Kiwis could be affected by tighter UK rules 30 Mar 2016
Audrey Young

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British High Commissioner Jonathan Sinclair is defending changes to skilled migrant rules for Britain but suggests they won't affect many Kiwis anyway.
From April, the changes for skilled migrants, Tier 2 (general) include an annual charge on employers of just over $2000, and $760 a year for small and charitable employer sponsors of skilled migrants.
The changes also mean that Tier 2 migrants earning less than $63,000 a year will not be eligible to stay in Britain for longer than five years.
Mr Sinclair said that in 2015, New Zealanders who entered Britain on the Tier 2 (general) visa was 600 out of over 150,000.
The changes would not affect New Zealanders applying for the youth mobility scheme.
In 2015, more than 4000 New Zealanders entered Britain that way, he said.
Under the mobility scheme, 12,000 New Zealanders a year aged 18 to 30 could work for two years.
New Zealanders visiting for less than six months required no visa.
"Along with Australia and Canada, New Zealand has more visa and non-visa routes than any country into the UK outside the UE," he said.
Mr Sinclair said the purpose of the skills charge on employers was to incentivise British employers to invest in training the UK resident workforce and reduce reliance on migrant labour.
"The UK benefits from immigration and is open for business," he said. "Migrant workers fill skills gaps and help boost our economy, but it is right that UK employers look first to the resident workforce."
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