“tier 1” work visas to double Downing Street announced

[northernladyuk]

Admin/Mods/Sados, can we move this over to the brexit thread, so the dreary negative people can do their usual self-loathing thang.

Truly you are the Warden of the Safe Space.

[woohoo]

Truly you are the Warden of the Safe Space.

I like to think of myself as a rogue Daily Mail reader.

[northernladyuk]

I like to think of myself as a rogue Daily Mail reader.

Doesn't that give you cancer?

[SueEllen]

Doesn't that give you cancer?

No reading The Telegraph does.

[MrMarkyMark]

T1 ET visa is really for those who have made a name for themselves, ie those with published works, a reknown reputation in their particular field. Most of those will be off to US before trying UK...

Do CUK posts count?

[bobspud]

T1 ET visa is really for those who have made a name for themselves, ie those with published works, a reknown reputation in their particular field. Most of those will be off to US before trying UK...

Do you not think that they will be abused the same as any other type then?

[MrMarkyMark]

Do you not think that they will be abused the same as any other type then?

Feck me, there go my sides

[Paddy]

https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-exceptional-talent

What you can do

work - for an employer, as a director of a company or be self-employed
change jobs without telling the Home Office
do voluntary work
travel abroad and return to the UK
bring family members with you

You can stay in the UK for up to:

5 years and 4 months if you apply outside the UK
5 years if you apply inside the UK
You can apply to extend this visa for another 5 years.
You can apply for settlement once you’ve been in the UK for 5 years.

Areas of Disciplines
Information communication technology (ICT)
 Imaging
 Informatics
 Algorithms
 Software
 H-CI/C-HI
 Computer vision
 Image processing
 Artificial intelligence
 E-science
 Telecommunications
 Quantum computing
 Cryptography
 Biometrics

[bobspud]

https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-exceptional-talent

Thats quite a large area of disciplines they have there...


by the way to be endorsed you need to read this

http://www.techcityuk.com/wp-content...RIL2017-V5.pdf

So being in devops get you in....

[MrMarkyMark]

https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-exceptional-talent

Wow, that's wide open, looks like the Indian PM is going to get exactly what he lobbied for 8(?) or so months ago.

2000 guys more possibly contracting and undercutting rates.

Whats not to like

Maybe they are parachuting them in, in the hope they will fill the gaps in the PS.