morexcitement wrote:I am Indian IT professional with over 7 years experience.I am on H1B visa in the USA for the past 3 years.I am trying to move to UK because the requirements for PR card are more relaxed than the US Green Card.
I fall under Tier 2 category in U.K.My husband is in USA for the past 14 years and still his Green Card takes another 6-7 years to arrive.He is working as a Finance/Routing Analyst in the AirLine Industry here.From the shortage of occupation list, I find Software Engineers, but not Finanace/Routing Analyst.
I have a couple of questions here
1)If I apply for Tier 2 visa now, will it be easy for me to get PR card after 5 years of work in U.K
2)If my husband comes as Tier 2 dependent, can he easily find job in Travel or Finance Industry
We also love to travel a lot in Europe and love British T.V, Music and FootBall.
Also I am interested in moving to any other country in Europe/New Zealand, any suggestions here.
Is it worth coming to U.K at this point, since both of us have permanent jobs in USA.
Thanks
1) In order to apply for a Tier 2 General visa you must already have a sponsor who will be your employer. I don't want to sound too discouraging, but there is currently a limit to just over 20,000 such visas per annum available. Naturally a job on the shortage occupation list is excepted from this restriction. However if you have a sound job offer from a company (which has a sponsorship license - a bit pricey by personal standards, but by corporate, not so much) willing to pay you the UK government's pay standards for that profession, it is an otherwise smooth process.
2) You should be able to search monster.co.uk and other likewise job sites for employment in his sector and general qualifications and get a good idea. I personally don't know for that field myself, but there are almost always good jobs available for those who have skills that are in high demand.
If you can find a sure sponsor (licensed and ready to pay) and can make the move within the next 3-6 months, then you may qualify for ILR (PR) in 5 years after your entry clearance. Otherwise, it is possible that legislation here in the UK is going to effectively close off most existing routes to PR, and this may even include those getting currently qualifying visa types after April of this year. If you have made a life in the U.S., and invested so much already, I think I would probably stay at this point.
There are other forums for European migration and migration into other countries. You will just have to research the other countries and see what fits your plans and what doesn't. Good luck.
