The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has not recommended any restrictions on dependants’ access to employment in its wide-ranging review of the Tier 2 points based system in the UK. It proposes to use higher salary thresholds and a new Immigration Skills Charge or levy on companies that use foreign workers as the main way to make Tier 2 […]

Permits Foundation held its annual International Dual Careers Conference in London this month. The theme – “Developing a 20/20 vision” – was about sharing the Foundation’s current activities and plans in the context of the bigger picture, from mobility to diversity to creating a secure, prosperous and sustainable world – with high profile speakers including Sir […]

A recent survey by Permits Foundation showed resounding support to retain the right to work for the dependants of highly qualified workers from outside the EU. The large majority of respondents (77%) would have been unlikely to accept their current assignment if their partner did not have the right to work in the UK. Moreover, […]

A recent survey carried out by the Permits Foundation in response to the MAC Tier 2 review shows resounding support to retain the right to work for the dependants of highly qualified workers from outside the EU. By Re:Locate Magazine, October 2015.

More than a thousand Tier 2 visa holders have responded to our survey on the mobility and social impacts of restricting the right of dependants to work in the UK. The results will be incorporated in our submission to the Migration Advisory Committee and will be available after 25 September. Read more. Further reading: UK – Consultation on […]