Sentences with phrase «skilled migrant visas»

To deal with a bottleneck in processing visas, there would also be a monthly quota of skilled migrant visas — 4200 visas will be awarded in the first month, April, and then 1500 in all subsequent months.

The government's original plan, announced last October, set a new annual limit on the number of skilled and highly skilled migrant visas for non-E.U. citizens — the new cap was set at 20,700 visas, down 7300 from previous years.

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It is restricted in numbers; it is restricted to highly skilled migrants and those whose jobs are on the shortage occupation list, and is restricted in terms of prescribed salaries and duration of visas granted.

Shahram Taghavi, head of immigration at Charles Russell, who acted for Dr Zhang, said the decision means resident family members of investors, entrepreneurs and skilled workers will be able to switch from their current visa into a «Dependant of a Points - Based System Migrant» visa from within the UK, rather than having to leave the UK and apply from abroad.

Skilled migrant workers will have to produce a certificate of sponsorship and a job offer before they can even apply for a visa.

The highest participation rate amongst recent migrants was for those who held skilled visas (83 percent).