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UK Tier 2 visa quota stops NHS doctors coming to work in Britain

19:19 20/02/2018
Non-EU doctors hired by NHS hospitals scrambling to fill skills gaps, are being denied entry into Britain by the Home Office. The NHS blames the blockade on a Tier 2 visa restricted certificate of...

Tier 2 visa pivotal for recruitment of 2,000 NHS doctors to meet government targets

17:25 03/08/2017
The NHS will recruit 2,000 foreign doctors to meet UK government targets. Simon Stevens, the head of NHS England, announced that four times the planned number of 500 extra doctors are needed to...

Unions call for NHS to be exempt from UK Visa Tier 2 immigration skills charge under Tier 2 Sponsorship Licence Scheme

23:55 29/04/2017
Two top health unions are urging UK home secretary, Amber Rudd, to excuse the NHS National Health Service from the new, UK Visa Tier 2 immigration skills levy applicable to non-EU overseas doctors...

UK Immigration Brexit Deal on EU Freedom of Movement Rules

20:05 28/09/2016
In recent months Its understood that the European Union has been considering plans that will grant UK immigration exemption from freedom of movement rules for up to seven years. Meanwhile, EU member...

UK immigration temporarily eases tier 2 visa requirements for NHS

17:13 21/10/2015
Restrictions on recruiting non-EU nurses have been temporarily relaxed by the UK government. The decision to make it easier for nurses to be employed under the tier 2 visa scheme was made to help...

Tier 2 visa problems making NHS staffing crisis worse

11:59 17/09/2015
Newcastle upon Tyne's NHS Trust faces a staffing crisis as UK Immigration is preventing them from employing more nurses from the Philippines. The Home Office have refused to issue enough certificates...

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