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Uk tech visa applications highest on record

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    Uk tech visa applications highest on record

    UK Tech Visa Applications Highest on Record #DespiteBrexit - Guido Fawkes

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    The UK needs highly skilled, super educated IT workers. It is a shame we don't have any looking for work. Thanks goodness India does have these people to spare.
    First Law of Contracting: Only the strong survive

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      Stephen Kelly, chair of Tech Nation has said a quarter of those who receive the visa are company founders: “These individuals are setting up businesses across the UK, bringing capital and jobs that are fuelling our economic growth”. Some positive news for the UK’s economic recovery…
      He should have added, they set up limited companies and leave the UK at the end of the year without paying tax.
      "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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        Originally posted by Paddy View Post
        He should have added, they set up limited companies and leave the UK at the end of the year without paying tax.
        Racist!

        Implying foreigners are tax evaders and HMRC are tulip!
        "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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          Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
          Racist!

          Implying foreigners are tax evaders and HMRC are tulip!
          Not all, but I have worked with a fair share of Australian contractors who have proudly done this.
          "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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            #6
            Originally posted by Paddy View Post
            Not all, but I have worked with a fair share of Australian contractors who have proudly done this.
            Not any more, the worthless pound solved that one!
            First Law of Contracting: Only the strong survive

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              #7
              Originally posted by _V_ View Post
              The UK needs highly skilled, super educated IT workers. It is a shame we don't have any looking for work. Thanks goodness India does have these people to spare.
              Indeed saved our life’s


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                #8
                Need some facts here:

                Tech Nation has been designated by the Home Office to endorse applications for the Global Talent Visa in digital technology.
                Since the inception of the Tech Nation visa in 2014, it has received over 2,800 applications and endorsed over 1,500 visas from over 90 countries worldwide.
                It's not for yer CUK desk jockey type person, I would read the website and maybe have a laugh
                Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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