This Highly Skilled Visa Thing

[Martin Bank Holiday]

Nothing to worry about?

I mean, they say it's for mathematicians and scientists, people with PhDs etc.

It's just that their very keen to get the ball rolling on this one.

[TestMangler]

Nothing to worry about?

I mean, they say it's for mathematicians and scientists, people with PhDs etc.

It's just that their very keen to get the ball rolling on this one.

They could start by trying to get people who are proficient in English........

[BR14]

[Martin Bank Holiday]

They could start by trying to get people who are proficient in English........

Don't want to post links to potentially fake news type sites but I just read:

Reports have emerged that the PM Boris Johnson intends to do away with the £30,000 salary requirement for importing foreign workers. A think tank has warned this will see immigration “spin out of control”.

[TestMangler]

Don't want to post links to potentially fake news type sites but I just read:

Not the point I was trying to make, but that was discussed on here days ago. Boris is going to f**k contractors, he's going to f**k ordinary people with jobs. Boris is going to f**k pretty much everyone. You can escape this f**king by being a multimillionaire, going to Eton, burning £50 notes in front of tramps and watching your school chums f**k a pigs head. Other than that, you're probably f**ked. HTH.

[GigiBronz]

You won't get any pertinent answers here and probably end winding up quite a few people.
Sensitive subject on this forum with most of the contractors fearing they'll be replaced with 3 mediocre fresh off boat resource at 30k a pop. On shorter leash as well.
My personal opinion is they are quite right in thinking so...

Ah... it's general, go ahead with your business

[Martin Bank Holiday]

Not the point I was trying to make, but that was discussed on here days ago. Boris is going to f**k contractors, he's going to f**k ordinary people with jobs. Boris is going to f**k pretty much everyone. You can escape this f**king by being a multimillionaire, going to Eton, burning £50 notes in front of tramps and watching your school chums f**k a pigs head. Other than that, you're probably f**ked. HTH.

Yes, I think you're probably right.

Well, for the record, I didn't vote for him.

[TestMangler]

You won't get any pertinent answers here and probably end winding up quite a few people.
Sensitive subject on this forum with most of the contractors fearing they'll be replaced with 3 mediocre fresh off boat resource at 30k a pop. On shorter leash as well.
My personal opinion is they are quite right in thinking so...

Ah... it's general, go ahead with your business

Why is it a sensitive subject ? The private sector IR35 changes have been known about for ages. The only people who didn't know they were coming were the 'I votes boris beecoz da tories is da party of biznizz and well off people like me' arseholes that frequent this forum. Anyone who thought an 'australian style points based system' meant anything other than more offshore and ICT visas is borderline retarded. We got what the country voted for.

[scooterscot]

Nothing to worry about?

I mean, they say it's for mathematicians and scientists, people with PhDs etc.

On the contrary, there's a lot to worry about. Money is only but one of many reasons keeping people away.

90% of the reason this Engineer left the UK for Germany (could have been Spain just as easily at the time) was mostly down to being paid nearly three times at much for the exact same job at home. And don't get me started on how much cheaper housing, food, general cost of living was compared to home.

If the UK government thinks skilled STEM folks (generally lefties) are going to come to a hard right leaning nationalist country for poor salary and expensive living costs.... think again.

[Paddy]

IT is on the list as "highly skilled" however the government is calling it "digital technology". You just need some sort of certification and you're in.