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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">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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">Like Louis, we can give a similar statement if you require multiple sources to back up a visa.<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>Steve Creedon<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 22 September 2014 09:17<br>
<b>To:</b> Siddharth Sharma<br>
<b>Cc:</b> London Ruby Users Group<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">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.<br>
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Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p>
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On 21 Sep 2014, at 08:53, Siddharth Sharma <<a href="mailto:svs@svs.io">svs@svs.io</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I haven't tried this myself nor do I know anyone who has, so caveats apply.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">cheers<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Siddhrth<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Vish Vishvanath <<a href="mailto:vish.vishvanath@gmail.com" target="_blank">vish.vishvanath@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></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">Sent using <a href="https://cloudmagic.com/k/d/mailapp?ct=pi&cv=5.2.8&pv=7.1.2" target="_blank">
CloudMagic</a><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" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">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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