<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>+1 to Toms links, a<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">lso check out <a href="http://careers.stackoverflow.com/uk/jobs?searchTerm=Ruby&location=London&range=20&distanceUnits=Miles&offersrelocation=true">Stack Overflow Careers</a> which includes a "offers relocation" filter. These companies may help with visa applications.</span></div><div><br></div><div>Robbie<br><br><br></div><div><br>On 31 Jul 2015, at 10:05, Tom Stuart <<a href="mailto:tom@codon.com">tom@codon.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Hi Jesse,</span><br><span></span><br><span>Here’s the basic information you need: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general">https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>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” (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/uk-visa-sponsorship-employers">https://www.gov.uk/uk-visa-sponsorship-employers</a>) 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.</span><br><span></span><br><span>There is plenty of unmet demand for good Rails developers in London, so as a layman it seems likely to me that you could do this if you want to.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Cheers,</span><br><span>-Tom</span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Chat mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Chat@lists.lrug.org">Chat@lists.lrug.org</a></span><br><span>Archives: <a href="http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org">http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org</a></span><br><span>Manage your subscription: <a href="http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org">http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org</a></span><br><span>List info: <a href="http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org">http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>