> > "The revised list includes skilled chefs, secondary school teachers of > maths and sciences, consultants and senior specialist nurses, some > engineering occupations, including civil and chemical engineers." >
Note that the list does NOT include doctors who come over to practice as GPs (General Practitioners) or junior doctors who come for training. Only includes specialist consultants. That will make a big dent in the number of doctors from India. Also, while chefs are a shortage occupation, there is a minimum wage set for them (around £8-9/per hour I think - quite a bit higher than the national minimum wage), so that might still affect the number of chefs coming over. Also note that all of this relates to "Tier 2" migration - skilled workers for specific vacancies. If you have the education/experience to reach the points threshold for "Highly Skilled Migrants" (Tier 1), none of this applies and you can come to the UK without a job and look for one here (except for junior doctors who I believe are excluded from this scheme). This article talks about a Parliamentary report on immigration released a few days ago - very interesting look at the political climate around immigration in the UK and the general perception of it (the comments are perhaps even more interesting than the article). Badri
