Australian Looking For Sponsorship

[mullet]

I am Australian fully trained electrician for over 12 years and my fiancee and i want to move to settle in the UK, but for me to get a visa i need to secure a job with sponsorship. Does anyone know if this would even be possible in the current work climate? and know of any companies in south west England that support sponsorship?

Thanks in advance

 

[Technician]

If this is of any assistance and I hope it is, contact any of the

colleges which are in the area where you intend to work.  My

advice is that if you speak to them, they will put you in touch

with training organisations that put young lads (and lasses)

through their NVQ's and apprenticeships.

There is a funding issue and while your experience puts you

in a good position, the fact that you are over the target age of

17/20 means that you may have to put hard cash up in order

to gain some form of sponsorship.

I know that this may be a difficult one for you to swallow but

such organisations as these are finding it very hard to place

young people who are in the desired age group. Despite the

fact that there is a skill shortage in Britain,  employers are still

unlikely to take on extra staff and some (I know some forum

members may disagree) still prefer to poach.

There are signs that this is changing.  Some businesses are

beginning to realise that the practice of recruiting staff into

a business is difficult when they see a possibility that the

culture from which the recruit comes could be in direct

opposition to the one into which they may be inducted.

For this reason, some businesses are looking favourably

on apprentices once again.

If you can demonstrate that you bring no "baggage" with

you( and I never knew an Australian who did) I think you

are in with more than a chance.

The best of luck.  I have recently met a woman who was

at school with me and she wept with joy when I contacted her

after (a lot) many years.  She is living in Perth and loves

Australia.

 

[Chewbacca]

where abouts in SW England - it might be small compared to OZ, but still quite a large geographical area.

 

[binky]

Hope you like pasties and clotted cream Mullet. :slap

so what exactly are the requirments for sponsorship??

 

[Technician]

Binky; funding is available for "mature" candidates but this

is difficult when you consider that the real funding is directed

at the 17 to 20 age group. By the time someone gets to the

mid twenties the funding arrangements resemble university

tuition fees.  We do not want to go there. It might be possible

for successful candidates to have the funding taken out of

their wage packets OR if the candidate has sufficient hard

cash to match fund anything the employer wants to put up.

Grants may be available from the training organisations I

mentioned.  That is why I suggested them.

 

[binky]

me, cough up money.....two chances :slap