Do you have a job offer in the UK? Want to make sure this is genuine (Especially for Health and Care workers)

There are quite a lot of individuals who are trying to come to the UK as Tier 2 skilled workers. And as part of doing that, they'll be trying their best to find a job. There have been instances where they go to a third party, the third party charges them quite substantial sum of money and it turns out that the job that they're being offered doesn't exist, the sponsor license doesn't exist, or the certificate of sponsorship doesn't exist. If you're in that position where you're applying for a job to come to the UK, it is essential that you do your research.

Find out if the people that you're working with are trustworthy. If you are using a third party and that third party is providing you with job offers, it is a good idea to contact the actual employer and see if they know anything about what's going on. Because if you do end up paying a lot of money and you end up in this situation, it is a terrible ordeal and there have been a few horror stories.

The real advice is very simple. Firstly, be careful, make sure that you're checking, you're doing your due diligence, and also that you're keeping a record of the Information that you get, because it could be something that you have to face later on down the line that you're not expecting. Especially more recently in the health and social care sector there have been instances of bad actors. In no circumstance should a sponsor, a work sponsor be charging applicants, fees to do a sponsorship. Be prudent, making sure, you do the requisite research. You can check who has a sponsor license and who does not. It makes sense to speak to them directly, understand what the role is like. And yes, no, not pay any sponsor license, any, you know sponsors for sponsorship essentially. I'm sure you know, 

Talk to the sponsor, do your due diligence, make sure the company that you're going to be working for knows you're coming. They've agreed to employ you and that everything is kosher, because if not, unfortunately, once you're here, it becomes very difficult in terms of trying to put things right, getting the money back, putting your life back together, especially if you've made quite a significant life decision of leaving the country that you were living in, potentially selling houses, et cetera, to come and be here.

Good employers, want to have open communication very early on. So, as an applicant if for example, you’re scared of having that conversation, that's the opposite of what should be the case. You know, you should know your employer, what kind of ethos they have, what they're looking for, what work over there would look like.

-Learnings from Episode 1 of Vera Legal Insights with Jay Gajjar.

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