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UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is to manage the scheme rather than the Home Office, which usually handles immigration issues.
Visas for nurses will also be halved in cost and fast-tracked under new immigration plans announced earlier this month.
The new visa would cost £464 rather than the £928 proposed under plans for a new points-based immigration system modelled on the Australian system that the government wants to introduce ... The plan doesn’t remove a £1, 000 immigration skills charge
Prime Minister Boris Johnson (pictured right) has already announced that he will abolish immigration restrictions on top scientists to counter this uncertainty. ... our immigration system attracts the very best minds from around the world”.
He called on the planned Queen’s Speech to prioritise increased funding for research, bring in uncapped immigration for life science jobs and other measures to boost the sector.
The new immigration proposals have been welcomed by the pharma industry, despite ongoing doubt surrounding the status of Brexit and the potential negative impact of a no-deal.
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In essence, those holding a European passport will no longer have any advantage when applying for UK immigration. ... Sponsors’ licences can be (and often are) revoked for non-compliance. You may wish to consider an immigration audit.
shortages given immigration restrictions post-Brexit.
Industry therefore needs to ensure that the Government fully understands both the need for continued access to the skills it requires, as it finalises its post-Brexit approach to immigration, as
As Chair of the Health Select Committee, she raised concerns about the NHS sharing confidential patient data with immigration officials, eventually forcing NHS Digital to end the practice.
Stevens said EU nationals made up just 5% of the health service workforce, and therefore wasn’t as exposed to new immigration controls as other sectors.
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She was also former policy advisor to Boris Johnson when he was Mayor of London, advising on areas including health, life sciences and immigration and integration policy.
and the Ministry of Immigration.
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With Government efforts to limit immigration and end the UK’s reliance on overseas workers, new legislation is on the horizon for 2021 which will make it harder for social care
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