To be Honest, market is really really bad and NO ONE KNOWS what it will be in next few months. So plan accordingly.

What is your current situation?

Forget about any LEGAL stuffs here... You MUST let them know, via agency if applicable, that you can not join them. Come up with politically correct answers like your employers has given you an excellent opp. and great salary hikes which you could not refuse etc... Its best to speak rather than emai...

Now according to the ILR requirement I have to be in UK since 25th Nov. 2008 (5 yrs back from 25th Nov. 2013) which practically is not possible as my visa starts from 1st Dec 2008. Does this mean I need to apply for ILR on the last day of my visa expiration (1st Dec 2013) and thus have to land in U...

Legally they can take you to court...but
Practically nothing happens...so don't worry...
I have done once...

He could be arrested at the airport as they do have access to fraudsters database...I am aware of such one case...

otherwise every tom, dick and harry will do the same thing?

take loan, credit card etc etc ...and simple run...????? Nah Nah

I came to the UK in January 06, while the old system was in place (four years on work permit). Since I came in before the rules were changed, do you think it is possible that a home office case worker would take pity on my case. Folks, I just don't want to hang on longer and have the rules changed ...

Which country you prefer? That should matter most in my opinion.

For general skills there is already too much supply.
Contract rate and salaries are also going down.

But netacc, did you apply for PR? my case is as follows and i am going to apply in Jan, 2009 I have not applied yet but planning to apply in couple of months time. Its worth trying rather than waiting for rules to change and miss it forever. What is worst case? It will be rejected and loose some mo...

It would entirely depend on your skills and how badly employer wants you.
If they want you they are ready to wait for upto 2 months.
Generally, mostly are anyway ready for 1 month.

Here, last employers reference matters. None asks for any release letter here.

He clarified that they do not count the day you leave and sat/sun/bank holidays. They count the days in between that are working days and the day you return to the UK as also being outside UK mama, I did not know that they count only weekdays and not weekends. I came to UK on 08 Jun 2003 on WP1. Ho...

You are right, East Europeans have surely edge over Indians in cleaning tables & toilets and putting bricks. But are no match to Indian people (on HSMP) whio are far more educated and experienced than east europens. This is definitely offensive and if you consider yourself educated you should n...

I WILL NOT resign without getting EC...Its not the worth risk.

Don't compare the market with job postings on the job site... Both are very different things... You could see 100s of jobs advertised on sites but still you may not get the interview calls.. To be very honest, no one can give you clear picture whether you should come here during Nov or not.. It woul...

UK experience matters a bit but NOT must. PR is not must to get Good jobs...but it helps. I have seen in my previous and present company, guys without any UK experience and with HSMP/Dependant visa getting a job and good salary. Of course, UK experience and PR might help a little bit...but don't EVE...

I come to London to have fun - not to sit in an office on christmas. I love this :lol: :lol: :lol: btw, working in Bank is not that honey as it sounds. Its bit tough. Coming to your original question, I will not take Fixed Term Contract. I was unemployed for some time and I did get few calls for fi...

I cant see about current job market because I am not actively looking a job... but be prepared for challenges as it is now a days not that easy to get a job at least a good job... What about this? Take one months holiday from your current job in India and come to UK on HSMP and do job hunting....in ...

No one asks relieving/exp letter here...but Previous employer reference does matter a lot.

I also got an offer which requires SC clearance.
Yesterday only I have sent the papers/documents.

They asked me 3 years references and 5 years address details.

There are number of ways to say the same thing...but message could be same thing. To put it more straight, some people are biased or to be more straight dearly beloved... No everyone prefers to hire solely based on the merit... PLEASE NOTE: I am not pointing finger at any particular race/nationality...

A lot of companies prefer to hire someone who is native in all sense...if they can find... Some companies/agencies are open giving you that feedback that they don't want to hire someone who is on HSMP....some won't give that feedback but some diplomatic answer... There are plenty of fish and in my o...

What are your skills?

It looks like Permanent will be better in your case for two reasons.

1. 200/day is not a good contract rate and 31K permanent is good
2. You were out of work for 4 months which means it is tough to get a job

I would suggest go with Permanent and work for a year or so.

Hi All, Many thanks to all of you for your replies. It has really helped me to understand the more or less picture of UK work culture. Just to update you guys, I managed to get a very good offer from a very big MNC. They did not bother about why I want to leave my company so quickly as I had already...

I think its very difficult now a days unless you got very rare skills.

It might help if you just put the details of your experience.