Thomas
Anderson,#2Consumer Suggestion
Wed, February 13, 2008
I have had a work permit for the UK, & I have worked IN the UK. The basic requirement for anyone getting a work permit for the UK is that they must be someone who is so special that a UK citizen CANNOT be used in their place. No exceptions. I originated tha concepts, I won the patents, and I was the leader for engineering, design, manufacturing processes approval, and I led the team that visited the parts manufacturer and approved everything for some critical systems incorporated in a $1.9 billion plant being built by my employer in the UK. No UK citizen could replace me- I was the expert, so the UK authorities quickly approved my work permit. Consequently, the company sent me to the UK build site several times to oversee & approve the key subsystems that were my responsibility. Another example, closer in nature to this report, might be the task of modeling and presenting a new fashion line. Now if you are an unknown model who would be hired "off the street" for this presentation, you will NOT get a UK work permit, because it is reasonable to expect that a suitable UK citizen could be found to work in your stead as a hired model. However, if the project were the presentation of "The Cindy Crawford 2009 Collection", and YOU were Cindy Crawford, and you wished to personally present your 2009 Collection, then you WOULD get a UK work permit, because NO UK Citizen could possibly replace you as Cindy Crawford. See the difference?
Thomas
Anderson,#3Consumer Comment
Tue, February 12, 2008
Some people simply cannot stop themselves and heed the mounting negative evidence when they badly want something. This is human nature and is an issue that simply requires personal disipline. If you never ignore mounting negative evidence again in the pursuit of something you badly want, $220 will be a very cheap lesson.