[LRUG] Software engineer in SF looking for work in London

[Louis Goff-Beardsley]

We’ve helped a company with giving a statement as to the lack of Senior Ruby developers in the market. Happy to help out of anyone needs anything similar.

Best, Louis
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From: Chat [mailto:chat-bounces at lists.lrug.org] On Behalf Of Vish Vishvanath
Sent: 21 September 2014 08:39
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Subject: Re: [LRUG] Software engineer in SF looking for work in London

This question regularly pops up in the Reddit London sub, so I encourage people to search there. But the answer is always the same.

Unless you have ancestry from the EU, or come from a country with a working visa scheme, the company that sponsors you will have to show that only you can perform the role they need. It's very very tricky, and companies generally don't bother.

Best

Vish
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On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 9:02 pm, Matthew Rudy Jacobs <matthewrudyjacobs at gmail.com<mailto:matthewrudyjacobs at gmail.com>> wrote:
On 21 September 2014 03:39, Eric Theise <erictheise at gmail.com<mailto:erictheise at gmail.com>> wrote:
Would anyone care to comment, either as a Londoner taking on foreign engineers or as an expat that's been able to make such a situation work?

Thanks, Eric

I looked into this before for a Hong Kong friend who we were trying to get a visa for.

Although on paper it seems fairly straightforward

1. get a sponsorship permit for your company
2. put out a special advert for 28 days
3. resolve that local talent can't satisfy your requirements
4. take the foreign recruit of your choice (assuming they tick enough boxes)

The advice I got from startups who've tried it was "actually, it takes a lot of time, and a lot of money for immigration lawyers, and it still may not work"

So we didn't pursue it.

If anyone has had a more positive experience, I'd love to hear that.
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