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Work permit advice?
« on: March 24, 2006, 03:13:17 AM »
I'm currently waiting to hear back from the UK Home Office (government) regarding my company's request to obtain a 5 year UK work permit for me. Our lawyers in the UK have advised that the response won't take longer than 2 weeks to come back (we applied this week). Some questions from those with experience:

1) Has anybody had the experience of going to a UK consulate (NY, LA, SF, etc..) to get their work permit stamped?
2) Is there any uncertainty at this point? I'm a US citizen who is very well invested in the United States - I only want to work in the UK for a few years to help out business grow, no intention of permanently staying in the UK
3) How long did it take you from the time you applied for a work permit to the time you got invited to come and get your passport stamped?
4) Finally - what does the passport stamp look like? is it cool or is it lame?

thanks
DuCk (DC resident bound --> for the UK)
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Re: Work permit advice?
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2006, 06:14:35 AM »
I got my entry clearance for my work permit at the LA Consulate.  It's a very straight forward process.  The hard part is getting your WP approved. 

I'm guessing you don't really understand what happens after you are issued your work permit.  No one invites you to get your passport stamped.  You make an appointment at the consulate, take the required paperwork and they issue your entry clearance the same day.  If you want to do it all via post, you can but it takes about 2 weeks. 

The stamp is really a sticker with your picture and details on it like who is your work sponsor, etc.  I don't know what you consider cool or lame. 
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Re: Work permit advice?
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2006, 09:43:59 AM »
Yup...K got it right.  Once you receive your work permit from your company, then you put in the online ap and you can either make an appointment to go to the embassy or send the stuff along...a few weeks later you're done.  I personally sent mine in as I didn't want to go to NYC for the day.  Easy peasy.
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Re: Work permit advice?
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2006, 11:38:39 AM »
A straight forward work permit application can take as little as a week.  If there are any complications then this will delay the process.  At the moment, the Home Office are being very shirty about the advertising requirements, so if this is a little outside of the norm or you are trying to get it waived, there will be delays. 


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Re: Work permit advice?
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2006, 08:46:52 PM »
Thanks for the input everybody. I hope everything goes well (fngers crossed).
I'm thinking of making the pilgrimage to NY to get the sticker.. it will be a nice weekend getaway if I can make an appointment for Friday and I'll get to take the Acela from Union Station in Wash DC to Penn Station and back.

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