Immigrating to the UK

xcaliber said:
Got a job offer from another company that is willing to take over my visa sponsorship.

Never done it before, any risks I should be aware of?
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Pretty straight forward, my spouse moved SWV to a different employer last year.

Just make sure your new employer has a valid CoS before you start any process
 
xcaliber said:
Got a job offer from another company that is willing to take over my visa sponsorship.

Never done it before, any risks I should be aware of?
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What line of work you in? I've been keeping an eye at job openings that sponsor but it's fekkin dry out there.
 
prod said:
What line of work you in? I've been keeping an eye at job openings that sponsor but it's fekkin dry out there.
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Engineering.

But I was lucky, one of the contractors I worked for and I became friends and he helped me make contract with one of their directors.
 
xcaliber said:
Will end up like Kent. Where they came in promising to cut council tax but now have to raise it.
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They are again setting themselves up for a self own. People that are highly skilled with options will leave for countries where they aren't treated like **** (it's already happening), people without options will dig their heels in. Either way they won't care, once all the skilled immigrants have left they will just scapegoat someone else...
 
Neuk_ said:
Happy birthday ;)

And yes, for most 'normal' applications you can do it without an agency, applications like my wife's and now our sons citizenships an agency is a huge help, they have no direct path to citizenship but are relying on the UK's change to include maternal path's even historically. This means there are motivation letters with family history and get quite complicated, luckily my wife is now a citizen and we are busy with our sons.
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Son's SA passports done, all paperwork done, biometrics done, now we wait for their British citizenship application.
 
My kid is going to the UK for a gap year so we're looking into an ancestry visa while we wait to see how I got my citizenship.

My mother is going to provide accommodation and financial support so from what I can see we don't need anything other than confirmation of that financial support, my mother's birth certificate, and a TB test?
 
bwana said:
My kid is going to the UK for a gap year so we're looking into an ancestry visa while we wait to see how I got my citizenship.

My mother is going to provide accommodation and financial support so from what I can see we don't need anything other than confirmation of that financial support, my mother's birth certificate, and a TB test?
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A good friend did his ancestral visa in 2019, so things may have changed and he did it for himself with his wife and kids as dependents. I am sure he needed police clearance as well and had to pay 5 years worth of NHS fee's up front so check up n those as well.
 
Yeah I'm not sure I'd use an ancestry visa to visit for a year. Can you get a refund of IHS fees if you leave?
 
Neuk_ said:
A good friend did his ancestral visa in 2019, so things may have changed and he did it for himself with his wife and kids as dependents. I am sure he needed police clearance as well and had to pay 5 years worth of NHS fee's up front so check up n those as well.
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I’ll look into that. Thanks.
Sinbad said:
Yeah I'm not sure I'd use an ancestry visa to visit for a year. Can you get a refund of IHS fees if you leave?
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A gap year followed by university.
 
Neuk_ said:
A good friend did his ancestral visa in 2019, so things may have changed and he did it for himself with his wife and kids as dependents. I am sure he needed police clearance as well and had to pay 5 years worth of NHS fee's up front so check up n those as well.
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Not sure if it changed, but we didn’t need police clearances for our ancestral visas in 2015. Just a LOT of supporting documentation, a minimum of around R25k in the bank and a TB test. Wife didn’t have to pay the surcharge because she came over earlier, I did (only £200 per year then).
 
I have had some interesting discussions with UK born people in the past months who have moved to SA ..

in summary, yes , this country has some issues, but they love the friendliness of the people, helpfulness, quality of food, access to healthcare. One guy said he will never want move back to UK.

Many just think their country is going down. They think their kin are just so miserable, outlooks bad, etc.

Frankly - it astounded me. For one of those people, they had shuffled between the two for short periods of years and now they are permanently here.

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This week, at my kids school, chatting to a couple who had recently just got their citizenship by descent and had gone over to activate etc and I guess are planning to move. They were surprised by how rude everyone is - they were in the north. Talking about how generally treated on her bus , including by other citizens (apparently many are grumpy) who didn't give them benefit of doubt for not knowing something inate to the locals.

They had also gone to Paris and were surprised that the French were more helpful in public spaces even though they could not speak their language. I told them they were lucky. That one is a lottery with some people who will not engage in English at all. But with some real experience , they are a nicer people. Paris > London IMHO

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My family has citizenship too , I will use the passport having done my time there to get it , but I will never willingly move back there. But always happy to visit family and friends.

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I can tell you ,as many people who have moved to another country , grass is not always greener - but if you know what you want - you do it - even if you heart still belongs to South Africa.
 
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