Migrant workers are an important part of the UK workforce. Citizens of most European Economic Area (EEA) countries can work in the UK without special permission. There is a points-based system for non-EEA nationals wishing to work in the UK.
HSBC and Deloitte have pulled job offers to foreign graduates of UK universities after the salary threshold for a skilled worker visa was increased.
The Home Office should retain the graduate visa in its current form, the Migration Advisory Committee has recommended in its graduate visa review.
Asylum seekers should be granted the right to work in the UK after six months to give them the chance to escape poverty, MPs say.
Higher salary thresholds, part of new visa rules for overseas workers, were cited as the reason for the withdrawal of job offers.
Italy has launched a digital nomad visa that will allow remote workers to live and work in the country on a continual basis.
The UK's current immigration policy is harmful to businesses, a report says, organisations still rely on international workers.
The shortage occupation list is being replaced under the new Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules by the UK government.
Firm says it cannot access migrant care workers the Home Office has not yet renewed its immigration permit since rule change.
The Migration Advisory Committee has recommended that only 21 occupations be included on the Immigration Salary List.
A third of doctors and three in 10 nurses working in the health service have come from abroad – the highest proportion since records began.
On 6 February, the Immigration Health Surcharge rose by 66% for those applying to come to the UK or hoping to extend their visas.
International workers keen to take up jobs in the UK are encountering long visa application delays at the Home Office.
The Home Office has said the minimum family visa salary will be increased in stages, starting at £29,000 in the spring.
The high numbers were partly accounted for by the fact just over half (15,067) of these new joiners were educated in the UK.
Net migration hit a record-breaking 745,000 in 2022, according to a revised analysis from the Office for National Statistics.
