UK to continue to allow best migrants
The British government will continue to allow the brightest and best migrants to UK and the annual limit on skilled workers from outside the European Union (EU) will remain at 20,700 for the next two years.
Business and other lobbies in the UK have consistently warned that overseas companies are in danger of pulling out of the UK if they are unable to make long-term plans about staffing, due to a series of changes to the laws on non-EU workers.
A press release of British High Commission in Dhaka yesterday said the government has listened to businesses and maintained the numerical limit at the same level until April 2014.
This will give companies greater certainty and consistency to make plans for the future, it said.
The visa cap was imposed as part of Home Office efforts to meet the Conservative election pledge to reduce net migration from the current quarter of a million to less than 100,000.
Immigration Minister Damian Green Wednesday said: “The government has been clear that the UK is open for business and our limit has been designed with the industry's needs in mind."
The press release said a number of middle-management jobs such as IT technicians and security managers will no longer be open to migrant workers.
However, highly-skilled occupations such as architects, teachers and chemical engineers will still be available.
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