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AmazingGenius: 9:18pm On Apr 04, 2024
The United Kingdom government has increased the general salary threshold for those arriving in the UK on a Skilled Worker visa from £26,200 to £38,700.

According to the Home Secretary, James Cleverly said the minimum wage increased by 48 per cent to cut migration and put British workers first in force.

Changes that are now in force will slash migration and prevent the undercutting of British workers by employers looking to recruit cheap labour from overseas.

In the statement issued on its website on Thursday, the UK businesses are now required to pay overseas workers coming to the UK on a Skilled Worker visa significantly more,.

It said the government is to clamp down on the price of foreign labour and continues to deliver on its commitment to drive down net migration.

The UK government said this increase will help ensure the UK’s immigration system focuses on recruiting high-skilled workers, helping to grow the UK economy while bringing overall numbers down.

The government is clear that no sector should be permanently reliant on immigration, so today, the shortage occupation list has also been abolished, with employers no longer able to pay migrants less than UK workers in shortage occupations.

A new immigration salary list (ISL) has been created, following advice from the expert and independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC).

Roles on the list will only be included where they are skilled and in shortage, and if it is sensible to include them considering the efforts being made by sectors to invest in the resident workforce.

Inclusion on the list must not serve to reduce pay and undermine the recruitment of British workers. Employers are encouraged to invest in training, upskilling, and hiring domestic workers first.

It comes as the government takes decisive action to British people into work, in one of the biggest employment interventions in a generation, through its £2.5 billion Back to Work plan.

This will help break down barriers to work for over a million people who are long-term unemployed, long-term sick, or disabled.

Home Secretary James Cleverly said: “It’s time to turn off the taps and end the flow of cheap workers from abroad.

“Mass migration is unsustainable and it’s simply not fair. It undercuts the wages of hard-working people who are just trying to make ends meet.


“We are refocusing our immigration system to prioritise the brightest and best who have the skills our economy needs, while reducing overall numbers.

“I promised the British people an immigration system that serves their interests, and to bring numbers down – these tough measures deliver on that commitment. Employers must also play their part and put British workers first.”


While recounting the previous reforms to reduce migration, the UK said, “In January, the government ended the ability of nearly all postgraduate students to bring dependants to the UK.

“A drastic fall in student dependant applications is expected this year, with early indications already of this downward trend.

“Last month, reforms to restrict care workers from bringing family came into force. An estimated 120,000 dependants accompanied 100,000 workers on the route in the year ending September 2023, who would now not be able to come.


“Care providers are also now required to with the Care Quality Commission, the industry regulator, if they are sponsoring migrant care workers.

“This follows clear evidence that care workers have been offered visas under false pretences, having been recruited for jobs that don’t exist or being paid far below the minimum wage required for their work.

“The Home Secretary has also commissioned a review of the Graduate route for international students to prevent abuse, protect the integrity and quality of UK higher education, and ensure it works in the best interests of the UK.”


It added, “The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) will review the demand for the Graduate route, through which a total of 213,250 visas have been granted since it was established, to ensure it is fit for purpose and focused on attracting the best and brightest to the UK.

“On 11 April, the first step in an incremental increase to the minimum income required for Family visas will come into force. By early 2025, this will have reached £38,700, helping to ensure dependants brought to the UK are ed financially.

“The government’s plan to tackle illegal migration is also working, with small boat crossings down by around a third last year. Illegal migration is an international challenge the government is tackling on all fronts, including working with international partners and clamping down on the criminal gangs with stepped-up enforcement.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/04/uk-increases-minimum-wage-of-immigrants-on-skilled-work-visa-by-48-per-cent/

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nairavsdollars(f): 9:20pm On Apr 04, 2024
This is how to use tax payers money

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helinues: 9:33pm On Apr 04, 2024
According to the Home Secretary, James Cleverly said the minimum wage increased by 48 per cent to cut migration and put British workers first in force.

Good. I this.

If there is no where to run to anymore, we go have no choice than to develop our country

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Acidosis(m): 10:55pm On Apr 04, 2024
helinues:


Good. I this.

If there is no where to run to anymore, we go have no choice than to develop our country


This one is low-key wishing and hoping that all Nigerians abroad will fail and return to Naija in "Ghana-must-go" bags. grin grin

You go wait tire, guy! Everyone has left you behind. You will wake up one day and discover that you have wasted your life defending criminal politicians. Learn from "our darling daddy." Man has returned to his grilling business in Benue.

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Chinjo2: 11:01pm On Apr 04, 2024
Imagine they are increasing minimum wage for citizens of other countries while organized labour and government are still going back and forth.

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lordchiz(m): 11:38pm On Apr 04, 2024
Working system which always protects its citizens

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Ozommadu: 11:44pm On Apr 04, 2024
helinues:


Good. I this.

If there is no where to run to anymore, we go have no choice than to develop our country

You what?? They're doing everything to better their citizens but the Apc you've been ing since 2015 would rather plunge 100million Nigerians into multi dimensional poverty.

Bag of rice 70k
Gas #1,300
Fuel #700

And now tinupoo has increased electricity tarrif by more than 200%

You enemies of Nigeria ing clueless Apc government should be ashamed of yourselves

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Yankee101: 12:40am On Apr 05, 2024
It’s not ‘increasing minimum wage’. It’s reducing the number of people coming by lifting the wage band
There are people still paid the old wage band locally

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Beremx(f): 6:19am On Apr 05, 2024
helinues:


Good. I this.

If there is no where to run to anymore, we go have no choice than to develop our country
na only you go develop Nigeria las las. You'll be left behind to do it.
Nonsense and development

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helinues: 6:20am On Apr 05, 2024
Beremx:
na only you go develop Nigeria las las. You'll be left behind to do it.
Nonsense and development

Stop carrying bitterness on my mentions.

For how many years would you continue coming online to be attacking people unnecessarily?

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Badgers14: 6:23am On Apr 05, 2024
Japa?
mysticwarrior(m): 6:23am On Apr 05, 2024
People will still be flocking there.
Oghene86: 6:25am On Apr 05, 2024
AmazingGenius:

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/04/uk-increases-minimum-wage-of-immigrants-on-skilled-work-visa-by-48-per-cent/

Those ers of Tinubu failed istration would not refer to this and ensure it is replicated in Nigeria, na to tell us to pay the same electricity tariffs with them they would be very fast to compare us with them

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owoblow77: 6:26am On Apr 05, 2024
undecided

nairavsdollars:
This is how to use tax payers money

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LordBillionz: 6:27am On Apr 05, 2024
Chinjo2:
Imagine they are increasing minimum wage for citizens of other countries while organized labour and government are still going back and forth.
And they won't compare Nigeria to UK now...

Killer politicians

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Phred1717: 6:30am On Apr 05, 2024
Our government, Leaders and myopic ers will never compare us to this. It's only when it Comes to inflicting pains and suffering. Shame on them all

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zinaunreal(m): 6:30am On Apr 05, 2024
helinues:


Good. I this.

If there is no where to run to anymore, we go have no choice than to develop our country

You actually think that this pay increase will make them work ... 😆😆 do you think they care about the money there
Goodvibes007: 6:30am On Apr 05, 2024
Why is 48 percent written as 48 Per Cent (48 / Cent)..

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santaclaws: 6:31am On Apr 05, 2024
ezechi24:
You increase their salaries and use tax to collect it back.

zinaunreal:


You actually think that this pay increase will make them work ... 😆😆 do you think they care about the money there

Phred1717:
Our government, Leaders and myopic ers will never compare us to this. It's only when it Comes to inflicting pains and suffering. Shame on them all

LordBillionz:

And they won't compare Nigeria to UK now...

Killer politicians

Oghene86:


Those ers of Tinubu failed istration would not refer to this and ensure it is replicated in Nigeria, na to tell us to pay the same electricity tariffs with them they would be very fast to compare us with them

Chinjo2:
Imagine they are increasing minimum wage for citizens of other countries while organized labour and government are still going back and forth.

nairavsdollars:
This is how to use tax payers money

Imagine all of you commenting on a post you neither read nor understood. You saw the headline and rushed to the comment section and started typing... See 'intelligent' Nigerians! 🙄

What the post is saying is that before you can enter the UK on a skilled work visa, you must get a job that pays a MINIMUM of £38,700 instead of the old requirement of £26,200. This means it's now harder to enter the UK via work visa route as a foreigner!

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ezechi24(m): 6:31am On Apr 05, 2024
You increase their salaries and use tax to collect it back.

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kheny12(m): 6:31am On Apr 05, 2024
Increasing minimum wage for temporary skill worker is a good idea.
Goodvibes007: 6:32am On Apr 05, 2024
nairavsdollars:
This is how to use tax payers money

Chinjo2:
Imagine they are increasing minimum wage for citizens of other countries while organized labour and government are still going back and forth.
Alot of people are getting the post wrong. Minimum wage being referred to is the wage a potential employer willing to bring an highly skilled worker must be willing to pay as remuneration. This is different from minimum wage someone working a lowly skilled job in the UK would expect as wages.

ezechi24:
You increase their salaries and use tax to collect it back.
The whole idea is to reduce immigration. Not many people can earn up to £38k per year in the UK. That's a high wage per UK standard. This is even more than a nurses salary in the UK.
That means employers can only sponsor a high level worker they will be paying high remuneration.
Yankee101:
It’s not ‘increasing minimum wage’. It’s reducing the number of people coming by lifting the wage band
There are people still paid the old wage band locally
100%

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Blaze14k: 6:32am On Apr 05, 2024
helinues:


Stop carrying bitterness on my mentions.

For how many years would you continue coming online to be attacking people unnecessarily?

Oga u dey yan dust..

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aylive02(m): 6:36am On Apr 05, 2024
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helinues:


Good. I this.

If there is no where to run to anymore, we go have no choice than to develop our country
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zinaunreal(m): 6:42am On Apr 05, 2024
santaclaws:



Imagine all of you commenting on a post you neither read nor understood. You saw the headline and rushed to the comment section and started typing... See "intelligent" Nigerians! 🙄

What the post is saying is that before you can enter the UK on a skilled work visa, you must get a job that pays a MINIMUM of £38,700 instead of the old requirement of £26,200. This means it's now harder to enter the UK via work visa route as a foreigner!


You now that posted this rubbish you think you are wise na. If they like increase the salary to 200k. White man won't be forced to work what he doesnt want to work and there fore they will cause stagnancy in their economy . Omo no tag me to your lack of common sense again. What nonsense

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santaclaws: 6:43am On Apr 05, 2024
zinaunreal:



You now that posted this rubbish you think you are wise na. If they like increase the salary to 200k. White man won't be forced to work what he doesnt want to work and there fore they will cause stagnancy in their economy . Omo no tag me to your lack of common sense again. What nonsense


Imagine being arrogant and illiterate at the same time. You can't accept correction even when the evidence is there that you wrote nonsense.

Keep wallowing in ignorance! Tueeh! 🤮

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Slytiger: 6:43am On Apr 05, 2024
santaclaws:


Imagine all of you commenting on a post you neither read nor understood. You saw the headline and rushed to the comment section and started typing... See 'intelligent' Nigerians! 🙄

What the post is saying is that before you can enter the UK on a skilled work visa, you must get a job that pays a MINIMUM of £38,700 instead of the old requirement of £26,200. This means it's now harder to enter the UK via work visa route as a foreigner!

This thread is a good reason why IELTs is compulsory for Nigerians looking forward to immigrate to Australia and Canada grin

They would have failed if this was a comprehension test. Some posters actually misunderstood the text that they are increasing minimum wage for workers in the UK. Nigerian educational system is in shambles 😂

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EdiskyHarry: 6:44am On Apr 05, 2024
Sometimes you may think it's better to be a prisoner in UK or USA than to be a free man in Nigeria..
Inosky: 6:44am On Apr 05, 2024
SMH. A country that works. They even have the record of people coming into their country unlike Nigeria that doesn't know her population, or have such accurate records.
zinaunreal(m): 6:44am On Apr 05, 2024
santaclaws:


Arrogant illiterate... You can't accept correction. Keep wallowing in ignorance! Tueeh! 🤮

Empty head respect opinions. Find your brain where you lost it. Mr wise nonsense
Fgo31: 6:44am On Apr 05, 2024
santaclaws:
. Correct and it is also a way of discouraging UK employer from recruiting overseas worker as it will be cheaper to recruit internally than from abroad. They will be paying more to get an overseas worker than the cost of recruiting their locals. It means more jobs for home workers.













Imagine all of you commenting on a post you neither read nor understood. You saw the headline and rushed to the comment section and started typing... See 'intelligent' Nigerians! 🙄

What the post is saying is that before you can enter the UK on a skilled work visa, you must get a job that pays a MINIMUM of £38,700 instead of the old requirement of £26,200. This means it's now harder to enter the UK via work visa route as a foreigner!

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