<div id="readability-page-1">  <p><time datetime="2025-09-22T08:09:48+01:00">    Monday 22 September 2025 8:09 am  </time></p>         <div>    <div>             <div>             <p>            <span>        Politics and Economics Reporter      </span>                </p>          </div>  </div>    </div>    <figure>    <div>       </div> <img width="742" height="495" src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.cityam.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/GettyImages-1682262438-e1742900994206.jpg/query-dz03NDI?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.cityam.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/GettyImages-1682262438-e1742900994206.jpg/query-dz03NDI"/>  <figcaption>The Labour government is considering relaxing visa rules for global talent in the wake of President Trump’s tough reforms. </figcaption> </figure> <p>A UK government task force is considering plans to remove fee costs for the global talent visa after the US slapped a $100,000 charge on one of its key worker visas. </p><p>On Friday night, President Trump put hundreds of thousands of workers on high alert after he signed an executive order adding a hefty business fee for applicants arriving on a skilled foreign worker route under the H-1B visa. </p><p>The UK government could meanwhile look to ease rules on its global talent visa, according to reports, as it looks to attract more workers and academics who have won an “eligible prestigious prize” or who are considered to be a leader in research, arts or digital technology. </p><p>Earlier this year, the government pledged to make it “simpler and easier” for people to apply to join the UK through the global talent and high potential individual visas, expanding routes to those working in artificial intelligence and allowing research interns to gain access more easily.</p><p>Fees worth up to £766 on the global talent visa could also be cut to zero, according to a source quoted in the Financial Times, which reported that a government board were ramping up discussions after Trump took a harder stance on worker immigration rules. </p><p>The board is led by the likes of Lord Vallance, the science minister, and Varun Chandra, who is Starmer’s adviser on business relations.</p><h2 id="h-labour-s-growth-drive">Labour’s growth drive</h2><p>High talent visa routes to the UK have been heavily criticised by industry insiders for being too burdensome for applicants and dissuading people from going ahead with applications. </p><p>Business immigration advisory firms including Entrepreneur First and Envestors are tasked with vetting applicants for the global talent visa and the innovator founder visa before the Home Office conducts separate checks. </p><p>The visas are also different to the skilled worker route, which has been more widely used and faces stricter criteria – including hiking the minimum salary threshold to £41,700 – as part of an effort to curb net migration. </p><p>Think tank gurus at the centre-left Centre for British Progress and investment leaders in the US suggested that the UK could benefit from Trump’s sweeping changes to immigration rules as tech leaders and scientists would be more likely to move to Britain. </p><p>Reviews of visa routes are being made as part of an effort to drive growth in the UK economy while lowering migration levels, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves eager to protect what may be left of her headroom at this year’s Budget. </p><p>The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is widely expected to downgrade productivity and conclude that borrowing costs are set to exceed forecasts, forcing the Chancellor to double down on pushing through growth reforms.</p> </div>

<p>工党政府正在考虑放宽全球人才签证的规定，以应对特朗普总统最近的移民改革，其中包括对 H-1B 签证收取 10 万美元的费用。计划可能包括取消英国全球人才签证的费用，以吸引技术工人和学者。讨论正在进行中，旨在简化申请流程，特别是针对人工智能和研究领域的申请者。批评者认为当前的签证途径过于繁琐，而这些变化旨在刺激经济增长，同时管理移民水平，因为财政大臣正在为即将到来的预算做准备</p>

Labour considers relaxing global talent visa in answer to Trump’s clampdown

- 英国政府考虑放宽全球人才签证规则，以吸引更多高技能工人。  
- 计划可能包括取消签证费用，以应对美国新政策带来的影响。  
- 此举旨在推动经济增长，同时降低移民水平。  

工党正在考虑放宽全球人才签证，以应对特朗普的限制政策