Winter has yet to wrestle its grip on summer. Something else
that seems not to change is the Government's propensity to
issue changes to the Immigration Rules.
The latest statements of changes to the Rules (HC 1038 and HC
1039) which took effect on 6 April 2013, contain a large number of
mainly administrative amendments clearing up anomalies in the
previous version of the Rules. Nevertheless, they are also
sprinkled with a couple of innovations which may have quite
far-reaching effects. Below we examine some of the more salient
points from this latest raft of changes.
Main changes for employers
There are a large number of changes to Tier 2 of the Points
Based System, which are summarised below. Please contact Bircham
Dyson Bell's Immigration Team if you need more tailored
advice.