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.
Personnel Today asks whether the new wage threshold and dependants ban are working only too well – and may cause lasting damage to health services.
In the second quarter of 2024 some 1,023 skilled worker licences were suspended (524) or revoked (499). Last year's figure for the same quarter was 117 suspended (89) or revoked (28).
New Home Office figures continue to show a downward trend in work visa applicant numbers, as minister looks to discourage tech sector from searching for overseas talent.
The Home Office has announced plans to recruit 100 immigration intelligence officers.
With the general election now imminent, one topic that has been front and centre of the major parties’ manifestos is legal immigration.
Rishi Sunak has pledged to introduce an annual cap on work and family visas if the Conservatives retain power.
A Nepalese farm labourer is taking a case to employment tribunal that's thought to be the first of its kind in the UK.
Sharp fall in health and social care visas threatens services and growth, warns immigration expert.
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.
