Summary: Growth Rate of Skilled British Migrants
By the end of January 2003, the Professional Skilled Migration Approach has taken into effect. Since then, the number of migrants to the United Kingdom has decreased from 75% to 65%. Despite the remarkable decrease of migrants, the approach has been expressed as favorable and must be continually implemented.
Professional Skilled Migrants are evaluated on the following criteria:
A) Education: Bachelor = 15 points, MA = 25 points, PhD = 30 points
B) Relevant work experience: five years 25 points, 10 years = 50 points
C) Revenue: please see specifications below:
Mainland China : 160,000 yuan = 25 points; 400,000 yuan = 35 points; one million yuan = 50 points
:95 T aiwan : 950,000 NT = 25 points, 2.4 million NT = 35 points, six million NT = 50 points
Advantages :
Spouses and children of immigrants can live free in the UK, can attend school and could even seek employment. Moreover, upon staying in UK within four years, the immigrants can apply for permanent residency. The application usually takes only about two to three months.
British Immigration Policies on Skilled Migrants
British immigration policies on skilled migrants emphasize the importance of technology literacy. Compared to other countries such as Canada, British makes it a point that aside from English language proficiency, migrants must also be technology literate. They must know some work that involves technology especially computers.
Highly Skilled Migrant Programme), Having the skill, migrants to the United Kingdom could easily seek employment as compared with other countries where migrants take a long time before they could look a decent job. On the basis of the qualifications and language proficiency, the migrant could apply for work in companies or could land to self-employment.
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