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CHANGES TO TIER 1 AND TIER 2 OF THE POINTS-BASED SYSTEM
STATEMENT OF POLICY
CONTENTS
Introduction 2
Changes to Tier 1 (Highly skilled workers) 3
Changes to Tier 2 (Skilled workers with a job offer) 7
New sub-categories for Intra-Company Transfers 11
Changes beyond April 2010 14
Useful contacts 16
Annex A: List of graduate occupations 17
1
INTRODUCTION
1.
When we launched the Points-Based System two years ago, it was the biggest change to our immigration system in 45 years. The new system was designed from the outset to be flexible and to respond to changing economic needs.
2.
This paper sets out changes we are making to Tier 1 (for highly skilled workers) and Tier 2 (for skilled workers with a job offer). These changes will come into effect on 6 April 2010, to coincide with the common commencement date for employment regulations.
3.
At the same time as we launched the Points-Based System, we set up the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to provide Government with independent, evidence-based advice on issues relating to migration. Many of the changes set out in this document implement recommendations made by the MAC in its reports published on 19 August 2009 and 4 December 2009.
4.
The changes recommended by the MAC include new points tables for Tier 1 and Tier 2, including points for highly skilled workers with undergraduate degrees or no degrees under Tier 1, and more protection against intra-company transfers being used to displace resident workers. The reports the Committee has published are robust and thorough pieces of research, but do not represent final Government policy. The purpose of this paper is to set out the specific details of the Government’s response.
5.
Some of the details of how the Government plans to implement the MAC’s recommendations have evolved from what was published in the MAC’s reports. These small alterations, which do not alter the essence of the recommendations, have been made as a result of practical considerations and following consultations the Government has had with a wide range of sponsors, trade unions and other stakeholder organisations.
6.
We are also making other changes to Tiers 1 and 2, in addition to those recommended by the MAC. These include altering the provisions for doctors in training, and a new route for skills transfers. These changes have come about as a result of feedback we have had from sponsors who use the Points-Based System. They are designed to provide added flexibility to employers without compromising the aims of the system and the protection offered to resident workers.
7.
This paper is intended to give an overview of the changes we are making, so that applicants and sponsors have time to prepare. It is not a comprehensive guide to making an application, and should not be referred to as such.
8.
The changes to the Immigration Rules that bring these changes into effect have been laid before Parliament and published in the “Policy and Lawâ€
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