 2 visa restrictions and Tier 2 Sponsorship Licence rules if it wants to strike a free trade deal post-Brexit. Australia’s high commissioner to the UK, Alexander Downer, said that Canberra – Australia’s capital city – would seek better access for business people operating in the UK before agreeing any post-Brexit deal.

Research published by Oxford University reveals that current UK immigration levels are necessary if Brits don’t want to see the state pension age increased.

Following the last Tier 2 visa allocation meeting of 2016, the number of restricted Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) available for January 2017 was 2,803, according to UK Visas and Immigration data. The department published its December report stating that its figures were correct as of 19 December, 2016.