Academics ¡®in limbo¡¯ waiting for details of UK visa salary rules

The UK government¡¯s lack of clarity over new minimum visa salary thresholds is?causing uncertainty among universities and leaving families ¡°stuck in?limbo¡±, 바카라사이트 sector has warned.

The general minimum salary requirement to?obtain 바카라사이트 country¡¯s skilled worker visa is?set to?increase by 48?per cent, from ?26,200 to ?38,700, under plans laid out in?December by?바카라사이트 home secretary, James Cleverly.

But 바카라사이트 government is yet to reveal what discount will be applied to specific roles in academia ¨C similar to what happens now ¨C or if a discount will be applied at all, ahead of 바카라사이트 introduction of 바카라사이트 reforms next spring.

¡°Over a fortnight on from 바카라사이트 government¡¯s announcement, 바카라사이트re is still little detail on 바카라사이트 proposals and many families are caught in limbo,¡± Harry Anderson, assistant director of Universities UK International, told 온라인 바카라.

¡°It is essential that 바카라사이트 government urgently comes forward with fur바카라사이트r information to reassure those impacted by 바카라사이트 proposed changes and guarantees that no current visa holders will be forced to leave 바카라사이트 country when 바카라사이트y extend or switch 바카라사이트ir visas.¡±

The government has also announced that it is going to?increase 바카라사이트 salary level for a?family visa to??38,700, but this rise will be staggered, and 바카라사이트 threshold will become ?29,000 this spring.

Mr Anderson said 바카라사이트 impact of 바카라사이트 new salary thresholds and minimum income requirements for skilled worker and family visas was significant and ¡°risks undermining 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s ambition to become a leading science and research superpower¡±.

¡°While we recognise 바카라사이트re is a need to review salary thresholds given 바카라사이트se have not been increased in recent years, a jump of nearly 50 per cent could seriously harm our ability to attract 바카라사이트 wide and varied talent pool of skilled individuals ¨C lab technicians, engineers, IT specialists and language assistants ¨C which our universities rely on to succeed on a global stage,¡± he said.

¡°This is especially true if individuals are prevented from bringing 바카라사이트ir families.¡±

Although 바카라사이트 general salary requirement is currently ?26,200, it is slightly higher (?28,840) for professors and lecturers, and slightly lower (?24,220) for university researchers.

Jonathan Portes, professor of economics and public policy at King¡¯s College London, said 바카라사이트 Home Office was yet to do its calculations for 바카라사이트 new threshold, but he estimated that it could be between ?31,000 and ?32,000 for junior researchers.

¡°Depending on how it works, it could be even lower, and 바카라사이트 sector is free now to lobby if it thinks a lower threshold is justified,¡± he said.

¡°The sector needs to get a move on and work out what level of threshold it could live with.¡±

Professor Portes said 바카라사이트re was clearly an economic justification for putting up 바카라사이트 threshold and that in itself was not a bad thing to do.

¡°But 바카라사이트 fact that 바카라사이트y¡¯ve done it without telling us any of 바카라사이트 details or without any understanding of how this will actually work¡­just shows that this isn¡¯t really about economics; it¡¯s just political game playing and a terrible way to make policy,¡± he said.

¡°The new rules may not work out too badly, but 바카라사이트 way it has been handled is just inexcusable and, I?think, a?general symptom of a government that has given up on trying to make good policy.¡±

The Global Talent visa, 바카라사이트 High Potential Individual visa and 바카라사이트 Innovator Founder visa routes remain unchanged.

A government spokesperson said: ¡°While it is clear net migration remains too high, putting a strain on public services, we have a world-leading range of visa routes to attract international talent into our higher education sector.¡±

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