UK Umbrella Company To Sponsor Automation Engineer

hein123 · Post by **hein123** » Tue Oct 03, 2017 1:34 am

I found a few umbrella companies willing to sponsor IT contractors, however I am and Controls Engineer.

Could anybody point me in the right direction of an umbrella sponsor for Electrical Engineers / Control Systems Engineers for contract work?

I can find my own contracts

Post by **CR001** » Tue Oct 03, 2017 8:24 am

This is not permitted and is illegal on a tier 2 general visa. You cannot contract on this visa.

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Tue Oct 03, 2017 8:39 am

hein123 wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 03, 2017 1:34 am
I found a few umbrella companies willing to sponsor IT contractors, however I am and Controls Engineer.

Could anybody point me in the right direction of an umbrella sponsor for Electrical Engineers / Control Systems Engineers for contract work?

I can find my own contracts

On T2 you can only work for the direct employer, no intermediaries....

hein123 · Post by **hein123** » Tue Oct 03, 2017 2:28 pm

Thus the only way to do contract work in the UK is win the lottery to get 200K to open a business

iworker · Post by **iworker** » Tue Oct 03, 2017 2:34 pm

Even that would not really be a business.
As a tier 1 ent, you would struggle to do contracting in other businesses offices while holding a tier 1 ent visa.

Post by **CR001** » Tue Oct 03, 2017 2:39 pm

hein123 wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 03, 2017 2:28 pm
Thus the only way to do contract work in the UK is win the lottery to get 200K to open a business

Nope not even that.

There use to be a visa that was available, but due to extensive abuse of the Tier 1 General visa system, this route was closed.