Rules & thresholds changelog
Every salary floor, fee and processing-time figure we track that has moved — the exact date it changed, the old and new values, and the official source for each. This is the continuously-versioned record a model with a training cutoff cannot reproduce.
7 recorded movements · last reviewed 30 May 2026
Critical Skills Employment Permit — general floor salary floor
38000 EUR (annual)→40904 EUR (annual)
EU Blue Card — general threshold salary floor
48300 EUR (annual)→50700 EUR (annual)
EU Blue Card — shortage occupations (Engpassberufe) salary floor
43760 EUR (annual)→45934 EUR (annual)
Skilled Worker — general threshold salary floor
38700 GBP (annual)→41700 GBP (annual)
Skilled Worker — Immigration Salary List discount salary floor
30960 GBP (annual)→33400 GBP (annual)
Health and Care Worker — absolute minimum salary floor
23200 GBP (annual)→25000 GBP (annual)
Skilled Worker — general threshold salary floor
26200 GBP (annual)→38700 GBP (annual)
April 2024 floor; superseded 22 Jul 2025.
How this works
Each figure on Visa Atlas is mapped to a primary government source and re-verified over time. When a figure moves, the change is recorded here with its effective date and source. The feed is machine-readable at /changelog.xml. Nothing here is legal advice — always confirm the current figure on the linked official source.