Migrant Workers: Interpreters
Home Office written
question – answered on 10th March 2020.
Baroness Coussins Crossbench
To ask Her Majesty's
Government how the new points-based immigration system will accommodate public
service interpreters who work on a freelance basis.
Baroness Coussins Crossbench
To ask Her Majesty's
Government whether there will be any flexibility in the new points-based
immigration system's salary thresholds in respect of freelance public service
interpreters who cannot guarantee their earnings levels.
Baroness Coussins Crossbench
To ask Her Majesty's
Government whether public service interpreters working for the (1) NHS, (2)
courts system, and (3) police, are regarded as (a) skilled, (b) high-skilled,
or (c) low-skilled, workers.
Baroness Williams of Trafford The Minister of State, Home Department,
Minister for Equalities (Department for International Development)
On 19 February we published
a policy statement setting out the United Kingdom’s future Points-Based
Immigration System, which will work for all parts of the UK.
We will not be creating a
dedicated route for self-employed people, However. in due course, freelance
workers will be able to benefit from the proposed unsponsored route as
recommended by the independent Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC).
Freelance workers
contracted to provide services to an organisation can continue to be sponsored
under the new skilled work route (which also allows them to work up to 20 hours
a week for other organisations).
Public service interpreters
fall within standard occupational classification (SOC) code 3412; authors,
writers and translators. Occupations within this SOC code are considered to be
skilled at RQF 4 by the MAC.
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