How to obtain a one year student visa? SCJP, CFA ....

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Hi all,

I intend to move to London next October to look for a quant developer (VBA, core Java) position in Investment bank, hedge fund…. I have got a Master’s degree in Quantitative Finance from a French university a have very good core Java level( Hibernate, concurrency…), plus a high VBA level.

As at the moment the financial environment is not very good , but most of the people think that 2009 will be better than 2008, and as I’m not European, I need a visa to enter UK. So I think coming to London to prepare the SCJP (Sun Certified Java Programmer) and in parallel looking for either a temp or perm position, I have contacted ( by emails and phone calls) two IT schools proposing a one year full time course for the preparation of the SCJP certif + other course (ASP.net …), and as I mention that I have a Master’s Degree they do not reply (by emails) to my questions (don’t know why?).

I have a another idea which is: to prepare a CFA (Charted Financial Analyst) level 1, but the issue is that the duration proposed by schools to prepare this qualif is only 3 months and I don’t know if I’ll obtain a one year student visa.

I would like to know if it’s a good idea to come to London using this means (i.e UK student visa, SCJP certif. or CFA) or is there any other way or other schools which propose full time professional qualifications.

Please I need your help,

Thanks in advance for your reply and sorry for this long msg.