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Currently businesses are given an annual allocation for the number of foreign workers they can bring into the country.

But under the , employers will have to apply to the for a certificate of sponsorship for a specific post.

British workers first

Immigration minister Damian Green said: 鈥楤ritain needs to attract the brightest and the best to fill jobs gaps but this should never be at the expense of workers already here.

鈥榃e have worked closely with businesses while designing this system, and made it clear employers should look first to people who are out of work and who are already in this country.

鈥楢nd those that do come here to work must know that we intend to make the route to settlement tougher. It can not be right that people coming to fill temporary skills gaps have open access to permanent settlement.鈥�

Annual limit

皇冠体育app government鈥檚 new annual limit of 20,700 visas for non-EU workers will begin on 6 April.聽

This limit will be divided into 12 monthly allocations and any unused places will roll over to the following month.

Workers will need to have a graduate-level job, speak an intermediate level of English, and meet specific salary and employment requirements.

High-flyers

Employers filling a vacancy that attracts a salary of 拢150,000 or more will not be subject to this limit.

An additional 1,000 visas will be made available under a new exceptional talent route.