Hi,

Can see lot of oppertunities coming for mainframes on the job portals.

ny views on this?

Advise on whether to travel in near term will be highly appreciated.

batra

I would request some senior member to reply to this as I am new here same as you "JK007" and donno much abt the mkt ..

still here, not in uk...

will plan in feb anyway....

I applied on 8th Oct.

9th Oct - fwd to High commission ( Recieved SMS)
14th Oct - Courier sent ( Recieved SMS)
15th Oct - Courier recieved.

Now, the issue is finding job in mainframes which is very tough right now in UK as per other topics in this forum.

Thanks all for your support!

Hi, To ur query, I had applied on 8th Oct in Pune VFS office Kalyani Nagar. I had paid by Cash Rs 54K + 500 (courier charges etc). on 9th, I recieved msg ( SMS ) that it has been forwarded to British High commission. On 14th, I got SMS that process visa has been courired thru Blue dart. On 15th, I g...

Hi,

I have got my VISA on last Friday.

Thats only 1 week from when I applied.

Never expected so fast response.

I plan to go UK in Feb or march.

Hope d situation improves b that time!!!

Hi all,

Thanks very much for all the posts!!!

I got my VISA in 1 week time.
I did not expect that fast response.

Thanks Again!!!

Batra

Hey I have just recieved an SMS from VFS that my "processed Visa application ref no . XXXXXXXXXXX couried to you via Blue Dart on 15/010/2009" Does it ( processed) mean it has got approved??? I am not able to track on the VFS website of my application. Please guide. I tried with the appln ...

Thanks for the replies guys!!!

I more or less know that situation is not that gr8 for mainframes right now.

But I will go ahead with Tier -1 first asap and then will see the trend on
when to come in uk.

Batra

Hi

I have also the same level of experience in mainframes.
Same 6 mths exp in UK under tier-2.
I am planning to apply for tier-1 month end.

wanted to know the situation of job market in UK for mainframes.

any help is appreciated!!!