Independent report

Review of the Intra-company Transfer (ICT) route 2021

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) response to the Home Secretary’s commission into the ICT route.

• From: Migration Advisory Committee
• Published: 13 October 2021
• Last updated: 20 April 2022
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  1. 20 April 2022

     Updates to Intra-company Transfer report: October 2021 and Intra-company Transfer report data tables: October 2021. A summary of the corrections made in April 2022 have been added to the end of the report.

  2. 4 November 2021

     Added link to "Employer and employee use of ICT visas: a qualitative study".

  3. 13 October 2021

     First published.

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Intra-company Transfer report: October 2021 (accessible version)

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Intra-company Transfer report: October 2021

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Intra-company Transfer report annex: October 2021 (accessible version)

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Intra-company Transfer report annex: October 2021

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Intra-company Transfer report data tables: October 2021

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Intra-company Transfer report: letter to the Home Secretary (accessible version)

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Intra-company Transfer report: letter to the Home Secretary

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Details

This report responds to the request from the Home Secretary to the MAC to undertake a study into the Intra-company Transfer (ICT) route, focussing on the operation and effectiveness of the route.

In addition, the MAC was asked to look into the UK’s mobility offer for businesses wishing to set up a subsidiary in the UK or to undertake a secondment in relation to a high-value contract for goods or services.

The MAC has also considered the needs of businesses to have a more agile, time-restricted route.

Read Professor Brian Bell’s letter to the Home Secretary introducing the committee’s report.

The MAC commissioned Revealing Reality to conduct qualitative research, interviewing employers and employees, to explore why and how the Intra-company Transfer route was being used. Read Employer and employee use of ICT visas: a qualitative study.

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