<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>工黨政府正在考慮放寬全球人才簽證的規定，以應對特朗普總統最近的移民改革，其中包括對 H-1B 簽證收取 10 萬美元的費用。計劃可能包括取消英國全球人才簽證的費用，以吸引技術工人和學者。討論正在進行中，旨在簡化申請流程，特別是針對人工智能和研究領域的申請者。批評者認為當前的簽證途徑過於繁瑣，而這些變化旨在刺激經濟增長，同時管理移民水平，因為財政大臣正在為即將到來的預算做準備</p>

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

- 英國政府考慮放寬全球人才簽證規則，以吸引更多高技能工人。  
- 計劃可能包括取消簽證費用，以應對美國新政策帶來的影響。  
- 此舉旨在推動經濟增長，同時降低移民水平。  

工黨正在考慮放寬全球人才簽證，以應對特朗普的限制政策