I am currently a United States citizen. I am 22 and my boyfriend is British and lives in England. I would like to work there but do not know the rules or how to go about applying for a job. I would greatly appreciate if someone could explain this in detail to me. Thank you! I need to know things such as: How long can I work in England for? Where do I apply for a work visa? How do I apply for a job in another country? Any other rules.
Other - United Kingdom - 6 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
In order to work in the UK you will need a work permit, BUT and it's a big BUT, you will need exceptional skills and experience that are in demand in the UK. Given your age you will not qualify. The rules are similar in the USA so he will not be able to work there either. If you really want be be together you need to try to find a country that will accept you both. Personally I can't suggest one.
2 :
Try Google. You have no chance.
3 :
Im wanting to move there aswell within the next year. I think, to work there, you should have some kind of british citizenship, which i was looking into getting a Dual passport. Then im sure you have to live there. When I was talking to my cousin that lives there, she said once I get there its best to look for a job. There are also websites that will tell you open jobs, and im sure there, you can figureout the qualifications needed to work there. Im not too sure on the Work visa, but yeah im pretty sure you need one.
4 :
As you are not a citizen of the EEA (European Economic Area) you are going to need a work permit and to get one of those you are going to have to be educated to at least Master's Degree level or have a skill which is in high demand here. All the rules and regulations are to be found at this Government Border Agency site... http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/
5 :
Sorry, but we have a lot of questions like this. We can not just come and settle in the US, can we? I have family in the States, and we are now choosing to travel less and less, because of the way we are treated at immigration. We now even have to pay money for a 3 year permission to travel document! We are not the 51st state, just because we also speak English. If you really want to settle here and be with your man, marry him. Others have warned you about the strict rules. We need such, because we are a very crowded country and also,as a member of the European Union, we have free movement of people and labour within the union, which covers a lot of non skilled jobs in some areas.
6 :
Unless you are graduating with a masters, you stand little chance of getting a work visa. The UK work visa system is points based. Points are awarded for age, qualifications, earning capacity (past or future), UK experience (work or study), knowledge of English and maintenance funds. There are restrictions on the number of work permits at the moment while the whole immigration system is under review. For a Tier 1 visa, you need a masters or to have been earning the equivalent of £35,000 per year. http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoapply/infs/inf21pbsgeneralmigrant For a Tier 2 visa, you need a degree level qualification and a UK employer willing and licenced by UKBA to employ a non EEA national, who has advertised the post for four weeks across the job centre network and in trade and national press, and who can prove that not one single suitably qualified EEA national applied. This is called the resident market test. The only time employers don't need to apply the resident market test is if the post is on the shortage occupations list. These are mostly specialist posts in medicine, science and engineering. Secondary maths and pure science teachers, special needs teachers, veterinary surgeons, paediatric dentists, cardiac physiologists, soil mechanics engineers and neonatal intensive care nurses are examples of some of the occupations currently on the list. At your age, you would probably not yet have the work experience to qualify for most of these posts. Another option would be to work for a US company that has branches in the UK and obtain an intra company transfer visa. Again, for you to be able to stay for more than a few months, you would need to be highly skilled. Graduate trainees are only allowed to stay for three months on this visa. http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoapply/infs/inf26pbsskilledworker Your other options are a settlement visa as an unmarried partner, fiance or spouse. An unmarried partner visa is only granted where the couple can prove that they have lived together for a minimum of two years. You will need official evidence of this such as rent agreements in both names, joint bank accounts, utility bills etc that cover the whole two year period. A fiance visa is a temporary six month visa that allows you to enter the UK to marry. You will need to provide proof of your plans to marry and you cannot work on this visa. Once you are married you can apply for a spouse visa, either after you marry in the UK or if you marry in the US, before you travel to the UK. For all settlement visas, the conditions are that you must both be over 21, have met and intend living in the UK as a couple. You must have adequate accommodation arranged and must be able to show evidence that you can support yourselves without recourse to public funds (welfare). You also have to provide evidence that the relationship is genuine. Here's a link to further info on settlement visas. http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoapply/infs/settlementguide
