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Issue 249
Overseas Recruitment Restrictions Come into Force The ban on recruiting care workers or senior care workers from abroad on skilled worker visas has now come into force, taking effect yesterday July 22. The immigration rule change means adult social care providers will no longer be able to sponsor new staff from overseas on the health and care worker visa
to work in these roles. However, care workers or senior care workers already on the visa will be able to continue working under sponsorship in the UK, either with their existing employer or a new provider, up until 22 July 2028.
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