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Home Affairs Committee - Thirteenth Report Managing Migration: The Points Based System Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 15 July 2009.

Contents Terms of Reference Summary CONTEXT 1  The Committee's inquiry 2  International migration to the UK Immigration control Immigration legislation Reliability of statistics Migration trends EEA nationals Non-EEA migration Previous work entry routes SYSTEM DESIGN Architecture of the new system Rationale for a new system The Tiers Migration Advisory Committee and shortage occupation lists Resident labour market test Scoring points Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 4 Tier 5 Sponsorship Administrative Review 4  The Points Based System and the current economic climate Recession and employment Adjusting the Points Based System for economic circumstances 5  Shortages Types of shortage Highly specialist skills not available in the resident workforce Shortages due to unattractive wages or conditions Shortages due to insufficient investment in skills Assessing shortages Methodology of the Migration Advisory Committee Use of the shortage occupation lists The resident labour market test 6  Points criteria: fair, transparent, flexible? Are the points categories a fair measure of skill? Qualifications vs experience Maintenance and salary English language 7  Sponsorship Rebalancing compliance Sponsor licensing process Sponsorship Management System 8  Administrative review 9  Biometric visas and delays   10  Responsiveness of the UK Border Agency 11  Sector-specific issues Catering and hospitality Labour shortage Impact on communities Low-skilled workers Skilled chefs Training   Health and social care Care workers Nurses Doctors: age requirement Information and communications technology Shortage areas Intra-Company Transfers Legal services Government Authorised Exchange Schemes Higher education and students International students in the UK Tier 5 Sponsored Researchers Visa length; Certificates of Acceptance for Study; visiting academics Arts and entertainment Ballet dancers Emergency visas Agriculture and horticulture Low skilled labour Skilled labour 12  MPs' representations Backlog and delays in processing applications Options for representation Survey of MPs Speed of response Quality of response Decisions by Ministers Potential increase in representations under the Points Based System Conclusions and recommendations Annex A: India and Bangladesh visit notes Annex B: Summary of MP survey responses Formal Minutes Witnesses List of written evidence List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament Oral and Written Evidence - HC 217-II 8 July 2008 3 February 2009 10 February 2009 3 March 2009 17 March 2009 Written Evidence

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