Getting a talent visa in the UK for mortals
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Getting a talent visa in the UK for mortals
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Re: Getting a talent visa in the UK for mortals
#2The obvious question is - if you are a holder of one of the named prestigious awards, why on Earth would you want to move to the UK in the current situation?
I left the UK after the results of the Brexit referendum were published in 2016 and that was one of the best decisions of my life...
Re: Getting a talent visa in the UK for mortals
#3The obvious question is - if you are a holder of one of the named prestigious awards, why on Earth would you want to move to the UK in the current situation? I left the UK after the results of the Brexit referendum were published in 2016 and that was one of the best decisions of my life...
Where did you move to?
Re: Getting a talent visa in the UK for mortals
#4The obvious question is - if you are a holder of one of the named prestigious awards, why on Earth would you want to move to the UK in the current situation? I left the UK after the results of the Brexit referendum were published in 2016 and that was one of the best decisions of my life...
> I left the UK after the results of the Brexit referendum were published in 2016 and that was one of the best decisions of my life...
there has been zero change to regular life as a result of leaving the EU
if you hadn't been paying attention to the news you would have noticed exactly nothing
> why on Earth would you want to move to the UK in the current situation?
substantially higher pay in London than the EU?
Re: Getting a talent visa in the UK for mortals
#5The obvious question is - if you are a holder of one of the named prestigious awards, why on Earth would you want to move to the UK in the current situation? I left the UK after the results of the Brexit referendum were published in 2016 and that was one of the best decisions of my life...
> that was one of the best decisions of my life...
Why?
Re: Getting a talent visa in the UK for mortals
#6The obvious question is - if you are a holder of one of the named prestigious awards, why on Earth would you want to move to the UK in the current situation? I left the UK after the results of the Brexit referendum were published in 2016 and that was one of the best decisions of my life...
> I left the UK after the results of the Brexit referendum were published in 2016 and that was one of the best decisions of my life... there has been zero change to regular life as a result of leaving the EU if you hadn't been paying attention to the news you would have noticed exactly nothing > why on Earth would you want to move to the UK in the current situation? substantially higher pay in London than the EU?
> there has been zero change to regular life as a result of leaving the EU
I should add that I'm a German citizen and didn't intend to apply for UK citizenship. From what I hear from my friends who like as expats in the UK, things have changed quite a bit.
>> why on Earth would you want to move to the UK in the current situation? > substantially higher pay in London than the EU?
Not in the academic sector at least - and, compared to the cost of living in London (I worked in Cambridge, but life is not significantly less expensive there) I think salaries e.g. in Germany are competitive.
Re: Getting a talent visa in the UK for mortals
#7The obvious question is - if you are a holder of one of the named prestigious awards, why on Earth would you want to move to the UK in the current situation? I left the UK after the results of the Brexit referendum were published in 2016 and that was one of the best decisions of my life...
Where did you move to?
(Back to) Germany with a detour to Norway. But, as I mentioned in another comment, I'm working in academia, so things are probably a bit different compared to working in industry.
Re: Getting a talent visa in the UK for mortals
#8The obvious question is - if you are a holder of one of the named prestigious awards, why on Earth would you want to move to the UK in the current situation? I left the UK after the results of the Brexit referendum were published in 2016 and that was one of the best decisions of my life...
I would pose the opposite question. Why in 2022 someone would choose to go to Germany instead of the UK?
German politics and government look like a total mess to the outsiders in 2022.
Also being an immigrant in the UK vs Germany - I will choose the UK any day.
Re: Getting a talent visa in the UK for mortals
#9I got one of these visas ("Exceptional Talent") in 2019, also via TechNation, before they were updated and renamed to "Global Talent". The main difference seems to be that now three letters of recommendation are required rather than two.
For the most part, my application relied on my co-authorship on academic publications, patents, conference speaking, and press coverage of my work.
A lot of people seem to DIY these things, but I hired an immigration law firm to guide me through the process. The most helpful thing about that was that they were able to make a lot of decisions for me with regards to what to submit.
The "not reliant on an employer" part was extremely important to me - letting anyone have the kind of leverage over me that sponsoring a visa provides was not acceptable.
One thing that really surprised me was that my lack of a post-secondary degree was a complete non-issue.
Re: Getting a talent visa in the UK for mortals
#10The obvious question is - if you are a holder of one of the named prestigious awards, why on Earth would you want to move to the UK in the current situation? I left the UK after the results of the Brexit referendum were published in 2016 and that was one of the best decisions of my life...
I would pose the opposite question. Why in 2022 someone would choose to go to Germany instead of the UK? German politics and government look like a total mess to the outsiders in 2022. Also being an immigrant in the UK vs Germany - I will choose the UK any day.
German politics is a mess and has been one since Kohl came to power in 1983 - including the few years of Schröder social democrats/green government in between the Kohl and Merkel years. Corruption in politics is common and nobody seems to care (from the CDU party donations scandals to all the shady deals around Covid masks).
But to me things in Germany still seem to be a bit more rational than all the things that are going on in UK politics since BoJo became prime minister... of course, it's far from ideal, but which country is close to ideal in these crazy times?
Unfortunately, academia doesn't pay well enough to buy my own little island in the Carribean (which would be submerged in a couple of years anyways)... :)