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  • Brexit: Bosses seek cut to immigrant salary threshold

    07/17/2019 6:55:22 AM PDT · by Cronos · 12 replies
    BBC ^ | 17 July 2019 | beeb
    The next prime minister should lower the salary threshold for foreign workers in the UK from £30,000 to £20,000, a group of business and education bodies has said. They say that such a move would help to avoid "acute" skills shortages. Currently any non-EU citizen working in the UK must earn at least £30,000, but under current proposals this will be extended to EU citizens after Brexit. The Home Office said it was still consulting on the plans. ..."It is vital that the government does all it can to keep the country at full strength at a time of great...
  • Worker Visas Intensify Debate on Immigration

    05/25/2007 8:17:20 AM PDT · by 3AngelaD · 9 replies · 604+ views
    Washington Post ^ | May 25, 2007 | Pamela Constable
    ...But as the emotionally charged issue of immigration consumes the U.S. Senate and the nation this month, skilled foreign professionals are almost as contentious a part of the restructuring debate as impoverished illegal immigrants.. In many ways, the proposed legislation favors high-skilled immigrants and the industries that employ them. It would increase the ceiling on new H-1B professional visas, which allow one- to six-year stays, from 65,000 to 115,000 a year... Companies that rely on skilled foreign workers say they desperately need more of them, but opponents see their proliferation as an invisible blight on the economy. They argue that...