| If you wish to apply for a work permit to allow you to | | | | permit. Also people who are in the UK as a spouse or |
| work in the UK there are several options dependent | | | | a work permit holder or commonwealth citizens with |
| on your skills and qualifications. Those that are highly | | | | ancestry visas also need not apply for a work permit. |
| skilled with a degree and work experience may wish | | | | To be eligible for Leave to Remain which allows a non |
| to apply via the Highly Skilled Migrant Program which | | | | EU citizen to stay and work in the UK for as long as |
| will allow them freedom to come to the UK and seek | | | | they wish, they need to have been living and working |
| work. Those that apply via the HSMP route will be | | | | in the UK for five years or more. |
| granted access to the UK for 2 years but will have | | | | Nationals of the European Union and European |
| the chance to stay longer if they can prove they are in | | | | Economic Area are can freely enter and work within |
| full time employment once the two year period is up. | | | | the UK for an indefinite period of time. All they need is |
| Another option is the work permit visa. You are not | | | | a EU passport and or a National Identity Card and |
| allowed to apply for a work permit yourself; your | | | | proof that they have the funds to support themselves. |
| potential employer has to apply on your behalf. If you | | | | There are many occupations in the UK that are short |
| get granted a work permit it is only specific to the | | | | of workers. Those immigrants that wish to work on |
| employer who applied for it. You cannot go off and | | | | these work areas shouldn't have any trouble find work |
| work somewhere else with it. Unfortunately you | | | | in the UK. Some of the work categories that are on |
| cannot get a work permit for contract work. | | | | the UK Skills Occupational Shortage list are: |
| The employer that is applying for the work visa needs | | | | Engineering |
| to prove that the chosen candidate is experienced | | | | Ground Engineering |
| enough to be granted a work permit. The candidate | | | | Other Engineering: |
| has to have either a UK degree equivalent qualification, | | | | Healthcare |
| three years senior level experience or a HND level | | | | General medical |
| occupation or an NVQ at level three or above. Also | | | | Teachers |
| the employer will need to prove evidence that they | | | | Veterinary Surgeons |
| have made satisfactory efforts to hire a UK or EU | | | | So if you have experience working in those fields and |
| citizen in the form of advertising. | | | | would like to come to the UK to work you have a lot |
| If you have been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain in | | | | more chance than in any other field of work. |
| the UK then you do not need to apply for a work | | | | |