A new system has been introduced which will help deal with Highly Skilled migrants entering the UK. 

Tier 1(General) replaced the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP) on June 30 affecting those who want to immigrate to the UK as a general highly skilled migrant. In effect, Tier 1 (General) is similar to HSMP however it also has 3 sub-categories to become more understandable, Tier 1 (Investors), Tier 1 (Entrepreneurs) and Tier 1 (Post-Study Work). Overall this is part of the new five-tier points based immigration system.

The new ideology works on a points system not dis-similar to HSMP, depending on age, past earnings, UK experience, and education. A notable change from the old method is that Tier 1 appears to be stricter than before as the decision making is now more structured based and less open to interpretation.  There are also 2 added categories scoring points for maintenance requirement and the English Language requirement.