All Articles: Migration Advisory Committee
The Intra-company Transfer visa could be getting a new lease of life
The Intra-company Transfer (ICT) route has seemed increasingly redundant since the launch of the Points Based Immigration System last year. The Skilled Worker route became simpler and easier to use, while the abolition of the resident labour market te ...
20th October 202170 new job types being added to Shortage Occupation List
Under the government’s new Points-Based Immigration System, the minimum salary required to sponsor an overseas worker will be £25,600, unless the worker has a PhD — or is being hired for a role that appears on the Shortage Occupation List ...
29th September 2020Comment: why the MAC report was a letdown for women
Reaction to the Migration Advisory Committee’s latest report, released on 28 January, has largely focused on the MAC’s lukewarm response to the government’s desire for an Australia-style points based immigration system. Very little a ...
6th February 2020Government advised not to bother with points based gimmick for migrants with job offers
The government should think twice about re-introducing a points based immigration system after Brexit, and lower the minimum salary necessary to get a work visa, the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has recommended. In a report published today, the ...
28th January 2020Migration Advisory Committee told to think again on £30,000 minimum salary proposal
The government has asked a group of independent academic experts to look again at the Migration Advisory Committee’s proposal for a £30,000 minimum salary for a UK work visa post-Brexit. It has commissioned the, er, Migration Advisory Committee ...
24th June 2019One in ten jobs eligible for work visa priority in proposed new Shortage Occupation List
An influential government advisory group has recommended a major expansion of the list of jobs that get priority for work visas. The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), a crack team of economists that advises the government on immigration, published i ...
30th May 2019Comment: MAC’s recommendations would create administrative burdens for UK employers
Today’s Migration Advisory Committee recommendations are incredibly significant from a UK employer’s perspective. I can immediately see that a huge number of UK employers are likely to be faced with potentially significant new administrat ...
18th September 2018Migration Advisory Committee: scrap the cap on Tier 2 work visas after Brexit
The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has published its long-awaited research into migration from the EU and how it should be managed after Brexit. The report will disappoint advocates of a fairly liberal regime, recommending as it does that if there ...
18th September 2018Migration Advisory Committee recommends “tweaks” to Tier 4 student visa rules
Immigration lawyers helping sponsoring universities navigate the complexities of the Points Based System naturally have an economic interest in overseas students — but then so does the rest of the nation. That is the uncompromising conclusion of ...
11th September 2018Home Secretary announces new “start-up” visa
With London Tech Week upon us, Sajid Javid today announced the introduction of a new “start-up” visa route for entrepreneurs looking to set up businesses in the UK. According to one part of the announcement, it will replace the Tier 1 (Gra ...
13th June 2018