Sorry to hear that, sounds like a horrible situation. I really hope it works out for you.
If they made you redundant do you really have to stick around the whole day? If that happened in my team I’d be sending them home or letting them look for jobs in work time…
Is there any chance of applying for PR or anything given how long you’ve been here? If you do have to leave, is there a good chance you can apply to come back? Appreciate you have probably explored all this so more out of curiosity than anything.
They have notified me to be made redundant. And the company is doing really good job in giving me plenty of time to be honest. I simply can’t fault that. I’m expected to work full time though as my official notice will start from October or so.
I was on short-term and then ICT visa for first 6 years, which is non-settlement visa. Effectively I’m only 1.5 years in settlement visa. So, I can only get PR after 3 years under 10 year scheme or 3.5 years, under settlement visa completion scheme unless duration increased to 8 years.
Coming back is possible, but if there’s 90+ days will cause break in constant residency and if I want to settle again, I’ve to start 5 (8) year settlement once again. And as I’m getting older, this might not be ideal for me.
To be honest, India is great option of software devs and I wouldn’t mind going back if I wasn’t here for 7 years. But hey, at least Bangalore shares almost the same weather with London, so I’ve that to look forward to.
Sorry to hear that, sounds like a horrible situation. I really hope it works out for you.
If they made you redundant do you really have to stick around the whole day? If that happened in my team I’d be sending them home or letting them look for jobs in work time…
Is there any chance of applying for PR or anything given how long you’ve been here? If you do have to leave, is there a good chance you can apply to come back? Appreciate you have probably explored all this so more out of curiosity than anything.
They have notified me to be made redundant. And the company is doing really good job in giving me plenty of time to be honest. I simply can’t fault that. I’m expected to work full time though as my official notice will start from October or so.
I was on short-term and then ICT visa for first 6 years, which is non-settlement visa. Effectively I’m only 1.5 years in settlement visa. So, I can only get PR after 3 years under 10 year scheme or 3.5 years, under settlement visa completion scheme unless duration increased to 8 years.
Coming back is possible, but if there’s 90+ days will cause break in constant residency and if I want to settle again, I’ve to start 5 (8) year settlement once again. And as I’m getting older, this might not be ideal for me.
To be honest, India is great option of software devs and I wouldn’t mind going back if I wasn’t here for 7 years. But hey, at least Bangalore shares almost the same weather with London, so I’ve that to look forward to.