skilled workers

  • Call for ‘urgent’ meeting on crew visa crisis

    Call for ‘urgent’ meeting on crew visa crisis

    4th March 2024

    The North East of Scotland Fisheries Development Partnership (NESFDP) is seeking an urgent meeting with members of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) that recently increased the salary threshold for skilled worker visas and is currently reviewing the Shortage Occupation List…

  • Skilled Worker Visa guides published

    Skilled Worker Visa guides published

    14th September 2023

    Seafish has published a series of guides to help those in the industry employing non-UK nationals understand the Skilled Worker Visa process. In collaboration with Darren Stevenson of law firm Wiggin LLP, it has created five guides outlining the steps…

  • Hopes of ‘flexibility’ on skilled worker rules

    Hopes of ‘flexibility’ on skilled worker rules

    19th January 2023

    There is cautious optimism that the government may be willing to allow more flexibility over the regulations covering the skilled worker route for foreign crews on fishing vessels working inside the 12nm limit, reports Tim Oliver. This follows a ‘constructive’…

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