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Wind workers concession extended to July 2021

Published on: 21 December 2020
Published by LNB News

LNB News 21/12/2020

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Issue Date: 21 December 2020

Published Date: 21 December 2020

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

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UK Visas and Immigration, in a December 2020 update to the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017, has announced that the terms of the concession will now be granted until 1 July 2021. Introduced in 2017, the concession allowed the employment of non-EEA workers for the purpose of joining a vessel engaged in the construction and maintenance of a wind farm within UK territorial waters.

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