Automatic visas for ‘brightest and best’
NOBEL PRIZE and other international award winners will automatically get visas to work in the UK, Rishi Sunak is set to promise next week.
The Chancellor is expected to unveil plans designed to attract the ‘brightest and best international talent’ to postBrexit Britain.
Treasury officials said the migration system reforms would encourage highskilled workers – such as engineers and scientists – to come to work at UK firms. The changes will include reforming the current ‘Global Talent’ route.
Officials added that a new ‘elite’ pointsbased route would help start-up businesses and fast- growing outfits to recruit the talent they need. High-growth firms disproportionately employ or are founded by migrants, with 49 per cent of the UK’s fastest-growing businesses having at least one foreignborn founder. Mr Sunak said last night: ‘We’ve taken back control of our borders and are backing business with a skills- led approach to migration that works for the whole of the UK.
‘These reforms will ensure we maintain our global status as world-leader in science and innovation – welcoming those with unique expertise.
‘Our immigration system will attract top talent to boost firms, drive economic growth and help us to build back better.’