It's a tough job market. With the recession and all the gloomy news, I was wondering when would be a better time to enter UK to search for a job? Now, before the new grads come out in summer? As it's already summer, will employers be making adjustments for the new grads flooding the job market in a ...
I wonder what effect all this is having on the employers and recruiters. Are they also shifting towards a deliberate or subconscious preference for British workers over skilled migrants to fill posts, i.e. British jobs for British workers? There are obviously anti-discriminatory laws, equal employme...
I am with the seniors but my concern is, my visa validity started from oct 2008. If i wait for another 4-5 months to study the job market won't it create trouble for me when i arrive in uk during Apr-May 2009. What should i say to the Entry officer for the late arrivel to uk. I believe lot of peopl...
To those who have successfully applied for and secured jobs, I'd like some advice. When applying for jobs, should I mention my visa status, nationality, gender, age and dates of previous employment? Apparently, under anti-discriminatory regulations job applicants are not required to reveal their gen...
Is it advisable then, to mention it outright when applying directly to companies for jobs and when making initial contact with recruitment agents? I'm not sure if that will make them view my application differently?
Coming to your original question, I will not take Fixed Term Contract. I was unemployed for some time and I did get few calls for fixed terms contract but said NO to all of them unless they offered very great salary. Just think, why they wanna offer you fixed term contract and not permanent/contrac...
mjmani, Your letter sounds similar to the one I submitted, which was the basis of my application being rejected. You shouldn't worry though, as each case is different and will be treated as such by the CW, but perhaps you might want to tweak it a bit. It may be better to include something like the f...
2. Submitting a "non-genuine bank statement" I'm sorry to hear that. I have a lot of trouble with the maintenance requirements too. http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=30318&highlight= On what basis did they conclude that your bank statement wasn't genuine? Didn't you get it directly f...
The simple answer is NO. Those waiting for ILR on the current rules will have to meet the new rules when they come into force. Why you might ask? Thanks Frontier Mole. I asked because there was an article in the Telegraph a while ago on the topic. I may have remembered it wrongly, but there was som...
Well, I can't speak from experience but perhaps you can explain that you applied for canada, which has long processing times, before you applied for the UK.
After 2.5 years, ILR is some time away yet. Do you intend on having and using both UK and Canadian visas?
Expect early 2009 to be the start of the more important changes to the route to citizenship. I would not be as confident as the previous post in giving a specific month - remember it is the Home Office! I was wondering if it would be the case of the old rules for ILR applying to those who entered t...
Also I beleive that to be eligible for ILR you should be working in the skilled profession for which you were given the visa It doesn't matter which skilled profession you stated when applying for the visa, you are not required to continue in that profession in the UK. It can be anything, as long a...
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Any idea why my company would think that it would need to be exercised in the first 6 months? This seems to be a common misconception, but I can't figure out where it comes from.
I guess, you are wrong. The most recent bank statement should be dated no more than seven days before the EC application is submitted. There is no mention of "transaction date". For instance, you submitted EC application on 12th August, the bank statement should not be dated before 5th August, wher...
well the best thing is to put your original passbook alon with the letter from the bank stating that u have maintained these funds for past 3 months in your account plus a very imp thing is that ur passbook must show a transaction within 7 days prior to the date u apply for EC otherwise they will c...