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UK Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, has hinted that a post-Brexit, UK visa for ‘skilled EU workers’ will be made available to continue attracting the top talent needed by Britain’s digital industry. In a written statement published in the Financial Times, Rudd said: “The UK must remain a hub for international talent.”
Plans to grant EU migrants - under the age of 30 - a two-year UK visa that would allow them to live and work in Britain post-Brexit, are being considered by the UK government. According to a government commissioned review, ‘young EU migrants have a longer working life ahead of them and will make a greater contribution to UK public finances.’
Reports have surfaced that more foreign investors are looking to the UK’s tier 1 entrepreneur visa with a view to entering the country, and finding out how business will be conducted in post-Brexit Britain. London has become a particular hotspot for foreign investors in recent months, attracting more investment than anywhere else in Europe.
In a bid to attract foreign entrepreneurial talent, the UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT) has endorsed a number of major ‘seed competitions’. This enables the DIT to award funding to companies - monies that are recognised by the Home Office as ‘available’ for Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa applications.
A points based US Green Card system will be introduced favouring English speaking skilled workers, while deterring low-skilled nationals, the White House has announced. The new, proposed system will be similar to those in operation in Australia and Canada.
Concerns that the recently announced RAISE Act will affect L1 visa applications have been quashed by experts. On August 2, President Donald Trump – along with Senators David Perdue and Tom Cotton - announced the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act (RAISE) as the first ‘meaningful’ US immigration legislation under Trump.