Facing the lack of skilled professionals, there is a demand in the UK government to relax immigration rules to the tech companies for employing / hiring highly skilled staff from anywhere in the world. One of the major recommendations is to reinstate the two-year post-study visa that enabled students from India and other non-EU countries to work for two years after completing their courses. The visa, which was popular among Indian students, was scrapped in April.
UK has huge potential to be a world-leader in the high-tech and digital economy, but that it is tough for start-ups to find enough coders, designers and other highly skilled staff.
A study states that the UK policymakers should learn lessons from the United States, especially California which has relax immigration rules is home to nearly half of the top 100 tech start-ups in the world.
The report wants the government to relax visa requirements for skilled migrants, to enable start-up businesses in the digital sector to take on highly skilled staff for a two-year probationary period without needing to pay a high up-front salary.
