Strict UK visa rules from Nov 24 |
New strict UK visa rules is largely going to affect Indian IT companies in Britain.The UK government’s changes to its visa policy for non-EU nationals aimed at curbing its soaring immigration figures will come into force from Nov 24 , 2016, which will affect a large number of Indians especially IT professionals.. Thus, applications made on or after 24 November under the tier 2 intra-company transfer (ICT) category would be required to meet a higher salary threshold requirement of £30,000 ($37,131) from the earlier £20,800 ($25,723).The ICT route is largely used by Indian IT companies in Britain and the UK’s migration advisory committee (MAC) had found earlier this year that Indian IT workers accounted for nearly 90% of visas issued under this route. The first of two phases of changes to tier 2, announced by the government in March following a review by the independent migration advisory committee will affect applications made on or after 24 November unless stated otherwise.
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