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Skilled Worker visa, salary threshold, and immigration policy tracking for the UK -- a watchlist destination, not yet a Globaris pathway.

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Visa Update

UK Lets Skilled Worker Visa Holders Recognised as Trafficking Victims Leave Abusive Sponsors

A Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules laid before the UK Parliament on September 3 inserts a new rule letting Skilled Worker visa holders who are formally recognised as modern slavery or trafficking victims work for any employer — or go self-employed — for the rest of their visa, instead of having to find a new sponsor within days or lose their status.

Globaris Immigration Desk · Sep 10, 2026 · 3 min read

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Visa Update

UK Opens Global Talent Visa to 100+ Private Research Companies — AstraZeneca and JLR Can Now Sponsor International Scientists

For the first time, commercial research businesses — not just universities and research institutes — can endorse foreign researchers for Britain's Global Talent visa, a route with no sponsoring-employer tie and no salary threshold.

Globaris Immigration Desk · Aug 15, 2026 · 5 min read

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UK Advisory Panel Recommends Shrinking Below-Degree Sponsorship Route to Just 28 Trades

The Migration Advisory Committee wants the UK's Temporary Shortage List cut from 52 occupations to 28 — and even those would only qualify for an 18-month window, not the usual three years. Welders, electricians, and carpenters made the shortlist; many other trades did not.

Globaris Immigration Desk · Jul 28, 2026 · 3 min read