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The RICS is to petition the government to relax the immigration laws for . The institution is calling on the profession to back a campaign to get QSs on the Work Permits UK shortage occupations list.

Eight of the major practices have lent their support: Gardiner & Theobald, EC Harris, Cyril Sweett, Franklin + Andrews, Turner & Townsend, Faithful+Gould, Gleeds and AYH.

Recruitment agents Hays Property & Construction and Judd Farris are also on board. But the RICS said it wants more QSs firms and also some major contractors to add weight to the cause before it approaches the government.

Ed Badke, director for construction and the built environment at the RICS, is leading this latest initiative to tackle the shortage of QSs. He said he wanted to build up a case file of foreign QSs who had been working for UK firms and then forced to leave under the current Home Office rules.

It鈥檚 not like he鈥檚 trying to grab money off the state, we need him

Paul Rowland, Adair Associates

Badke said: 鈥淲e have been approached by a couple of firms who were struggling to keep good people whose visas had expired. The QS profession should be added to the UK鈥檚 shortage occupations list.鈥�

Following these initial approaches the RICS wrote to a number of companies and found the phenomenon was widespread. 鈥淧eople are getting half way through their training and having to go home,鈥� said Badke.

Terri Setters, training and graduate recruitment manager at Gardiner & Theobald, said: 鈥淲e had trained a girl for two years and then she had to return to Korea. We have had this happen a couple of times so we contacted the RICS about it. There is a shortage of QSs so we need these people.鈥�

Badke said: 鈥淲e want more people on board before we approach Work Permits UK (part of the Home Office). So we want to say to the industry, if you agree with us, contact us.鈥�