Reply to: ICT Visas update - Computer Weekly Report

[Brussels Slumdog]

If your bank is still outsourcing change to Deutsche Bank

I found this under SAP FICO Jobserve.

Hope that there will be more to follow.

This project will be focused around returning the AP function in-house to Deutsche Bank from a current outsourced provider.

[PM-Junkie]

Interesting article in Spiegel

fooked in the longer term

One more reason to leave the EU...

[Troll]

While the trend of more growth for outsourcers in European markets is expected to continue, barriers remain. NASSCOM's Nivsarkar points out, for example, that the EU lacks a common work permit or visa application. This makes it complicated for non-EU citizens to move freely across borders on projects. These issues were also highlighted in a July report released by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce on India-EU trade relations. Indian firms surveyed for that report say visa and consular issues were among the main impediments to expansion of their services to the EU.

The EU is hoping to change that. This year the European Commission passed a directive to bring a so-called blue card scheme to the EU. By 2011, all EU countries will be required to honor this common application for skilled workers to enter the country for up to two years. "If the blue card comes into being, it will significantly remove barriers and allow international companies to deploy the best talent for their clients," says Tata's Kumar.

Interesting article in Spiegel

fooked in the longer term

[mrdonuts]

damn i though they had finally done something to stop this f uck up

according to those linked articles there were nearly 50000 ICTs last year alone

[HairyArsedBloke]

can someone explain why this is such a good step forward

It's a good step forward in spinning by the nuLieBore government because they can say they are 'doing something' even if in reality it makes no different whatsoever.

[mrdonuts]

can someone explain why this is such a good step forward

[BolshieBastard]

Excellent news - hope they don't just find another cynical way around it though. But well done PCG!

And well done the government for doing it.

[EddieNambulous]

<http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/No_citizenship_status_for_Indian_professionals_on_ foreign_shore-nid-60544.html>

Some interesting comments below that article...

do people still want to migrate to that country? I think it is a sick place (has always been IMO).
Posted by: Ankit Chandra - 07:18 AM Aug 21, ' 09

[Shimano105]

Excellent news - hope they don't just find another cynical way around it though. But well done PCG!

[malvolio]

He's right, MAC's output is strictly advisory. Sadly for him, the UK Border Agency's rulings are not.

[Lumiere]

However, MAC’s recommendations are pure advisory and the Home Office may or may not accept them. “We need to remember that these are recommendations at this stage and the government is considering the report before responding formally. No decisions have been taken and it’s too early to speculate on the government’s response,” Chris Dix, regional director South Asia and the Gulf, UK Border Agency, told ET on Thursday.

[malvolio]

They should be. WE just closed the door on 20k jobs a year...

[Sean Key]

interesting press reports abroad about this...

They seem quite worried......


Siliconindia.com - Bangalore,India,USA

The report also recommends that migrants coming to UK under

intra-company-transfer route cannot have a right to permanent residence.
...
<http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/No_citizenship_status_for_Indian_professionals_on_ foreign_shore-nid-60544.html>

UK Anti-offshoring Lobbies Cry Foul
CXOToday.com - Mumbai,India
... year to workers coming to the country through intra-company-transfer
route, ... It will also ensure that there is a system in place to audit the
visa ...
<http://www.cxotoday.com/India/News/UK_Anti-offshoring_Lobbies_Cry_Foul/551-105732-912.html>

Desi cos to hire more UK staff?
Times of India - New Delhi,India
Last year, UK granted around 45766 work permits to workers coming to the
country through intra-company-transfer route, a majority of them awarded to
the IT ...
<http://infotech.indiatimes.com/Careers/Desi-cos-to-hire-more-UK-staff/articleshow/4918013.cms>
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UK mulls stricter immigration rules
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India

“Because the intra-company transfer route exists to facilitate temporary

... “Tier 2 visas without the right to settlement will lead to
exploitation of ...
<http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/International-Business/UK-mulls-stricter-immigration-rules/articleshow/4917488.cms>
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[Turion]

WHS. late, but measures which seem to have some balls. Hope the PCG will be watching the main offenders (aka BT et al) like a hawk.

[malvolio]

Jesus, can't win, can they? Do you really think this would have happened wthout them raising the issue in the first place? It may well have come too late, but it's certainly not too little. It will also force a reappraisal at the client end, which is where it matters.