Visas: Doctors
(asked on 11th September 2018) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to making more Tier 5 visas available for the Medical Training Initiative.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Medical Training Initiative is a Government Authorised Exchange scheme, a sub-category of our Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) route. None of our Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) sub-categories, including Government Authorised Exchange sub-category, impose a cap. The numbers of participants on each scheme, including the Medical Training Initiative, are however monitored in line with the scheme proposal agreed with the Home Office.
The Home Office is in regular contact with all government departments regarding the operation of the UK’s immigration system.