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Previously on "Non-EU employees in UK ltd startup - visa stuff"
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******* antipodeans on WHVs,
Come here, undercut the locals with their "Limited Company" pay no tax, wind up company after one year (not paying any tax) then **** off home.
I know of several chaps in the building trades who've done exactly as above.
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I'm from New Zealand and started contracting through a limited company whilst I was on a Working Holiday visa. Checked it all out with my accountants first of course. Do that, make some money and then gun for an HSMP
As soon as i get my HSMP stamp in my passport i will be going for my own LTD Co.
u might be on dangerous ground mate, be careful.
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Originally posted by rezidenton the topic of aussies and the holidaymaker visa, is there any limitation on starting a ltd company to work through while in the UK on this visa?
thanks
rob
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on the topic of aussies and the holidaymaker visa, is there any limitation on starting a ltd company to work through while in the UK on this visa?
thanks
rob
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Originally posted by sli_grynfor aussie's, the options are, if u/30, 2 year working holiday visa which means ur only allowed to work 12 mths in 24. the other options are HSMP, or marry a Brit (my preferred option! she's actually an aussie, but has that magic magenta passport)
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for aussie's, the options are, if u/30, 2 year working holiday visa which means ur only allowed to work 12 mths in 24. the other options are HSMP, or marry a Brit (my preferred option! she's actually an aussie, but has that magic magenta passport)
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Originally posted by sli_gryni haven't done this myself, but a fellow antipodean tried to get a work permit in the UK through a company "sponsoring" him. the problem was, they had to advertise for 28 days and do a few other things to prove that his skills weren't available in the local job market.
In the end he went back to Oz and worked for us there instead.
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careful about the advertising bit, i'm pretty sure you'll get manure, whether you want it or not
i know that companies get around the ad specific requirements (they check the ad when applying for the work permit), by getting the offshore candidate to write one, tailored exactly to their CV. that way, there's no one else suitable b/c the job matches that individual's CV. not sure how you'd work it out if you don't have a specific one in mind. ("romanianspeaker preferred...")
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I advertised for a world leading .NET 3.5 specialist with at least 15 years experience, in the Mull of Kintyre Farmers Weekly, under the "manure wanted" section.
28 days went by, and not a single applicant. Have I met the requirements?
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Originally posted by timhsuppose the issue would be trying to quantify the quality of the overseas applicants for £x/month vs local ones - because undoubtedly there are locals willing to work for [goingClientRate - y] but they'll be tulipe or they'll leave as soon as they figure it out.
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Ah, hadn't noticed this had been responded to - thanks!
Didn't know about the £800.. My minimal investigation yesterday found a £190 application fee, but I didn't look much further.
Advertising for 28 days is no problem, I suppose the issue would be trying to quantify the quality of the overseas applicants for £x/month vs local ones - because undoubtedly there are locals willing to work for [goingClientRate - y] but they'll be tulipe or they'll leave as soon as they figure it out.
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Originally posted by sli_gryni haven't done this myself, but a fellow antipodean tried to get a work permit in the UK through a company "sponsoring" him. the problem was, they had to advertise for 28 days and do a few other things to prove that his skills weren't available in the local job market.
also, it was pretty expensive to get the permit (£800+ or something?)
so, i'm not sure it's as easy as you think...
(my 2p)
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i haven't done this myself, but a fellow antipodean tried to get a work permit in the UK through a company "sponsoring" him. the problem was, they had to advertise for 28 days and do a few other things to prove that his skills weren't available in the local job market.
also, it was pretty expensive to get the permit (£800+ or something?)
so, i'm not sure it's as easy as you think...
(my 2p)
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Non-EU employees in UK ltd startup - visa stuff
Has anyone here been through the work visa application process as an employer, and is it as straightforward (and cheap) as it seems?
I'd like to expand and employ people to take on the work I'm currently too busy to contemplate, but of course the main problem with that is finding good employees who couldn't just compete with me in the marketplace and get the work on their own. People who don't have visas, however, can't do that - so may happily work through my company.
It seems too easy - there must be a catch, right?Tags: None
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