work permit as a gardener

Hi There,
I am a student and a qualified gardener. I work for a well-known gardening company here in the uk. I have been offered a full permanent contract with the company and my boss has applied for a work permit for me to be able to keep working with them. Unfortunately it was turn down by home office and the answer was that the UK hasn't got shortage of gardeners.
Is this true? Has anybody know anything about working here as a gardener?, any thougts or information on the subject will be very appreciated.

Olga,

Its a long shot... but maybe your employer applied in the wrong category? There is Tier 1 (usually for shortage occupations, which gardening is not a part of) and Tier 2 ( all others). For Tier 2, the employer has to show why you are better suited than any of the UK or EU people and supply evidence that they advertised 'all over the place' and want you out of everyone. More info on the www.workingintheuk.gov.uk website.

Hope it helps. If you know share more detailes about your application and documents supplied perhaps others can help more.

Take care

First make sure that you meet the educational and job experience requirements.

Second, you have to make sure that your employer has duly conducted a recruitment search. Your employer need to show that he advertised the job and no resident worker (UK citizens and ILRs and EU nationals) was found able to fill the vacancy. It is not enough to show that you are better than other applicants; your employer need to show that other applicants are not able to do the job even after hands-on training.

As you see, it's a tricky situation and I would advise you to contact immigration specialists like Workpermit.com who can prepare a fresh application (or appeal) for your employer.

thanks to you both for your valuable information