Tier 1 general visa will be closed

Tier 1
The Tier 1 (General) route will be closed.
The Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) route will be reformed to make it more attractive. We will introduce flexibilities and create a new avenue for promising start-up companies which do not meet our investment threshold.
The Tier 1 (Investor) route will also be reformed to offer an accelerated route to settlement, depending on the level of investment.
The Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) and Tier 1 (Investor) routes will not be subject to a limit on numbers.
A Tier 1 route for persons of exceptional talent will be introduced. This will cover migrants who have won international recognition in scientific and cultural fields, or who show sufficient exceptional promise to be awarded such recognition in the future. Applications by those with exceptional promise will be endorsed by a competent body in the relevant field. The 'exceptional talent' category will be subject to a limit of 1,000 places. Tier 2 will continue to be open to migrants working in these fields.
Further details will be published as soon as possible.