Changes to immigration rules are set to increase the costs of employing foreign crew on skilled worker visas by more than 50%. From next spring, the government will increase the earnings threshold for overseas workers from the current £26,200 to…
Industry leaders say a Home Office support package to help the industry adjust to new visa rules for foreign crewmen will do nothing to address the fundamental problem of more time being needed to adjust to the new requirements. Three…
The home office decision to bring into effect, at less than 24 hour’s notice, a ‘zero tolerance’ approach to the use of transit visas in the fishing industry was raised last week at Prime Minister’s Questions in parliament. The timing…
A statement from the Irish Department of Justice has set out the next steps in the transition to a new visa system for non-EEA crew working on Irish vessels, following the closure of the widely criticised Atypical Working Scheme (AWS)…
Home Office refuses calls for urgent action Tough UK government immigration policies and a clampdown on visas are creating a crewing crisis for skippers on the west coast of Scotland and in Northern Ireland, reports Tim Oliver Skippers and vessel…
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