tailieunhanh - STATEMENT OF INTENT: FAMILY MIGRATION

Monitoring and evaluation. Finally, in order to track progress and enhance learning and quality, an effective system of monitoring and evaluation that includes assessment of on-the-ground results is under development. Progress in implementing the strategy will be reported annually. The estimated incremental costs of implementing the strategy will be about $2 million in the current fiscal year, about $3 million per year in the three subsequent years, and approximately $ mil- lion per year thereafter. Corporate incentive funding of $ million has been set side for the current year, and the regions have commit- ted more than twice this amount as matching Bank budget. Imple- mentation has thus been fully funded. | ft Contents Introduction and overview of changes 3 Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights 9 Financial requirement 16 Genuineness of relationship 23 Settlement 27 Parents and children 31 Refugee family reunion 33 Transitional arrangements 34 Appendix A Summary of key changes 37 Appendix B Meeting the financial requirement 39 Appendix C Assessing the financial requirement 51 Appendix D Categories affected by the rule changes 56 Appendix E Key transitional arrang ements 68 2 Introduction and overview of changes INTRODUCTION 1. In July 2012 the Government will make changes to the Immigration Rules for family migration as part of its programme of reform of the migration routes. This Statement of Intent explains the changes that will be made principally in respect of those of nonEuropean Economic Area non-EEA nationality applying for leave to enter or remain in the UK on the basis of their family relationship with a British citizen or a person settled in the UK. In 2010 family migration accounted for approximately 18 per cent of all non-EU immigration to the UK - around 54 000 people out of 300 000. The changes will be laid before Parliament shortly and are expected to come into force on 9 July 2012. 2. The Government has already made changes to the Immigration Rules for work study work to settlement and visitor routes in summary as follows Tier 1 closure of Tier 1 General and Tier 1 Post-Study Work expansion of routes for entrepreneurs and investors creation of the Exceptional Talent and Graduate Entrepreneur routes. Tier 2 limit on numbers of Tier 2 General migrants new rules on intra-company transfers minimum skills level of NQF4 rising to NQF6 from 14 June 2012 changes to the Resident Labour Market Test minimum English language requirement of B1 for Tier 2 General maximum period of stay for those entering Tier 2 General after April 2011 of six years with a cooling off period of 12 months before any further Tier 2 leave. New settlement rules for Tiers 1