Hi

Thanks for your reply.

My answer assumes that you wish to come here to work for a significant period of time (eg. A year or longer)

Work visas are visa nationals are extremely limited at the moment, because the rules have been significantly tightened recently.

Unless you have access to significant funds (ie.£200, 000.00) then the only option is to apply for a Tier 2 Sponsored Skilled Worker visa. This is a points based visa application, which means that you must have the requisite number of point, including the requirement to have a job offer from a licensed sponsor employer:-
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/working/tier2/general/eligibility/

If the job which you obtain a job offer is not on the following list then you will have to get the employer to carry out a resident labour force test to establish that there is no part of the resident labour force existing in the UK that could do the job at the salary offered (very difficult):-
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/workingintheuk/shortageoccupationlistnov11.pdf

if you do not have the requisite number of points then there is no point applying because it will be rejected. It would also take at least three months before you get approved and get your passport back.

If you obtain a Cypriot passport then as soon as you have it you may travel to the UK to work because you will have EEA treaty rights, which means that you can travel to work in the UK unrestricted. This is the benefit of being an EEA member state national, so I would suggest that the quickest, least expensive way forward would be to apply for your Cypriot citizenship/passport.


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