I've tried to find the article which references the strict conditions proposed for tier one, but no luck.gordon wrote:But it sounds like the new tier 1 will include all those in HSMP who qualify or renew their leave under the post-Nov-06 rules ('the new rules'), which means that it seems very possible for people with less than a PhD to remain in that category. What proportion of pre-Nov-06 HSMP visaholders will fail to meet the revised pass-mark ? I've read estimates from 20% to 90%, which seems an inordinately and uninformatively wide range.
I thought Byrne's statements were in large part based on the March 2006 paper 'Making migration work for Britain'; while that document suggests that there may be forward changes in minimum salary and point assignments for degrees, has there been official discussion since as to what shape those further changes would take ? Are discussants here otherwise referring to a later position paper ?
I've not seen any statistics that indicate average schooling level, average income, etc for HSMP visaholders. Are these statistics collected and published anywhere ?
AG
I read several months back that GP's would need special skills in order to be considered tier 1. The following article is somewhat helpfull.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politi ... 349812.ece
You might have guessed that all IT will not be considered for tier 1, so it's reasonable to assume that we will all be bumped down to tiers two and three. This artical states that tier three will not be a path to settlement. I've also read somewhere that tier two will need inclusion to a shortage list (again, all IT will fall short here if we use the list today).
I hope that things don't go this way, but it's possible that a large number of current HSMP will not qualify for settlement once the new rules are in place.
LondonBlonde