Today the amount of points required to be successfully approved on Tier 1 (General) has been raised from 95 points to 100 points. Also the points awarded to those applicants who have earned over £150,000 has been raised from 75 points to 80 points. The UKBA has also raised the amount of points for those applicants who have an eligible MBA from 75 points to 80 points.
These changes will apply to all applications that are submitted on or after 19 July 2010.
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Monday, 19 July 2010
Changes to Tier 1 (General) visa applications- Temporary Limit
Today two vital changes were implemented to the Tier 1 (General) for those migrants applying under this category.
Temporary Limit on the Number of applications until April 2011
The Increase in the number of points required for Tier 1 from 95 to 100
In this post I will outline the details of the temporary limit and procedural changes:
The UKBA is administering the limit of applications under Tier 1 (General) HOWEVER the process remains the same as before. If you submit a Tier 1 (General) Application, meet the requirements and the monthly limit has not been reached you will be issued the visa in the same way.
If you submit a Tier 1 (General), meet all the requirements but the monthly limit has been reached then the UKBA will defer your application to the next month when the limit allocation is open again.
Under the new rules if you submit an application and you do not meet the requirements then your application will be dealt with even if the monthly limit has been reached. It is important to note that you CAN still submit an application when the limit has been reached.
The process will essentially be on a first come first serve basis and applications will be dealt with in the order in which they are received.
The temporary limit will not be applying to people who are already in the UK, dependents of a Tier 1 Visa Holder and Investor, Entrepreneur and Post-study work categories of Tier 1.
I can foresee many operational issues with the way the UKBA has approached this process, for example when you submit the application you need to submit your passport and many people who will be applying need to travel and now need to take into account the possibility of delays and when considering travel plans it is very hard to confirm any time frames.
Temporary Limit on the Number of applications until April 2011
The Increase in the number of points required for Tier 1 from 95 to 100
In this post I will outline the details of the temporary limit and procedural changes:
The UKBA is administering the limit of applications under Tier 1 (General) HOWEVER the process remains the same as before. If you submit a Tier 1 (General) Application, meet the requirements and the monthly limit has not been reached you will be issued the visa in the same way.
If you submit a Tier 1 (General), meet all the requirements but the monthly limit has been reached then the UKBA will defer your application to the next month when the limit allocation is open again.
Under the new rules if you submit an application and you do not meet the requirements then your application will be dealt with even if the monthly limit has been reached. It is important to note that you CAN still submit an application when the limit has been reached.
The process will essentially be on a first come first serve basis and applications will be dealt with in the order in which they are received.
The temporary limit will not be applying to people who are already in the UK, dependents of a Tier 1 Visa Holder and Investor, Entrepreneur and Post-study work categories of Tier 1.
I can foresee many operational issues with the way the UKBA has approached this process, for example when you submit the application you need to submit your passport and many people who will be applying need to travel and now need to take into account the possibility of delays and when considering travel plans it is very hard to confirm any time frames.
Sunday, 6 December 2009
Migration Advisory Committee reviews immigration to the UK for Highly Skilled Migrants
4 December 2009- The UK Govt requested that MAC consider whether the criteria for Tier 1 applications should be changed in 2010 in light of the current Economic situation. The report published states that the Tier 1 is operating well but also recommends the following changes:
- the salary multipliers for each country code needs to be changed
- migrant's with Bachelor degree's but no Master degree's should be allowed to come into the UK if their previous earnings are high enough
- professional qualifications should be considered as equal to masters (in say law or accounting).
- the pay threshold should be increased to 24,000 GBP
- Migrants with 150,000 GMP or over should not need the qualification requirements
- Applicants should receive points for their age if they are under 39
- the period of leave initially granted should be changed to two years and not three
- Post study work visa should be assessed and check if every field should be included in this category of Tier 1
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