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Open consultation

Salary threshold and points-based system (PBS) commission: call for evidence

We are seeking evidence from stakeholders to help inform our review of the salary threshold and points-based system (PBS) commission.

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Correspondence

Home Secretary tasks MAC on Australian-style points-based immigration system

Home Secretary Priti Patel asked the MAC to review how an Australian-style points-based (PBS) immigration system could be introduced in Britain to strengthen the UK labour market.

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Correspondence

Migration Advisory Committee welcomes salary threshold commission

Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) salary threshold commission letter issued by the Home Secretary to the MAC.

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News story

Migration Advisory Committee recommends adding to shortage occupation list

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has published its review of the shortage occupation list (SOL) today, adding veterinarians, web designers and architects.

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Corporate report

Migration Advisory Committee: annual report, 2017 to 2018

Annual report of the Migration Advisory Committee for the year 2017 to 2018.

Latest from the Migration Advisory Committee

  1. Migration Advisory Committee chair extension
    • News story
  2. Response to ONS engagement on adjustment of migration statistics
    • Correspondence
  3. Salary threshold and points-based system (PBS) commission: call for evidence
    • Closed consultation

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What the Migration Advisory Committee does

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) is an independent, non-statutory, non-time limited, non-departmental public body that advises the government on migration issues.

MAC is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Home Office.

Read more about what we do

Guidance and regulation

  1. Minimum income requirement for sponsorship for the family migration route
    • Guidance
  2. Home Office letter and statement from the Migration Advisory Service (MAC) on nurse shortages
    • Guidance
See all guidance and regulation

News and communications

  1. Migration Advisory Committee chair extension
    • News story
  2. Response to ONS engagement on adjustment of migration statistics
    • Correspondence
See all news and communications

Research and statistics

  1. Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) report: immigration and the labour market
    • Independent report
  2. Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) partial review: shortage occupation list and nursing
    • Independent report
See all research and statistics

Policy papers and consultations

  1. Salary threshold and points-based system (PBS) commission: call for evidence
    • Closed consultation
  2. Shortage occupation list 2018: call for evidence
    • Consultation outcome
See all policy papers and consultations

Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. Migration Advisory Committee meeting minutes 2019
    • Transparency
  2. Full review of the shortage occupation list, May 2019
    • Corporate report
See all transparency and freedom of information releases

Our management

Professor Alan Manning
Professor Alan Manning
Chair of the Migration Advisory Committee
Professor Jackline Wahba
Member of the Migration Advisory Committee
Dr Jennifer C Smith
Member of the Migration Advisory Committee
Madeleine Sumption
Member of the Migration Advisory Committee
Dr Brian Bell
Member of the Migration Advisory Committee
Professor Jo Swaffield
Member of the Migration Advisory Committee

Contact MAC

General enquiries

Migration Advisory Committee
2nd Floor
Peel Building
Home Office
2 Marsham Sreet
London
SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom

Email

MAC@homeoffice.gov.uk

Data protection enquiries

Email

dpo@homeoffice.gov.uk

Data protection officer

020 7035 6999

Make an FOI request

  1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request.
  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.

Corporate information

Jobs and contracts

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