If you're a good computer scientist or have done notable things in tech, the UK's Tech City visa is a really simple and fast way of getting a 5-year visa for th

If you're a good computer scientist or have done notable things in tech, the UK's Tech City visa is a really simple and fast way of getting a 5-year visa for the UK that has a path to permanent residence then citizenship afterwards (after year 5 and 6 respectively). I've had friends use this with great success recently in engineering, product management and product marketing roles and quite short turnaround times (often less than a month if you've done a complete packet with references). It's most relevant if you've worked at either promising fast-growth startups or otherwise bigger tech companies before like Google/Facebook/etc. Having a job lined up already is not required although you'll have to show work experience in the UK to stay after the 5 years. If you're in a marriage or partnership you can also get your partner's visa through this as well. The criteria are pretty reasonable if you've done even noncommercial things like research and the "promising" track is suitable for younger/less experienced folks with demonstrable potential. Feel free to reach out if you have questions and I'll do my best to answer them. http://www.techcityuk.com/tech-nation-visa/ http://www.techcityuk.com/tech-nation-visa/