NEW SETTLEMENT RULES - 01 Mar 12: Impact on Tier 1 (G)?

[beatallica]

New settlement rules announced today.

Seems like those on Tier 1 (General) - ie the closed route that we can only get extensions for - would not be impacted.

Welcome your views and interpretation

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... settlement

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publicatio ... ettlement/

Cheers.

[Greenie]

there is not any room for interpretation with respect to Tier 1 General - it is not effected by the changes.

[jan77]

Tier 1 General is closed to initial applications. I think thats why they did not mention it


But all hands on deck!

[beatallica]

Doesn't look like T1(G) people get impacted but one small point that worries me. On the "statement of intent" document (http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publicatio ... iew=Binary from http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publicatio ... ettlement/), on p6, it defines T1 as:

From 6 April 2012, Tier 1 will contain the following categories:

• Tier 1 Exceptional Talent for people who are recognised or have the potential to be recognised as leaders in the fields of science, engineering, humanities or the arts.
• Tier 1 Entrepreneurs for people who want to set up or take over, and be actively involved in running, a business or businesses in the UK.
• Tier 1 Investor for people who want to make a substantial investment in the UK.
• Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur for graduates from a UK Higher Education Institution, who have or want to develop an existing viable business proposition.
• Residual routes for those in the Tier 1 (General) and (Post Study Work) categories before their closure.

which is very nice but then it says:

The rules for Tier 1 Investors, Entrepreneurs and Exceptional Talent migrants will remain unchanged, allowing these migrants to continue to apply for unlimited periods of further temporary leave, and for settlement.

my only question is why don't they mention TIer 1 (General) in the above paragraph?
Migrants in Tier 1 who wish to apply for settlement will need to meet the existing requirements in the Immigration Rules. They should be aware that all Immigration Rules are subject to review and change and they will need to meet the rules which are in place at the time they apply for either leave to enter or remain or to settle.

[jan77]

the answer is, may be tier 1 general is not mentioned because at the moment it is a closed route... there is nothing called tier 1 general anymore i mean in principle...