I am planning on moving to London when I'm done with college, and using my degree of journalism/writing over in England. Is this do-able? I could really use some imput.
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I would suggest u get in touch with several outlets that has to do with journalism of course, newspapers and tvs before u make the move, maybe ur college can refer u to some. as for living here, its very busy, lots of traffic and rains most of the time :)... but it is do-able.
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Are you American? If so, I hate to burst your bubble, but work permits are hard to come by, especially in a field such as journalism - there are plenty of journalists/writers in Britain, so they dont need to "import" others. Basically, for an employer to give a work permit to a foreigner, they need to pay a hefty fee on your behalf and have some reason why you can do the job better than anyone in all of the EU. The other option for living and working in the UK is something called the highly skilled migrants program which awards points for various things such as age, education and earning power. If you have enough points, you can emmigrate without a work permit and search for work. (if you go over on your visitors visa, you are not allowed to look for work). You would get a certain amount of points for being under 28 years of age and for having a degree, but being fresh out of college, your earning potential would be fairly low and that will probably keep you from qualifying for that program.
