The new Shortage Occupation List is finally live and this morning the revised Appendix K of the Immigration Rules was uploaded to gov.uk.  

Unfortunately, in its rush to publish the new list, the Home Office has omitted archaeologists. This profession was recommended for inclusion as a shortage occupation by the Migration Advisory Committee, and the department accepted the committee’s recommendations in full, but accidentally left archaeologists out.

Thankfully acknowledging the oversight, the Home Office has confirmed in the newly updated Tier 2 policy guidance that archaeologists are to be treated as though appearing in Appendix K until it’s able to update the Immigration Rules.