If only politicians stopped talking about “bringing the Points-Based System” and looked in the Immigration Rules! They would find it already exists...

By 1st 4Immigration - #1 UK Immigration Experts -
Not a day goes by without mentioning an Australian-style points-based system for migrants.  How strange since the Points-Based System has been existing in the UK since 2009. Here is a link the Immigration Rules, Part 6A, called, unsurprisingly: “The Points-Based System” https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-6a-the-points-based-system

The current Points-Based System is, well, points-based; it was created circa 2008 and implemented in stages during 2008-200, and back then it was also portrayed as “Australian-style”.

The system, called PBS for short, has Tiers (Tier 1, Tier  etc), with Tier 1 covering entrepreneurs and investors, and previously highly skilled migrants (which was closed by Theresa May in 2011). Entrepreneurs need £200 000 to invest into their business in the UK while Investors need £2 million to invest to the UK government bonds and UK companies.

Tier 2 covers sponsored employees, meaning only those migrants with the skills required by the UK employers are admitted to the UK or are allowed to remain in the UK. The Home Office vigorously enforces the rules, such as requiring an employer to have a genuine vacancy for a migrant which can’t be filled with the settled workers. A very common example is a job advert, which is “tailored too much for a specific migrant”, thus making it hard for settled workers to qualify, would be rejected when employer is trying to secure a Tier 2 Sponsor licence (permission to sponsor non-EEA migrants).

Tier 4 covers students, and again there are extensive rules on colleges and universities.

Why not to use (or update) the current Points-Based System?  

1st 4Immigration Ltd is a genuinely “leading” (although everyone else says so too) Points-Based System law consultancy. We are experts, accredited by the OISC at the highest level, and have a 100% success rate on most visa categories, particularly for Tier 1 Entrepreneurs and particularly when we are also preparing a business plan. Here is our Testimonials page:  http://www.1st4immigration.com/testimonials.php

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