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

[Leo Townsend]

I found a Ruby Developer with U.S. Citizenship who was on a Tier 2 sponsorship visa (i.e. was only able to work for the sponsoring company) at a large UK firm. He was offered in February and the transfer process of the Tier 2 sponsorship to the new UK firm meant he started in September.

Like Louis, we can give a similar statement if you require multiple sources to back up a visa.

From: Chat [mailto:chat-bounces at lists.lrug.org] On Behalf Of Steve Creedon
Sent: 22 September 2014 09:17
To: Siddharth Sharma
Cc: London Ruby Users Group
Subject: Re: [LRUG] Software engineer in SF looking for work in London

I just got back from Berlin, we had an Indian Product Manager join us from San Fran. I was involved in the hiring process but it didn't seem any quicker there. It was a quite a few weeks before he could work for us.

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On 21 Sep 2014, at 08:53, Siddharth Sharma <svs at svs.io<mailto:svs at svs.io>> wrote:
Apparently countries that have signed up for the European Blue Card scheme have much less stringent requirements. This makes Berlin a more viable choice than London as Germany is, by all accounts, quite enthusiastic about the scheme.

I haven't tried this myself nor do I know anyone who has, so caveats apply.

cheers
Siddhrth

On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Vish Vishvanath <vish.vishvanath at gmail.com<mailto:vish.vishvanath at gmail.com>> wrote:
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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