Migrant Workers

(asked on 27th February 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what procedures will apply following the ending of free movement and the introduction of a points-based immigration system for (1) European citizens and others to work in the UK as self-employed people, (2) self-employed people resident in the EU to provide their services in the UK as well as in the EU, (3) people who work for a company that operates in the UK but are resident in the EU to travel to and work in the UK as part of their employment, (4) European citizens and others to set up new businesses in the UK, and (5) self-employed citizens of the UK to provide their services in the EU, and to set up new businesses there.


Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 12th March 2020

The UK’s Points-Based Immigration System has been designed with businesses and employers given huge consideration.

As set out in The UK’s Points-Based Immigration System: Policy Statement, we will not be creating a dedicated route for self-employed people. However, in due course, self-employed workers will be able to benefit from the proposed unsponsored route as recommended by the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC).

Self-employed workers will still be able to travel to the UK under other routes in the new points-based system. Those contracted to provide services to an organisation can continue to be sponsored under the new skilled work route, or if wishing to set up a business in the UK, use the Innovator and Start-up routes.

Provisions for UK self-employed persons to provide their services in the EU will be for individual Member States to decide.

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