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UK Implements VISA Change to Tighten Immigration Policy

August 29, 2024
UK Implements VISA Change to Tighten Immigration Policy
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Family members of immigrants are travelling to the UK in smaller numbers as the number of visas issued has dropped to more than one-third. As a student or an immigrant worker, obtaining a visa is no longer as easy. According to a research, fewer skilled immigrant worker visas were issued this year than the previous one. There has also been a roughly 40% decrease in the number of dependents entering the UK. There were 114,900 dependents of immigrant workers, down from 179,700.

Lockdown measures during the outbreak prevented people from travelling for vacation or work. Even if it was at its lowest point in 2020, the number of immigrants is currently even fewer. The newly elected prime minister of the United Kingdom, Sir Keir Starmer, has stated that he plans to further reduce the numbers. The procedure will "keep going strong," but there isn't a deadline for doing so.The number of immigrants entering the UK with their dependents is being targeted more and more. According to reports, the numbers have already decreased by 33%. Because fewer visas have been granted for students and foreign workers, the percentages have decreased as well. Skilled immigrants and their dependents are still welcome to enter the UK.According to the Home Office, the net migration totals over 650,000 in 2023. 

According to reports, King Charles will give a speech on the new employment laws and the admission of foreign labourers. It is advisable for business owners to depend less on labour from overseas immigrants. Local UK nationals will instead be given access to jobs. Training and skill development will be part of the local labour measures. Paying employees the minimum wage is one of the regulations that employers must follow when recruiting international employment. Employers who don't comply run the danger of having their ability to hire foreign employees restricted.Sir Keir Starmer may approve the new rules following the King's address.According to estimates, the annual salary for competent foreign workers in the UK has jumped from 26,200 to 38,700 pounds.

According to reports, local businesses are required to provide industry-specific training to local workers as part of the policy for recruiting foreign labour. Prior to hiring and training foreign personnel, firms will need to provide training to local staff.

Although exact statistics are not available, Daily Dazzling Dawn understand that,about one lakh Bangladeshis are living in Britain without valid documents. They were assured of their legitimacy in a post-Brexit scenario. At that time, many people thought that the economy of the country would benefit if the old ones who are living and working without legal status were not brought in new manpower. The government could derive tax from their work by integrating it into the mainstream of the British economy. It should be noted that over 500,000 people have been living in Britain undocumented for many years without legal status to live and work. 

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson when was mayor of London in 2008, he made several promises to legalise those living in Britain without legal documents. He reiterated that promise even after taking over as Prime Minister of Britain. At that time, he said, his government will find a quick way to legalise illegal immigrants in Britain. But Boris and the three British Prime Ministers after him took practically no steps towards that goal.