Immigration rules will be relaxed for care workers, care assistants and home care workers, who will be added to the Home Office’s shortage occupation list. The change follows a recommendation from the Migration Advisory Committee, which said there were “severe and increasing difficulties faced by the care sector”. Care workers who arrive on a 12-month health and care visa must receive an annual salary of at least £20,480 to qualify, with the measures expected to come into effect early next year. The same was asked of care workers by 11 November. The paltry offer of a one-year visa will likely fail to attract the numbers of care workers we so desperately need.

Source: The Guardian December 25, 2021 16:52 UTC