Immigrating to the UK

killerbyte said:
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.
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This.

One thing to note is most UK employers wont consider you as an applicant before you are in the UK.
 
iOta said:
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.
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With that sort of experience you will make bank here.
 
Tman* said:
This.

One thing to note is most UK employers wont consider you as an applicant before you are in the UK.
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This is true - I guess many have been burned by committing to people outside the UK who never actually arrive. There's also regulatory requirements around where work is done in some sectors.
My employer took their standard employment contract and modified it via their legal team to stipulate that the employment was contingent on my presence in the UK. (I found the job while I was in ZA)
 
Sinbad said:
This is true - I guess many have been burned by committing to people outside the UK who never actually arrive. There's also regulatory requirements around where work is done in some sectors.
My employer took their standard employment contract and modified it via their legal team to stipulate that the employment was contingent on my presence in the UK. (I found the job while I was in ZA)
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I advertise roles on LinkedIn from time to time. 95% of Applicants are from India, Bangladesh, China etc etc with no right to work and absolutely no means to ever come to the UK (Never-mind qualifications & experience). That kinda explains why its such a red flag not being in the UK when applying from an employer point of view.
 
I got lucky. I got a job offer before I left.
But I went through a ton of interviews before I got that offer. So many jobs were a good fit, but they chose to go with someone already in the UK.
 
Paul Kemp said:
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. :D
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.
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Agreed on the Brit part. They’re also very much “it’s not my job”, whereas as Saffers EVERYTHING is our job (mainly because we’ve always just been so happy to just have one), so we just get on with it. Employers like that attitude.
 
iOta said:
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.
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Wait. Can your wife sponsor you without a job? Or do you have cash savings to meet the financial requirements?
 
bwana said:
In other words the cost of living in the UK has skyrocketed?


Your example, not mine, but I'm not sure where you shop in SA because I brought bread today. It's under R17 a loaf which makes it 72p.

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The UK is safer in general but my missus has never felt the need to carry a gun and if I'm being honest I can't remember the last time I carried mine to anyplace other than the range.
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Well I saw a guy on Twitter today say that 16euro/kilogram for ribeye was cheap.

**** me.
 
Tman* said:
This.

One thing to note is most UK employers wont consider you as an applicant before you are in the UK.
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Since my wife is a citizen; I am hoping she won’t face too much of an uphill battle getting employment in the UK before she’s there.
 
iOta said:
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 :oops:
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Don’t stress bud. Quite a few expat colleagues I work with from SA don’t have degrees and came in on highly skilled visas. It’s doable. This is for Netherlands though, not sure about the UK.
 
s0lar said:
Don’t stress bud. Quite a few expat colleagues I work with from SA don’t have degrees and came in on highly skilled visas. It’s doable. This is for Netherlands though, not sure about the UK.
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As cguy mentioned, you don't need a degree (unless the job demands it of course), it's not even part of the SWV requirements. You can trade some points if you have a PhD but if you get a job offer that satisfies the minimum pay requirements then you're pretty much sorted.
 
Do I need to sub to premium to watch the rugby games on ITV? For the life of me I can't seem to find where it is...
 
The cost of living in the UK seems excessive, is it worth emigrating if you'll have to take the drop in SOL and Europe isn't as easily accessible as it use to be?
 
Slckrck said:
The cost of living in the UK seems excessive, is it worth emigrating if you'll have to take the drop in SOL and Europe isn't as easily accessible as it use to be?
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As a UK citizen Europe is still easily accessible to visit, just not to work or live.

I don't find the cost excessive and my standard of living is much higher Imho.
 
Has stuff gone up, of course it has but my standard of living and that of close family, has gone up significantly since we left SA. Helps not to be a drinker or smoker, that is costly! Money goes very far
 
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