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The Migration Advisory Committee (#MAC) has published a staggering 649 page report recommending a list of Shortage Occupations (#SOL) for the UK, Scotland and for the first time, for Wales and Northern Ireland. The recommendations, if accepted in full by the #UKVI will extend the current SOL from the current 35 to 64 occupations. This means that under the new Points Based System (#PBS) to be introduced on 1 January 2021, 20 points will automatically be awarded towards the 70

The long-awaited #MAC Recommendations came through last week with nothing really out of the extraordinary, or at least, not at all unexpected. The MAC was tasked to provide recommendations on where a ‘new’ Points Based System (PBS) will stand in the future of our immigration system as well as the future salary threshold for sponsored workers. In summary, the MAC recommended the following: A #PBS based on those with a job offer, those without and those for settlement For those

A week into his new Premiership, our new PM has already voiced his plans for a post-Brexit immigration system. Similar to his previous predecessors, he believes an Australian style immigration system is the best way forward and has pledged to push this through for a post-Brexit Britain. His views shared by his newly anointed Home Secretary, Ms Priti Patel. It is not the first that we have heard that the Australian style system is something the British should aspire to. Way ba

Since 2013, the Migration Advisory Committee (#MAC) has been asked to review the Shortage Occupation List (#SOL) for Tier 2 migration. With several changes over the years, the current report published on 29 May 2019 provides the most comprehensive review of the list. What has changed since the last update? There are six new additions to the current #SOL and around eight occupations that have been removed from the current list. For the jobs that have been added to the #SOL, em

The Home Secretary announced today that the #Migration #Advisory #Committee (#MAC) has been commissioned to advise on the future minimum salary threshold for the new #immigration system (due to be phased in from 2021). Currently, the minimum #salary_threshold is £30,000 for experienced workers and £20,800 for new entrants (graduates / under 25 years old) which the MAC has previously endorsed as the correct minimum salary threshold for the new system. However, the Home Secreta