New minimum wage thresholds for foreign worker visas will come into force "within weeks", the Home Secretary announced on Tuesday.
These included significantly hiking the minimum wage needed to obtain a visa.
On Tuesday the Home Office announced that reforms that will restrict care workers from bringing family members to the UK will come into force on March 11.
Measures requiring care providers to register with the Care Quality Commission if they are sponsoring migrants will start on the same date.
An increase to the minimum salary required for those arriving on a Skilled Worker Visa, from £26,200 to £38,700, will start from April 4.
The minimum income requirement threshold for those bringing dependents to the UK on family visas will increase in stages.
From April 11 workers will need to be earning at least £29,000 a year to bring a family member from abroad - up from £18,600.The Government has not given a date for when this will increase again to £38,700. Home Secretary James Cleverly said: “I’ve been clear that migration is too high and we must get back to sustainable levels. Last year I set out robust measures to reduce the numbers coming into our country – tightening the rules on care workers, skilled workers, and making sure that people can support their family members that they bring over.
“It is a firm approach, but a fair one, and gives those affected time to prepare whilst ensuring that migration comes down. The British people want to see action, not words. We are delivering the change we promised and which they expect, lifting pressure on public services and protecting British workers with the utmost urgency.”
