The spike in foreign migrants applying for Skilled Worker visas has been caused by confusion around the terminology, a watchdog has found. The National Audit Office (NAO) revealed on Tuesday that thousands more migrants have potentially claimed asylum in Britain. The number of claims has risen from 53 in 2022 to 5,300 in the first 10 months of 2024. Far more foreign workers are using the visa system route to come to the UK than the Government anticipated The Home Office forecast that it would issue 360,000 of the Skilled Worker visas to people entering the country over the first three years, but has issued 931,000. Read more: UK work visa changes criticised as new immigration rules loom The NAO has said that changes to the Skilled Worker visa route for foreign workers were made without understanding the impact it would have. “The Home Office does not have a full understanding of how the Skilled Worker visa route is operating”, the NAO report states. “More people are using the Skilled Worker visa route than the Home Office anticipated in 2020...This has brought benefits. In December 2024, the Migration Advisory Committee conducted an analysis which suggests that, on average, migrants on...