UK Tier system

UK Tier system 2008-02-13

UK - new points based system to begin in February

The United Kingdom's Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) announced that the new points-based system will start from February 29th. The first immigrants required to use the Tier 1 points system are those currently in the UK under the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP) who wish to extend their leave to remain. From April, hopeful immigrants applying from India will be required to come under the new Tier 1 rules for highly skilled migrants. The rest of the world will come under Tier 1 rules "sometime during the summer."