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Indian Doctors Hit Hard by UK Work Visa Restrictions
Indian doctors form a major part of UK’s state healthcare system (NHS). Hundreds of Indian doctors recruited by the NHS in the last few months are living in uncertainty as they have been denied Tier-2 as well as Tier-5 visa due to the annual visa limited recently adopted by the UK.
The new visa rule adopted by the United Kingdom (UK) has triggered panic among Indian doctors who have been offered a role in UK’s state-run National Health Service (NHS) but have been denied visas to travel to the country.
Under the new visa system, there is an annual limit of 20,000 Tier — 2 visas for non-EU professionals allocated by the UK. The monthly limit varies between 1000 and 2200.