Additional Bans On UK Health & Care Worker Visa Before Mar 11: Care Visa Under Review By Home Office
Care Visa Under Review By Home Office: The UK government is preparing to introduce even harsher immigration policies that will burn more UK care workers before the new rules, announced to take effect on the 11th of March, take place. Another big crackdown on foreign care worker visas is under close review, Downing Street said on Monday, following fears that hundreds of new care providers have been granted licences by the Home Office to sponsor staff from abroad.
New laws that will restrict health workers from bringing family to the UK and require care providers to register with the Care Quality Commission, seek if they are sponsoring migrants that come into force on March 11th. Seems not enough for the UK government currently and they think more restrictions are to be added to this. Hence, if you are a care worker both in the UK or wishing to come to the UK, then this news is very crucial for you at this moment.
Amid the implementation of the UK government new rules to bring down the level of dependence. Concerns have been raised about suspected fake companies sponsoring visas, after hundreds of licences were reportedly granted to firms that are just a few months old and have no history of providing care. At least 268 companies that have never been inspected by the CQC have also been granted licences to sponsor workers from abroad. An investigation by the observer found. The Prime Minister’s spokesman said further visa crackdowns are under close review.
Next week, robust changes to curb abuse of the migration system come into force, he said. These measures will restrict care workers from bringing independence and require care providers to register with the Care Quality Commission if they are sponsoring migrants. As with all our policies, we keep them under close review. He added we have taken robust action to crack down on the misuse of the visa immigration system and obviously we will keep further measures under close review. It comes as a record number of foreign health and care workers were issued UK visas last year.
Figures released last week revealed, while 146,477 applicants were granted permission to come on health visas in 2023, when dependants were taken into account, the figure rose to a total of 349,929. This is up from 157,636in 2022, and 63,291in 2021. Charities warned that the government was unwilling to address low pay in the health sector, leaving migrant workers open to exploitation. The number of people living in the UK on a work visa was also at an 18 year high, with 600,000 issued last year.
The Home Office said the rise has been largely driven by care workers and home carers. Last year, the government announced that there would be a wave of new restrictions on people coming to Britain and their family members in a bid to bring down legal immigration. The UK government is hoping the measures they announced and the new measures they want to add, will bring down record levels of immigration to Britain. However, the policy has been slammed by opposition politicians, including London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who said it will place an already stretched NHS and social care system under more pressure.
While health and care worker migration might seem like a neat short term strategy for dealing with the chronic shortage of workers in the UK. Researchers have warned that this is unlikely to lead to long term improvements. High demand for overseas care workers is driven in large part by severe funding difficulties in the sector, which have led to poor pay and conditions and difficulty attracting local workers. As the government continues to threaten further crackdowns on immigration while simultaneously relying on a migrant workforce to sustain essential services, NHS staff continue to struggle with high stress at work and inadequate pay.
While some groups of health workers have accepted offers brought forward by the government, others, like junior doctors, insist that the Ministry of Health and the Treasury must do much more to ensure dignified income and life for those employed in the sector. So as we wait for the new rules, which will be announced soon by the UK government, in addition to those that were there before. What are your thoughts? Is it right for the UK government to place additional restrictions? Let us know in the comments section below. We hope this information was very helpful to you.
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