Employers struggling with skills gaps in the UK should revisit the UK work visa system because recent changes have made applying “infinitely easier” than before Brexit, immigration lawyers say.
The government has reduced the thresholds for bringing in skilled workers under employer-sponsored routes and created additional, lower-cost, non-sponsored routes for applicants from countries such as India, South Korea and Japan.
Audrey Elliott, an employment law partner at Eversheds Sutherland, said: “Immigration for work is controlled but the ability to bring people into the UK under the skilled-worker route is infinitely easier than it was pre-Brexit. Skills levels and salary thresholds have gone down and the resident labour market test has gone but it does require process and cost.”
Her call comes as the government prepares
