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Migration Advisory Committee work in progress

What the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) is working on currently.

This page includes:

  • work commissioned by the Home Secretary
  • work the Migration Advisory Committee commissioned itself
  • letters associated with each project

Attracting talent to the UK

The MAC self-commissioned a review of talent visa routes.

Salary requirements for work visas and the new temporary shortage list

The Home Secretary commissioned reviews of:

  • salary requirements for work visas including discounts
  • the new temporary shortage list (TSL)

The salary requirements review is now complete.

The TSL stage 1 report was published in October 2025. The stage 2 report is due to be published in summer 2026.

Completed work

Updates to this page

Published 30 July 2025
Last updated 12 March 2026 show all updates
  1. Added the MAC's self-commissioned review of talent visa routes.

  2. Updated to show the salary requirements for work visas review, and the stage 1 report of the temporary shortage list review, are complete.

  3. First published.