Increase in Immigration Skills Charge from 16 Dec 2025

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The Immigration Skills Charge is rising for the first time since its introduction in 2017, increasing the cost to sponsor an overseas worker under certain UK work visa routes by around one third. The effective date of 16 December 2025 has been formally confirmed in the Immigration Skills Charge (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI 2025/1078), which […]