The Government’s new immigration system risks making a difficult recruitment situation even worse. In case you missed the Government’s recent announcement – from January 2021, there will be a new, global immigration system following the end of freedom of movement with the EU.
Put simply, if you want to live and work in the UK in future, apart from a few exceptions, you will need to:
a) be employed by an approved sponsor;
b) have an offer for a job that is listed as high- or medium-skilled (Regulated Qualifications Framework 3 – RQF3 – and above); and
c) speak English.
For most jobs you will need to be paid more than £25,600 starting salary, although if the job is listed on the Migration Advisory Committee’s shortage occupation list then this changes to £20,480. Childcare professions are not currently listed on the shortage occupation list.
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