Immigrating to the UK

[killerbyte]

I use the Metropolitan line on Wednesdays to go from Chesham to Aldgate.
On the week it will cost you 15 quid, and on the weekends its 10 quid for the round trip.
Train leaves every 30min, but when there is a strike its usually only once an hour. Look out for the fast train as it skips a few stops and gets you into London quicker.
Use the PayByPhone app to pay for parking. At Chesham its 5 pounds, at Amersham and Chalfont & Latimer its 6 quid for the day.

 

[Sinbad]

How is the job market in the UK at the moment in the IT field? I'm applying for spouse visa (savings route) next year, but due to circumstances I am the sole income earner for the household, and wife will only be able to apply for disability once she is in the UK. I will most likely only be able to secure employment after I'm there as at the moment it appears sponsorship is almost impossible to secure without ridiculous degrees and whatnot.

IT's pretty broad.
There's a lot of work around for some disciplines, less so for others.
Get on LinkedIn and start looking ...

 

[syntax]

How is the job market in the UK at the moment in the IT field? I'm applying for spouse visa (savings route) next year, but due to circumstances I am the sole income earner for the household, and wife will only be able to apply for disability once she is in the UK. I will most likely only be able to secure employment after I'm there as at the moment it appears sponsorship is almost impossible to secure without ridiculous degrees and whatnot.

Competitive in most areas. Whilst there are a huge amount of jobs on offer, there are a huge amount of applications.
I have seen and heard of 500+ applications within a week for jobs.

Depends on your field and even if you are quite specialized in SA, there is a chance you wont be that unique here.

 

[iOta]

IT's pretty broad.
There's a lot of work around for some disciplines, less so for others.
Get on LinkedIn and start looking ...

Thank you. Yes i've been looking, and while there appears to be a fair amount of work in my specific field, the moment they hear I'm going to need a visa it is pretty much a "sorry, can't help you". Hence why reaching out to hear from whoever has made the move already.

 

[Paul Kemp]

I use the Metropolitan line on Wednesdays to go from Chesham to Aldgate.
On the week it will cost you 15 quid, and on the weekends its 10 quid for the round trip.
Train leaves every 30min, but when there is a strike its usually only once an hour. Look out for the fast train as it skips a few stops and gets you into London quicker.
Use the PayByPhone app to pay for parking. At Chesham its 5 pounds, at Amersham and Chalfont & Latimer its 6 quid for the day.

How is Chesham’s parking? Nice and big or tight? Amersham is looking like the best choice based on ease of parking.
Have all the parking apps so all good there.
Trying to use it as an opportunity to get my kids comfortable in the underground so I’m making everyone pay for themselves on the underground. Will refund them obviously

 

[Sinbad]

Thank you. Yes i've been looking, and while there appears to be a fair amount of work in my specific field, the moment they hear I'm going to need a visa it is pretty much a "sorry, can't help you". Hence why reaching out to hear from whoever has made the move already.

Tell them you won't need sponsorship, you will be entering on a spouse settlement visa which automatically conveys right to work.

 

[killerbyte]

How is Chesham’s parking? Nice and big or tight? Amersham is looking like the best choice based on ease of parking.
Have all the parking apps so all good there.
Trying to use it as an opportunity to get my kids comfortable in the underground so I’m making everyone pay for themselves on the underground. Will refund them obviously

The parking is spacious and there are lots of bays, and I have never seen it full.

 

[Paul Kemp]

Thank you. Yes i've been looking, and while there appears to be a fair amount of work in my specific field, the moment they hear I'm going to need a visa it is pretty much a "sorry, can't help you". Hence why reaching out to hear from whoever has made the move already.

Yeah, once your feet hit the ground and you’ve got your right work you’ll have better success. In general, loads of work.

 

[prod]

How is the job market in the UK at the moment in the IT field? I'm applying for spouse visa (savings route) next year, but due to circumstances I am the sole income earner for the household, and wife will only be able to apply for disability once she is in the UK. I will most likely only be able to secure employment after I'm there as at the moment it appears sponsorship is almost impossible to secure without ridiculous degrees and whatnot.

Even though I have a degree (nothing crazy, just a HONS – not even with good grades) my employer didn’t care about it, my industry experience and years of experience in some proprietary tools is what got me sponsored.

 

[The Voice]

How is the job market in the UK at the moment in the IT field? I'm applying for spouse visa (savings route) next year, but due to circumstances I am the sole income earner for the household, and wife will only be able to apply for disability once she is in the UK. I will most likely only be able to secure employment after I'm there as at the moment it appears sponsorship is almost impossible to secure without ridiculous degrees and whatnot.

Depends which field in IT? Generally very good. The UK’s unemployment rate is a tenth of South Africa’s.

Edit: I can read good.

 

[Paul Kemp]

The parking is spacious and there are lots of bays, and I have never seen it full.

Awesome, thank you. Driving around trying to find parking is one of my least favourite activities.
This strike has made me realise how convenient being a 15 minute walk from a direct line into King’s Cross is. Normally.

 

[iOta]

Unfortunately I have no degree. Just 20 years worth of working myself up from complete Junior to Specialist level. I suspect I'm suffering from impostor syndrome at the moment as I look at a lot of job postings and pretty much feel I'm not gonna cut it

 

[iOta]

Depends which field in IT? Generally very good. The UK’s unemployment rate is a tenth of South Africa’s.

Re: you and your wife, what is your route to the UK? Are you a citizen? Unless your wife is, iirc she cannot claim ANY benefits.

Spouse visa. She is the Citizen, lived there a while, met her while she was visiting family here and she ended up staying for various reasons ...

 

[The Voice]

Unfortunately I have no degree. Just 20 years worth of working myself up from complete Junior to Specialist level. I suspect I'm suffering from impostor syndrome at the moment as I look at a lot of job postings and pretty much feel I'm not gonna cut it

Don’t fret about degrees. Everyone on the service desk at the company I worked for previously had a degree of some kind, and all they did for a living was answer calls and reset passwords.

 

[The Voice]

Spouse visa. She is the Citizen, lived there a while, met her while she was visiting family here and she ended up staying for various reasons ...

Yeah I edited my post already. I can read good promise!

 

[killerbyte]

Awesome, thank you. Driving around trying to find parking is one of my least favourite activities.
This strike has made me realise how convenient being a 15 minute walk from a direct line into King’s Cross is. Normally.

I drive from Aylesbury to Chesham, take the Metro line into London, get off at Aldgate and take a 5min walk to the office.

Its an easy commute and the walk to the office is so short its not even worthwhile buying coffee, especially since the coffee at the office is decent and free. I really love that machine!

 

[Paul Kemp]

Unfortunately I have no degree. Just 20 years worth of working myself up from complete Junior to Specialist level. I suspect I'm suffering from impostor syndrome at the moment as I look at a lot of job postings and pretty much feel I'm not gonna cut it

If you have skills don’t sweat it. If anything you’ll be competing with foreigners, your English with be a plus and the Brit’s are, how do I say this politely, comfortable.
I came over in much the same way and in comparison to ZA work opportunities have been plentiful and the standard of output easy to keep up with.

 

[killerbyte]

If you have skills don’t sweat it. If anything you’ll be competing with foreigners, your English with be a plus and the Brit’s are, how do I say this politely, comfortable.
I came over in much the same way and in comparison to ZA work opportunities have been plentiful and the standard of output easy to keep up with.

That standard of the output is ****ing easy compared to SA.
Here you put in 50% of what you do in SA and you are seen as a excellent worker.
And with a 4% unemployment rate the recruiters can actually be irritating when you are happy with your job.

 

[cguy]

Unfortunately I have no degree. Just 20 years worth of working myself up from complete Junior to Specialist level. I suspect I'm suffering from impostor syndrome at the moment as I look at a lot of job postings and pretty much feel I'm not gonna cut it

Unlike the USA, the UK skilled worker visa does not have an education requirement. Your potential sponsors might, but if you’re in an area that doesn’t generally require them (and it sounds like that may be de facto true here), then you’re golden.

What area do you specialize in?

 

[iOta]

Unlike the USA, the UK skilled worker visa does not have an education requirement. Your potential sponsors might, but if you’re in an area that doesn’t generally require them (and it sounds like that may be de facto true here), then you’re golden.

What area do you specialize in?

Im an Infrastructure Solutions Architect in a primarily BI and Analysis environment. No cloud experience as we run everything on site. I am slowly but surely getting certified though.