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17 Feb UKVI plans to lower salary threshold

Posted on February 17, 2020 in EU Immigration, Working in the UK by
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Prime Minister, Boris Johnson and the Home Secretary, Priti Patel are expected to cut the salary threshold for skilled migrants to £25,600 per annum. Under this plan, EU workers will meet the same rules after the Brexit transition period ending on 31 December 2020.

Currently, non-EU migrants who wish to apply for an entry clearance under the Tier 2 (General) visa scheme, will need to obtain a job offer with a minimum £30,000 gross annual salary. Migrants who earn less could still be granted a visa if their job were to be listed on the shortage occupation list.

The UK government is planning to introduce a new Australian- Style Points-Based system on 1 January 2021. Under the new policy, a high level of fluency or having a strong educational background will also count towards obtaining points.

However, the Migration Advisory Committee mentioned that the proposals were “not perfect” and there were “unavoidable, difficult trade-offs”. Christina McAnea, stated “The sector is already in crisis. Placing barriers to recruitment from overseas would cause it huge difficulties. Nor would the government’s idea of a one-year visa be any better. By the time care staff have arrived and settled into their jobs, it’d be time for them to leave. All their experience and training would be lost, and migrant workers would face uncertainty and instability. The elderly and vulnerable people they support would also be left anxious and have their care disrupted.”

The UK government intends for the new scheme to cut the route into the UK for unskilled migrants, reducing the number of unskilled EU migrants by 90,000 per year.

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