For Scottish employers faced with skills shortages in the domestic labour market, recruiting international talent can be critical to the growth of their business.
The UK immigration system has been radically reformed over the last 12 months. The good news is that the UK now has a very open, streamlined sponsorship process and it is easier and faster than before to sponsor medium and highly skilled workers to work in the UK.
There are also additional new visa categories planned (as part of the trade agreement negotiations with various countries) which should make it easier for employers to tap into those overseas talent pools when filling jobs.
Run by Scottish Enterprise, TalentScotland is an international talent attraction and retention project. TalentScotland also provide an Immigration and Visa Support Service offering general support and guidance to help Scottish based SME’s navigate the immigration system including:
Webinars - live awareness raising webinars delivered by an immigration specialist, companies have the opportunity to submit questions during a Q&A session and hear more about support available from TalentScotland. The current webinar programme covers:
- *Applying for a Sponsor Licence
- *How Scottish companies can easily access a new pool of international talent with the introduction of the graduate visa
- Understanding the changes to right to work checks for EEA and Swiss nationals from 1st July 2021
*available to watch on demand, companies are able to email in any questions after they have watched the webinar.
Tutorials – in addition to the webinars companies can join interactive tutorial sessions with an immigration specialist where they can get step by step support on the following areas.
- Completing a Sponsor Licence Application.
- Assigning a Certificate of Sponsorship
- Sponsor Licence Compliance.
(costs for the support detailed above is met by Scottish Enterprise)
To find out more about the webinars, register to attend or listen, book on a tutorials or access other immigration support materials please click on our website - www.talentscotland.com/employers