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<p>The Tier 2 (General) visa route is intended to fill gaps in the UK labour market
and is designed to serve the national interest by ensuring that employers look first
to the UK resident labour market before recruiting from overseas. The route is capped
at 20,700 places a year and the criteria for entry to the route is set following advice
from the independent Migration Advisory Committee. Places are allocated on a monthly
basis, with the highest priority being given to jobs in national shortage, followed
by PhD-level occupations, graduate level jobs and then by salary from highest to lowest,
in line with those that provide the greatest economic benefit to the UK. No visas
have been refused for those seeking to come to the UK to undertake a post which the
Migration Advisory Committee has determined should be on the shortage occupation list.</p><p>
</p><p>We continue to monitor the operation of the Tier 2 visa route to ensure that
it balances enabling the brightest and best migrants to work in the UK with our commitment
to reducing net migration.</p>
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