How many people come to work and study in the UK and what are the rules?

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How many people come to work and study in the *** and what are the rules?

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Sir Keir Starmer says migration numbers will fall “significantly” under tighter rules proposed by Labour.

The proposed changes include English tests for all visa applicants and their adult dependants, as well as a longer route to settled status

How have numbers changed and what are the existing rules?

How many migrants come to the ***?

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The ONS figures show that of the 1.2 million people who came to live in the *** in the 12 months to June 2024:

5% (58,000) were British nationals10% (116,000) were EU nationals or from Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland (EU+)About 86% (one million) were non-EU+ nationals

Of the one million non-EU+ nationals who came:

82% (845,000) were of working age (16 to 64 years)17% (179,000) were children (under 16 years)8% (84,000) claimed asylum, either after arriving via a regular route or arriving irregularly, for example,

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Among non-EU+ migrants, the most common nationality coming to the *** for both work-related (116,000) and study-related (127,000) reasons was Indian.

What are the rules for student and graduate visas?

How have the salary rules for *** visa applicants changed?

Most people wanting to work in the *** still have to apply for a visa through the

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But since 11 April 2024,

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Applicants have to earn at least £38,700 – an increase of nearly 50% from the previous £26,200 minimum.

The threshold does not apply to some jobs – such as in health and social care, and teachers on national pay scales.

What are the rules about family visas?

Are fewer people coming to work in health and social care?

The Home Office statistics showed that

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in the 12 months to December 2024.

This is a fall of 81% compared with the previous 12 months. The number coming to work in the sector had increased significantly after

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In the year ending December 2024, there were approximately three dependants for each person coming to do a job in health and social care.

However, the number of dependants fell sharply in the last 10 months of the *******, after the previous Conservative government changed the rules to stop international social care workers bringing their children or partners with them.

How does the points-based system work?

What is the immigration salary list?

The

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replaced what was previously called the shortage occupation list.

It helps employers fill vacancies in key sectors.

These jobs have a lower salary threshold making it easier for applicants to gain enough points to get a visa.

The list includes:

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A wide range of construction jobs are on the list

Employers used to be able to pay foreign workers 80% of the usual “going rate” to fill these positions.

But this lower rate was abolished for people applying after 4 April 2024.

What are the rules for seasonal workers?

Temporary workers such as fruit pickers and poultry workers are covered by

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, subject to an annual quota.

There were 35,561 seasonal worker visas issued in the year to December 2024.

More than three-quarters of these (78%)

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For 2025,

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43,000 horticulture workers2,000 poultry workers

Seasonal workers can stay in the *** for up to six months for horticultural work, and from 2 October to 31 December each year for poultry work.

They cannot accept a permanent job or bring family members with them.

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How has Brexit changed immigration?

Before Brexit, EU and *** citizens had the freedom to live, work or study in any EU country without needing a visa.

However, this freedom of movement ended on 1 January 2021 when the *** left the EU.

In the 12 months to June 2024, the ONS figures showed that net migration for non-EU nationals – the difference between those arriving and those leaving – was 845,000.

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In the same *******, net EU migration was -95,000, meaning 95,000 more EU nationals left the *** than arrived.

Net migration of British nationals was -21,000, meaning more British people left the *** than came back.

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