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Issue 246
Setback for the Social Care Sector as Overseas Care Worker Route Closes New Immigration Rules Come Into Force on the 22 July 2025
The Home Office has announced major reform of the Immigration Rules, and the changes come into effect from 22 July 2025. New rules were laid in Parliament on the 1st July 2025, which will see skills and salary thresholds rise to the previously set RQF level 6, overseas recruitment for care workers to end, and between 100 and 180 occupations no longer eligible under the skilled worker visa route. The baseline minimum salary to get a Skilled Worker visa will rise from £38,700 to £41,700. Meanwhile, the minimum salary will increase from £34,830 to £37,500 for those with a relevant PhD.
The new Immigration Rules are scheduled to come into force on 22 July 2025, pending Parliament’s approval. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: “We are delivering a complete reset of our immigration system to restore proper control and order, after the previous government allowed net migration to quadruple in four years……...”
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