How to arrive at UK?

Hi Lakew,

For what purpose are you looking to move to Manchester? To work, to study, or for personal reasons? There are a number of different routes to go if you want to try to move to the UK but they will very much depend on your intended purpose.

The UK has very strict immigration laws so moving to the UK will not be an easy task.

If you can give me a bit more information then I can answer your question more thoroughly. In the meantime, the Expat Arrivals Moving to the UK page might be of interest to you.

Regards
Meagan

Hi Lakew,

In order to be able to work in the UK you'd need a Tier 2 visa (read here and here). The ideal way to do that is to have a job on the skills shortage list (basically, this is a list of jobs that there aren't enough UK workers for). It does appear that nursing is on that list but there seem to be some restrictions. Have a look at this document, specifically page 7 - it comes from the UK government's official website. It looks like you would need to be registered with a particular council to be able to work as a nurse there, but I imagine this is pretty much standard for nursing worldwide? 

Even though having an occupation on the skills shortage list gives you a distinct advantage,the UK's stringent visa laws will most likely still be a challenge. Firstly, to obtain the visa, you'd need to find employment. You'd have to do this before going to the UK. Your employer would have to prove why a UK or EU citizen couldn't fill the position (again, easier to do with skills shortage profession). Having a job, however, doesn't guarantee being granted a work visa. There are also other requirements - for example, you'd have to prove that you have sufficient financial resources to sustain yourself. I think they mean for the period before you get your first paycheck but UK immigration law is very specific so if you do a bit of research or, ideally, consult with an immigration expert, I imagine there'll be an exact figure that's required.

Visa applications can take some time and money to put together so I'd advise being as thorough as you can in preparing the application. From my personal experience as a South African having gone through the UK visa application process  before (although for a different visa), the best advice I can give you is to not expect them to give you the benefit of the doubt about anything. For everything that you claim about yourself, your qualifications, your work and your intentions, try to provide some kind of documentation to prove it. I briefly mentioned getting professional advice from an immigration expert a bit earlier in this post - I think this is especially important in the case of a work visa application because it's very easy to miss something in the application process.

Wishing you all the best. If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask.

Regards
Meagan

Thanks Meagan! I want to move there to find a job and to be recruited. After having a job I want to continue my study.To give you an insight here is my status. Am clinical nurse with 4 years work experience in hospital. But, I faced shortage of finance and opportunities to upgrade my education. After my arrival there, I want to work hard to earn some money since I am caring for my 3 younger orphan brothers and continue my education. Hope you share me ideas. Thank you!

I agree with the previous post there is a shortage of hospital workers. My local hospital recruits nurses from Europe. It might be a long shot but I would contact hospital Human Resourses depts and send them an email asking if they have a recruitment policy/drive on at the moment. It can't hurt they can only say no. They pay for relocation as well. Good luck Regards Martin

Hi Meagan, My heart felt gratitude goes to you for what you have been doing to help me by investing your precious time. According to your suggestion, I read the criterias to grant Tier 2 visa and UK's skills short list. It is a bit challenging to grant Tier 2 visa and the skills short list standard also. I have been working in a General Hospital which is under Federal Minstry of health/FMOH/, Ethiopia. I think it helps me. Thank you!

Hi Martquin, Thank you for your interest to share me your ideas. I am ready to send you the scand copy of my documents by email if you don't mind to submit them to those hospitals in need of a nurse in UK. Thank you!

Sorry lakew I can't send them for you I am not a helper just posting a comment to help you. You need to do your own research online as you are doing on here

Hey and good day to every one i am in Ireland at the moment with the help from an EU immigration agent who assisted me and though it was challenging for me but i'm glad resides now in the UK, so Mr. Lakew u can as well contact him via: [email protected] he can assist you but i must tell you that it's challenging.

Hi all I am Praveen from bahrain i have over 4+ experience in IT System Support engineer but still finding very difficult to find a job in uk. is there alternative way to migrate to the uk with suitable job and sponsorship