AN independent Scotland could introduce ancestry visas, allowing foreigners with Scottish grandparents to move to the country, according to a new…
Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville with Migration Minister Emma Roddick and Independence Minister Jamie Hepburn at the launchAN independent Scotland could introduce ancestry visas, allowing foreigners with Scottish grandparents to move to the country, according to a new Government paper.Language ability would be rated on fluency in English but the paper noted it could also be possible to consider ability in Gaelic.
The last category would expand the Government’s current visa scheme for Hong Kong residents to include the citizens of UK overseas territories. A “work in Scotland” visa would retain a conventional employer-sponsored scheme, which the Government said would make it easier for companies to recruit internationally.
Family visas would continue but the minimum income requirement of an annual income of £18,600 would be removed, which the paper said would “make it easier for families to choose Scotland as a place to live, also supporting family reunification”.We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories.
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