London: The British government on Tuesday tabled the first set of tougher visa norms in the
House of Commons to curb the recruitment of foreign skilled workers across different sectors, including the care industry, dubbing it a “complete reset” of the country’s immigration system.
The new rules, proposed as part of an ‘Immigration White Paper’ back i
May, will involve the skills and salary thresholds for foreign workers and more than 100 occupations including chefs and plasterers
being taken off the shortage list which allowed certain visa exemptions.
These changes, once approved by Parliament and effective from July 22, are designed to attract graduate level or above workers by making several low-paid jobs ineligible for visas.
“We are delivering a complete reset of our immigration system to restore proper control and order, after the previous
government allowed net migration to quadruple in four years,” said UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.