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UK Tech Visas Quadruple After Applications Soar (telegraph.co.uk)
James Timcomb, writing for The Telegraph: Technology industry demands for special measures to let companies hire foreign workers after Brexit have been boosted by a surge in demand for technology visas. Tech City UK, the government organisation that processes applications for the dedicated "Tier 1 Exceptional Talent" visa, said successful applications had more than quadrupled in the last 12 months, with 260 endorsed in the last fiscal year. It follows fears in the British tech community that access to skilled computer coders would be hit by restrictions to freedom of movement when the UK leaves the EU. David Cameron introduced the tech visa scheme in 2014 in a bid to make London the technology capital of Europe and rival Silicon Valley as a destination for start-ups, and amid fears of a shortage of skilled coders in the UK. The "Tech Nation" visa scheme allows Tech City UK to endorse applications from non-EU workers, and lets successful applicants stay in the country for five years, after which they can apply to settle. Just a handful of visas were granted in its first few months, due to what were seen as onerous requirements, and the rules were relaxed in 2015. Applications have soared since then, and rose again after the Brexit vote.
I read the article but it didn't say if it would bind a worker to a specific employer, which is just indentured servitude. If the workers are free to switch jobs and free to collective bargain then I would generally agree with it. As long as it did not become the sort of dysfunctional H1B indentured servitude we have in the US.
Does anyone have more details or pointer to more details?
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Their idea of becoming a "technology hub" is similarly sound and impressive.
https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-exce...
The foreign national is the sole applicant and the holder of the visa, its not restricted to a single employer and the employer has no say in the application.
I read the article but it didn't say if it would bind a worker to a specific employer, which is just indentured servitude. If the workers are free to switch jobs and free to collective bargain then I would generally agree with it. As long as it did not become the sort of dysfunctional H1B indentured servitude we have in the US.
Does anyone have more details or pointer to more details?
This visa is only meant for founders and key employees of start up businesses.
This is not actually true. EU citizens can be asked to leave if they don't get a job within a few months. They also can't claim benefits until they have been working for a while.
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Sorry guys, looks like you just adopted US style work visas. In a few years tops you'll be forced out of your jobs...
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There is a reason that level of visa has the word "exceptional" in its title, though. You don't get one of those if you worked at Google for a couple of years. You get one of those if you're Sergey Brin or Larry Page.
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Fortunately UKIP seems to have started its own "LEAVE" campaign. Last local council elections, none of over 140 UKIP councillors kept their seat (and no new ones either).
A while ago they showed on TV a bunch of UKIP MEPs celebrating that the UK decided to leave to EU, and I swear they didn't look like normal human beings. To me, they looked like the result of generations of incest.