2022 must be an unusual year for British immigration.

In the first quarter of this year, two bombshells detonated in the UK's immigration industry.

On February 17, the British investment immigrant visa announced that it would be closed directly.

On March 15, the UK Chief Representative Visa announced that applications would cease on April 11.

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Introduced a number of new visas

In the context of globalization and Brexit, in order to better attract top talents and the shortage of labor market, the British Immigration Service has optimized the existing immigration policy and encouraged high-quality innovative enterprises and talents to quickly immigrate to the UK.

As we often say, God closes a door for you and will surely open a window for you. At the same time as the closure of the two major visas in the UK, new immigrant visas have also been issued.

Since the beginning of 2022, the British Immigration Service has launched a variety of new visas:

In April, the UK Global Business Mobility Visa officially opened for applications.

At the end of May, the High Potential Individual visa was launched.

On August 22, the Scale-up Visa will also be officially opened for applications.

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Start the "crazy issuance" of visas!

Recently, the British Home Office released the latest data.

The UK has issued more than 1 million visas to foreign nationals in the past year!

million visas issued

In the year ending March 2022, the UK has issued more than 1 million visas to foreigners, including student visas, work visas, entrepreneur visas, spouse visas, etc., to facilitate everyone to live in the UK.

This is the highest number since records began in 2005, and possibly the highest since World War II.

It is worth mentioning that nearly 160,000 of these visas were granted to Chinese citizens.

Both the total and the proportion are the highest.

student visa

Last year's official return of the PSW visa (graduate visa) also attracted more people from all over the world to study in the UK: the number of UK student visas increased from 413,350 to 471,802!

Chinese students account for a quarter of all student visas.

working visa

In terms of work visas, the UK Immigration Service issued a total of more than 277,000 work-related visas (including dependents), an increase of 50% compared to before the epidemic!

This is not just because of a shortage of staff in companies in the post-pandemic era, but also because the number and range of occupations eligible for skilled visas has expanded, while the UK government has also removed caps on most visas.

It can be said to welcome overseas people with open arms!

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There are 11 ways to immigrate to permanent residence!

In the first quarter of this year, the United Kingdom announced that all epidemic prevention policies were completely cancelled and people's lives returned to normal. This also strengthened the confidence of a considerable number of investors, entrepreneurs, innovative talents and senior management talents to move to the United Kingdom.

Nebula International believes that with the recovery of the economy, the immigration boom in the UK is also coming.

Xiaoxing concluded that there are 11 common ways to move to the UK in 2022:

❶ UK Innovator Visa

❷ Innovator Visa (Isle of Man Green Lane)

❸ Start-up visa

❹ Overseas chief representative visa

❺ Work visa

❻ Expansion of Enterprise Visa

❼ Graduate PSW visa

❽ HPI High Potential Talent Visa

❾ Global Business Mobility Visa

➓ Spouse visa

⓫ Ten years of permanent residence

With so many types and routes, there must be a visa for you to move to the UK!

Are you excited? If you also have plans to study, work, or immigrate to the UK, please contact Xingyunhai International for details!