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As some of you may know, under the coalition government, migration to the UK is being severly curtailed. The "highly skilled worker" visa, which I have been on since 2008, has been eradicated. Sponsorship of "skilled workers" still exists, but is subject to new draconian limits.
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cheshcat and I should be fine. For one thing, our current visas last until 2013. Also, as we will have been here for five years next month, we will soon be qualified for permanent residency. I was not planning to apply so soon -- at £1150, the application is expensive! Yet with the rules getting ever tighter, we have decided not to wait. By the time our current visas run out, it may be much more difficult -- or impossible -- to get the much-coveted "indefinite leave to remain."
Meanwhile, having shut off many avenues of access to the most skilled immigrants, the Tories and their pet LibDems are moving on to tackle the "problem" of foreign students. In short, they want to shut them out. Last week, my boss testified before Parliament, specifically the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee. A video of his testimony can be found here.[*] Dave pops in at about the 1:09 mark, though the link should take you directly there.
Mind you, this is the same boss who gave me the most excellent performance review ever (see here). This is also the man who brings a collapsable guitar -- audible only through earphones -- on airplanes to play during intercontinental flights and who wrote the Tokai Blues about working on our experiment. Ah, I really do love my boss! Make us proud, Dave!
I believe that he is fifty-two right now, which makes him seventeen years older than me. I hope that I am as cool as he is when I grow up!
[*] I would have embedded the video, except I think that LiveJournal automatically rejects scripts.
Personally, my beloved
cheshcat and I should be fine. For one thing, our current visas last until 2013. Also, as we will have been here for five years next month, we will soon be qualified for permanent residency. I was not planning to apply so soon -- at £1150, the application is expensive! Yet with the rules getting ever tighter, we have decided not to wait. By the time our current visas run out, it may be much more difficult -- or impossible -- to get the much-coveted "indefinite leave to remain."Meanwhile, having shut off many avenues of access to the most skilled immigrants, the Tories and their pet LibDems are moving on to tackle the "problem" of foreign students. In short, they want to shut them out. Last week, my boss testified before Parliament, specifically the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee. A video of his testimony can be found here.[*] Dave pops in at about the 1:09 mark, though the link should take you directly there.
Mind you, this is the same boss who gave me the most excellent performance review ever (see here). This is also the man who brings a collapsable guitar -- audible only through earphones -- on airplanes to play during intercontinental flights and who wrote the Tokai Blues about working on our experiment. Ah, I really do love my boss! Make us proud, Dave!
I believe that he is fifty-two right now, which makes him seventeen years older than me. I hope that I am as cool as he is when I grow up!
[*] I would have embedded the video, except I think that LiveJournal automatically rejects scripts.
