Additional changes will further restrict employers' use of the Tier 2 (Sponsored Skilled Worker) category, and the increased maintenance requirement will impose a greater burden on migrants. In line ...

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has recommended that caps to the UK’s Tier 2 visa scheme should be abolished. The committee, which was established to assess the impact of the European Economic ...

The Home Office has introduced a new automated renewal of Tier 2 (General) and Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Certificate of Sponsorship annual allocations. All Tier 2 unrestricted Certificate of ...

With the technology sector still facing substantial talent shortages, tech employers are relying heavily on the Tier 2 sponsorship regime. Tech City UK reported last year that 7% of jobs in the UK’s ...

Madeleine Sumption receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council, the Barrow Cadbury Trust, the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Trust for London. After ...