well, so much for that idea

As I've mentioned elsewhere, it's occurred to me that as much as I love the UK, I might enjoy living and working there. But that's not very easy; the UK government really doesn't want people to move there unless they are bringing money and/or new jobs to the economy. So I got in touch with that part of my company that operates there, thinking it might be easier to come over as an employee of a compny with an established business there. This was the reply I received:

Jan

Unfortunately any vacancy we advertised we must under UK legislation attempt to fill with a UK or EU citizen, if we are not successful because the skills are in short demand or specialist skills in UK or EU we can recruit and apply for a work permit. Your skills set is not one which have a shortage in recruiting to therefore I am not able to take your application any further.

I wish you success in your job hunt.

Regards

Now, from what I've read, this is not true. But I know better than to bother arguing with HR people; even when they're wrong, they're right.

Well, back to square one.