Has anyone worked in a Gas station/ Motel on Tier 1?

Getting a job immediately after landing is an issue and maintaining yourself is a necessity.

I was curious to see if anyone took the alternative route and worked in a gas station/motel to cover up for expenses?

Is it legally allowed?

I appreciate your help

dhruv wrote:Getting a job immediately after landing is an issue and maintaining yourself is a necessity.

I was curious to see if anyone took the alternative route and worked in a gas station/motel to cover up for expenses?

Is it legally allowed?

I appreciate your help

Yes, it is legally allowed.

It is currently allowed, but might not be in the near future (and in this case it might get you into trouble).

Dhruv,

If I remember correctly you have your T1 now and might be going to U.K. (say Jan/Feb next year).. so you are good at least till then.

Nyways, you need support for initial few months..
You should be good.

Working in the UK, you need to learn to call it a petrol station or garage, though!

Another thing to note - it wont be that easy to get any job to get some income till you start.
Main reasons are crazy timings, lots of students taking up such roles and the fact that its winter so fewer jobs. There will be roles in the Services sector though.

Your best bet is to come here with sufficient funds to last you for a min of 3months and, being generous, if you keep £800 to £1000 a month, you should be fine. Anything above this or a temp job will just help you better but best not to depend on such work to sustain you here - if you dont find any then that adds to all other tensions and anxiety attacks you have to go through

KP

avjones wrote:Working in the UK, you need to learn to call it a petrol station or garage, though!

Thanks for valuable insight on the American and British cultural aspect. Is motel also called as Motel or it is a HOOTEL

Well, certainly not motel. I think UK equivalent is bed and breakfast (B&B).

dhruv wrote: I was curious to see if anyone took the alternative route and worked in a gas station/motel to cover up for expenses?

Nothing against OP but why is India getting so Americanised?

These days everything on media just "rocks" rather then being nice, good, brilliant and so forth.

tomkin wrote:

dhruv wrote: I was curious to see if anyone took the alternative route and worked in a gas station/motel to cover up for expenses?

Nothing against OP but why is India getting so Americanised?

These days everything on media just "rocks" rather then being nice, good, brilliant and so forth.

Honestly British and American influence is almost equal - America has long been the dream destination for the last few generations of youngsters but Europe and Australia is currently the hot favorite

And I havent heard people use American slang too much - of course its lot more than traditional British slang and thats merely because there's so much of it than most Indians wont get what it means unless you are here in person to experience and understand it first

Dhruv must have been to the US of A previously coz most Indians still say hotel and petrol station - there is no concept of Motels or B&Bs back home.

KP