The secret to application processes like this is that criteria are more guidelines than requirements. There is a 70% acceptance rate because of a dearth of appl

The secret to application processes like this is that criteria are more guidelines than requirements. There is a 70% acceptance rate because of a dearth of applicants, probably because people read the criteria and think they don’t qualify. I would imagine that many people on HN can frame their experience to fit the criteria, as I was able to do. Also, if I were looking for full time employment and had the choice between UK and US, I would not come to the UK. I imagine this drives away a lot of non-self-employed or non-entrepreneurial applicants (though the visa isn’t really targeting them anyway, since at that point your employer should just sponsor you).