The following table shows the number of applications for settlement in the year prior to the qualifying period being increased (1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006) and in the year post the qualifying period being increased (1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007) broken down by each employment route.
The criteria include main applicants only and exclude dependants.
The figures quoted are not provided under national statistics protocols and have been derived from local management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change.
Employment route Pre-rule change(1 April 2005-31 March 2006) Post-rule change(1 April 2006-31 March 2007) Airline employees 10 5 Armed Forces 1,340 2,720 Business 45 15 BUS under EC Association Agreement 2,235 260 Highly Skilled Migrants 760 205 Innovator 15 5 Investors 50 5 MOR, Missionaries/Members of religious orders 550 135 Overseas Domestic Workers 950 255 Overseas Dom Worker in diplomatic households 65 25 Overseas government employees 25 25 Reps of overseas news Agency 15 5 Retired persons of Independent means 25 5 Sole Representative 55 10 UK Ancestry 5,650 570 Work Permit Employment 28,780 5,015 Writers, composers and artists 40 10 Total 40,620 9,265
The UK Border Agency held information sessions for MPs and their caseworkers on the points based system in London in July.
Two further events are planned in London on 19 November. Where there is a demand, the UK Border Agency will arrange further information sessions outside London.