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TechStars London brings access to UK visa
- JamesCRR 14y agoGreat post, but I think that Startup Chile was the first accelerator program to guarantee a Visa, though whether that counts as a top-tier program is subject to debate. Whatever the case, it's great to see the UK leading the US here.
- brendan_gill 14y agoYeah, Startup Chile is a great program but I don't think it's in the same league as TechStars, YCom, 500 startups & Angelpad.
- leoedin 14y agoIt's a pity the UK immigration system as a whole isn't so forward looking. Our prime minister's recent drive to appease the right has meant a target to cut net migration to 5 figures by 2015. Result? Thousands of people graduating from UK universities no longer have the right to stay for any length of time. Skilled workers from outside the EU find it virtually impossible to move here. This is a step in the right direction, but for every foreigner accepted into an accelerator like this there's thousands of skilled and willing people being kicked out and turned away.
- jiggy2011 14y agoWe already have a high level of graduate unemployment/underemployment as is, I'm not sure more immigration is the answer.
- leoedin 14y agoEmployment is completely field specific, but visa rules aren't. I don't know of anyone from my graduating class of mechanical engineers who's still unemployed 6 months after we graduated. The current system denys capable people with valuable skills the ability to seek employment in the UK. We have a shortage of engineers as it is.
- mchaver 14y agoI have heard a lot of complaints from UK nationals not being able to bring over non-EU partners if you earn under £18,600 a year. That can be tough if you are moving from your partners country and wages are not high.
- kokey 14y agoInteresting, I was actually looking for something like this late last year. Instead I've decided to leave the UK and join the totalsend.com team here in Cape Town which was a great move.