[LRUG] American curious about Rails Dev opportunities in London

[Jesse Waites]

Ha, I could become an ordained minister in about 10 minutes online.

http://www.themonastery.org/ordination

On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Olly Headey <olly at freeagent.com> wrote:

> This is correct, but the devil is in the detail.
>
> Significantly, the sponsor company also has to pass the resident market
> labour test. This means they have to advertise the vacancy on sanctioned
> channels to prove that there is no UK national able to do the job. The
> sanctioned channels are such places as the governments own online job site,
> a national newspaper, so one can imagine it's not quite as difficult as it
> might seem to pass.
>
> Secondly, there are limits to Tier-2 visa allocations (unless you're a
> minister of religion or a professional sportsperson – Premier League
> lobbying is apparently effective). Only ~2000 (possibly less) certificates
> of sponsorships are issues each month under current regulations.
>
> So it's certainly not insurmountable, but the current government are
> making it increasingly difficult. If you manage to secure a CoS and get the
> visa, it's for 3 years. After that time you will be able to apply for
> renewal which is for 2 further years. At that point, you're eligible for
> residency.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Olly
>
>
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> On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Tom Stuart <tom at codon.com> wrote:
>
>> Here’s the basic information you need: https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general
>>
>> The short version is that yes, you can move to the UK and work, as long
>> as you have a job offer from a company that has a “sponsor licence” (
>> https://www.gov.uk/uk-visa-sponsorship-employers) and you meet certain
>> other criteria (salary, savings, English language proficiency etc) that
>> probably pose no problem for a US citizen in the tech industry.
>>
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