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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Best, Louis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Louis Goff-Beardsley</b></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Ultra-specialised Independent Ruby Recruìtment</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisbeardsley" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisbeardsley
</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">"I just can’t stop thinking about Ruby on Rails"</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Mobile:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> 07449 324 851
<b>BBS:</b> 0118 327 1821<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Skype/Googletalk</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">: LouisGB1/</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:LouisRoR@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">LouisRoR@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="https://twitter.com/LouisRoR" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">@LouisRoR</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">irc.freenode.org - LouisRoR - #Ruby #LRUG #NWRUG #Pokemonchat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:black">Infinitium Global Ltd</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:black"> is a company registered in England and Wales.
Registered number: 07569878</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:black">Infinitium Recruìtment Ltd</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:black"> is a company registered in England and Wales.
Registered number: 8081945<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:black">Registered Address: 3 Acorn Business Centre, Northarbour Road, Portsmouth, PO6 3TH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Chat [mailto:chat-bounces@lists.lrug.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Vish Vishvanath<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 21 September 2014 08:39<br>
<b>To:</b> chat@lists.lrug.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [LRUG] Software engineer in SF looking for work in London<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This question regularly pops up in the Reddit London sub, so I encourage people to search there. But the answer is always the same. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Vish<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 9:02 pm, Matthew Rudy Jacobs <<a href="mailto:matthewrudyjacobs@gmail.com">matthewrudyjacobs@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#303B40">On 21 September 2014 03:39, Eric Theise <<a href="mailto:erictheise@gmail.com">erictheise@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#303B40">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?<br>
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Thanks, Eric<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#303B40">I looked into this before for a Hong Kong friend who we were trying to get a visa for.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#303B40">Although on paper it seems fairly straightforward<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#303B40">1. get a sponsorship permit for your company<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#303B40">2. put out a special advert for 28 days<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#303B40">3. resolve that local talent can't satisfy your requirements<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#303B40">4. take the foreign recruit of your choice (assuming they tick enough boxes)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#303B40">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"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#303B40">So we didn't pursue it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#303B40">If anyone has had a more positive experience, I'd love to hear that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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