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UK Umbrella Company To Sponsor Automation Engineer

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UK Umbrella Company To Sponsor Automation Engineer

Post by hein123 » Tue Oct 03, 2017 2:34 am

I found a few umbrella companies willing to sponsor IT contractors, however I am and Controls Engineer.

Could anybody point me in the right direction of an umbrella sponsor for Electrical Engineers / Control Systems Engineers for contract work?

I can find my own contracts

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Re: UK Umbrella Company To Sponsor Automation Engineer

Post by CR001 » Tue Oct 03, 2017 9:24 am

This is not permitted and is illegal on a tier 2 general visa. You cannot contract on this visa.
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Re: UK Umbrella Company To Sponsor Automation Engineer

Post by Wanderer » Tue Oct 03, 2017 9:39 am

hein123 wrote:
Tue Oct 03, 2017 2:34 am
I found a few umbrella companies willing to sponsor IT contractors, however I am and Controls Engineer.

Could anybody point me in the right direction of an umbrella sponsor for Electrical Engineers / Control Systems Engineers for contract work?

I can find my own contracts
On T2 you can only work for the direct employer, no intermediaries....
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Re: UK Umbrella Company To Sponsor Automation Engineer

Post by hein123 » Tue Oct 03, 2017 3:28 pm

Thus the only way to do contract work in the UK is win the lottery to get 200K to open a business
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Re: UK Umbrella Company To Sponsor Automation Engineer

Post by iworker » Tue Oct 03, 2017 3:34 pm

Even that would not really be a business.
As a tier 1 ent, you would struggle to do contracting in other businesses offices while holding a tier 1 ent visa.

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Re: UK Umbrella Company To Sponsor Automation Engineer

Post by CR001 » Tue Oct 03, 2017 3:39 pm

hein123 wrote:
Tue Oct 03, 2017 3:28 pm
Thus the only way to do contract work in the UK is win the lottery to get 200K to open a business
:(
Nope not even that.

There use to be a visa that was available, but due to extensive abuse of the Tier 1 General visa system, this route was closed.
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