2 The new visa rules will apply to partners and parents whose current leave to remain in the UK. In a crackdown to curb its soaring immigration figures, the UK government has announced changes to its visa policy for non-EU nationals, which will affect a large number of Indians, especially IT professionals. A number of changes have also been announced for the Tier-4 category, which covers maintenance requirements for the Doctorate Extension Scheme. "(Immigration) is not serving to increase the incentive to employers to train and upskill the UK workforce. "The UK government's reforms to Tier-2 work visas are intended to ensure that businesses are able to attract the skilled people they need, but also see that they get far better at recruiting and training UK workers first," the then UK Immigration minister James Brokenshire had said.

Source: India Today November 04, 2016 09:07 UTC