Company migrants to UK outnumber skilled worker visas

Three times more migrant workers came to the UK on companies’ transfers schemes than on general visas for skilled workers, official figures show. Firms using the intra-company transfer (ICT) scheme brought in 29,700 non-European staff in the 12 months to September 2011. But those entering via visa schemes could be as low as 10,000, despite [...] Read more »

UK Government Taking a Closer Look at IT Staff Transfers from India

It now seems that the British parliament’s committee on public accounts is taking a closer look at Indian IT companies that are trying to use their inter company transfers as a route to relocate their workers to Britain. This is viewed as a problem, because it is now said that the UK Border Agency has [...] Read more »