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UK Immigration Rules—HC 590: April–June 2024 reforms to Skilled Worker salaries, Immigration Salary List, SOC 2020, family minimum income, and route-wide updates with transitional provisions

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This analysis reviews the key amendments to the Immigration Rules (the Rules) contained in HC 590 that are relevant to business advisers. The Statement of Changes was published on 14 March 2024, accompanied by an Explanatory Memorandum (EM). Subscribers can swiftly navigate to particular headings in this Practice Note using the Table of Contents bar on the left. For help on interpreting a Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules, see Practice Note: Sources of immigration law and their legal status.

The Statement chiefly delivers:

  • the principal Skilled Worker reforms;
  • the initial uplift to the minimum income requirement for family visa applications, announced in the Home Secretary’s five-point plan for Legal Migration in December 2023;
  • an update to the Standard Occupation Classification (SOC) code system to SOC 2020.

See: LNB News 04/12/2023 64 and LNB News 22/12/2023 24. The Skilled Worker measures introduce substantial increases to salary thresholds and going rates for first-time applicants, aligned with UK median earnings, with corresponding rises also applying to those already in the route (still based on...

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