04/06/2026
๐ฆ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ!
๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐น๐ถ, director of Reiss Edwards, said: โ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ, as they grapple with the complex restrictions and a hike in costs, including last yearโs salary increase to ยฃ41,700. We are hearing from companies that feel the sponsorship process is stacked against them, ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ."
โWe fear we are now seeing the knock-on effect of the governmentโs crackdown play out in full force. Those who have gone down this visa route have also encountered significant problems. We are hearing weekly from individuals and businesses ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ. The system is becoming impenetrable.โ
The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), the public body that ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐, also published a technical note this month proposing changes to the way salary thresholds are calculated. As an illustrative figure, they proposed that salary thresholds for the Skilled Worker Visa could climb to ยฃ44,000.
