Moving to different department

[Gmmi]

Apologies If I am repeating this quesiton on this forum. I tried to search it but search engine appeared to be not very friendly

My company hired me for job X and after 3 years now they are moving me into another job Y which is in same company same address but separate department. Although my X and Y both jobs are related to IT but obviously I will have a different title/job role. As a Work permit holder I have few questions:

(1) Would my employer need to get permission from HO?
(2) If we don't inform or get permission from HO then would it create any problem for me while applying ILR (due in next 7 months)? specially when I will be submitting employer letter referring new job title


Regards,

Gmmi

[Chess]

A work permit is issued for a specific job in a specific company at a designated specific address.


It shouldnt be a mojor problem changing 'job' titles as people do get promoted/demoted etc.

It would be prudent if you inform HO that the job title/department is changing

[Gmmi]

Thanks Chess. If there is no mandatory requirement from HO and it can't create any problme for ILR application then I would prefer to avoid the hassle to inform HO

Is anyone with same kind of experience?

[vin123]

Hi Gmmi

As long as the company name remains same, you are fine.

vin123

[ForeignMan]

I have no experience of this but will face the same "problem" in the next couple of months.

Its a tiny detail but if you think about it, its quite natural for you to be promoted to some other title than what you initially had when you obtained the work permit.

For example, a "computer programmer" hired 3 years ago could easily be a "Systems Architect" now who is essentially a programmer plus more.

If I were you I would get it cleared with a professional since you never know.

vin123, kayalami, joseph, do you have any experience with this? any link? etc? Just to get something more concrete.

Cheers.
TheForeigner.

[Gmmi]

Thanks vin123 and ForeingMan.