UK shortage list changes

The UK government have now moved to implement in full the changes to the Tier 2 shortage list as was recommended by the Migration Advice Committee and reported in our blog post dated 15 September 2011 (below).

Effective from Nov 14th, the following occupations will removed from the list:

· secondary education biology teachers;

· speech and language therapists;

· pharmacists;

· orthoptists;

· veterinary surgeons; and,

· rank and file orchestral musicians.

Added to the list will be:

·actuaries;

·high integrity pipe welders;

·environmental scientists; and,

·geochemists


Occupations on the list do not require the employer to have advertised for workers within the UK.

For more information on Tier 2 visas, please see our website;

http://www.commonwealthimmigration.com/immigration-consultants-uk.htm