{"id":85653,"date":"2026-02-26T23:28:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T23:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=85653"},"modified":"2026-02-26T23:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T23:28:20","slug":"huge-drop-in-uk-health-and-work-visas-as-illegal-immigration-rises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/02\/26\/huge-drop-in-uk-health-and-work-visas-as-illegal-immigration-rises\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge drop in UK health and work visas as illegal immigration rises"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There wa<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73363\" src=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Nigerian-nurses-UK-300x187.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Nigerian-nurses-UK-300x187.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Nigerian-nurses-UK-360x225.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Nigerian-nurses-UK.jpeg 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>s a significant drop in the number of migrants coming to Britain on health and other work-related\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/visas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">visas<\/a>\u00a0last year, new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/home-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">Home Office<\/a> figures have revealed.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/other\/huge-drop-in-uk-health-and-work-visas-as-illegal-immigration-rises\/ar-AA1X7ww9?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=69a09f3d15da4cdba973d357144a2c6e&amp;cvpid=870637274c904b0492683d56c043b257&amp;ei=137\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>&nbsp; There was a significant drop in the number of migrants coming to Britain on health and other work-related\u00a0visas\u00a0last year, new\u00a0Home Office&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85653","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health-and-social-care"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/skilled-worker-visas.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85654,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85653\/revisions\/85654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}