Indian Skilled Workers Group Largest In The United Kingdom

27 May 2016

Indian nationals living in the United Kingdom constitute largest working group among all the other group of foreign nationals. Indian citizens were granted 57 percent of skilled visas which counts to 52 108 out of the 91,833 visas granted.

The American nationals occupy the second place with 9,981 skilled visas; this is according to the UK’s national statistics data.

 When it comes to long term visas Asians have taken larger proportion by 56 percent; Indians add up by 17 % and 16 % by China respectively.

The United States citizens amount to 7 percent of the visas followed by Indian and China in taking long term residence permits.

In registering national insurance registrations, Indian skilled professionals topped in numbers by 34 000. The insurance is the mandatory requirement for the employs working in the United Kingdom.

India is also one of the largest senders of students to the UK, the migration statistics quarterly report revealed till December 2015. Presently, 10, 705 Indian students, 70,515 Chinese students and 13, 970 US students entered the United Kingdom with valid study permits.

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