Highly Qualified Persons rules amended

LN 29 of 2021 introduced changes to the HQP Rules [SL 123.126], namely:

  • Allowing persons who apply to benefit under the HQP Rules to be eligible for two further extensions (instead of one, as previously applied) of 5 years (EEA and Swiss nationals) or 4 years (third-country nationals), subject to specified limitations;
  • Extending the Rules for another 5 years (no determinations by the respective competent authorities shall be issued after 31 December 2025, and any such determination issued must refer to any employment in respect of which the benefit provided by the HQP Rules commences by 31 December 2026 and ceases to apply by 31 December 2030);

The changes apply with effect from 31 December 2020.