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What are the requirements of a 'beauty therapist' when transferring from US license to UK? I've been doing hair for 3 years *as of the time of planned move* Also, when i move, i want to start work asap. i was told in order to get a work visa I'd have to be sponsored. Was also told that this can be expensive for the employer. I know im not the only hairstylist to move from US to UK. Can someone please guide me as to how to do this whole thing?! *side note* I'll be planning a trip in January just to get a feel for the place to make sure I like it before i move, being that Ive never been. Was hoping to ask around at a few salons.. good idea/bad idea? Sep 26 12 06:28 pm Link What exactly is a beauty therapist? And you can find your answers about visa and sponsorship here: http://www.workpermit.com/uk/uk.htm Sep 26 12 07:30 pm Link I looked up How to transfer cosmetology license from US to UK, and someone said they call it beauty therapist there. Instead of cosmetologist or hairstylist. Sep 26 12 09:45 pm Link Yeah, we have beauty therapists, hair stylists and massage therapists. No cosmetologists or estheticians. And sadly for you, we have an abundance of beauty therapists already and few if any salons will be earning enough money to consider paying for you to come over from the USA. As well as all the UK beauty therapists they already have, we also have an open borders agreement with the European Union, so anyone from there can come and work here. If you really want to come I suggest you look at student visas etc. Sep 27 12 02:47 am Link Sep 27 12 05:42 am Link S W I N S K E Y wrote: And you've met all of us, eaten everything and stayed through a decade of seasons to have this well informed opinion? Sep 27 12 06:54 am Link Heather J M wrote: +1 Sep 27 12 07:49 am Link S W I N S K E Y wrote: Bland Food? Sep 27 12 08:05 am Link S W I N S K E Y wrote: Wow....considering this ignorant statement, it would be very easy to get caught up in a mud slinging battle at this point but ill refrain from this. Sep 27 12 09:47 am Link Would you say maybe move over there and work at something else besides hair? I want to be there for 3/6 months at first to make sure I really like it before looking into moveing permanently. Ive read probably every immagration page on the net about visas, and theyre all so confusing. I just dont know what to do to move there legally. Do you think big companies like Paul Mitchell could sponser someone? Sep 27 12 11:49 am Link Only if you already work for them. In my experience of overseas friends, they have had a short working visa but have ultimately had to return home at the end of the period - usually no more than 3 years. Sponsorship is very unlikely in your field, you are too easily replaced. Sponsorship is more common in large companies that move staff from one territory to another, or for extremely hard to fill roles (NOT beauty - more beauty therapists than jobs here.) If when you get here you find you like it, find a husband asap. Even if you marry for a visa you have to prove 2 years minimum relationship prior to being allowed the visa. They check very thoroughly. Why did you want to move to England if you've never been here before? Sep 27 12 12:30 pm Link S W I N S K E Y wrote: Mmmm. Be careful even if there was irony at the end of this statement. Sep 27 12 12:36 pm Link Heather J M wrote: This is one of the hardest things ever. Feel like ill have to give my first born to live there. Damn. Sep 27 12 12:59 pm Link TiffanyDiane wrote: Same for us going the other way We could always try swapping identities. I'll need to get a wig from somewhere though... Sep 27 12 01:29 pm Link MrTim wrote: Or you two could get married and sit tight for 2 years.. Oh an MM wedding! I'll get a hat! Sep 27 12 01:31 pm Link Heather J M wrote: hahaha thats cute! I'll totally swap identities. I just keep thinking, surely I'm not the only hairstylist in history, to move to UK and start working. I have a friend that said her friend moved there and started waiting tables. How did she do that? im so confused. I'm trying to make a list of people/places to visit for more info once I visit in Jan, but I'm drawing a blank as to whom to ask Sep 27 12 01:50 pm Link TiffanyDiane wrote: Try making a list of the bigger salon's etc in the towns / cities you will be visiting and go visit them and ask questions.. You might also want to visit college's that list your profession and ask them how you need to proceed with getting the UK qualifications you need.. Sep 27 12 02:09 pm Link toesup wrote: I'm going in Jan just to check it out and make sure thats what I want. Its a big move. I need to be sure. I've emailed Taylor Taylor, HOB, RUSH, currently still looking. Know of any more? Sep 27 12 04:59 pm Link Has nobody mentioned it yet, this Island is full...lol Sep 27 12 05:06 pm Link JAW IMAGING wrote: One more cant hurt Sep 27 12 10:24 pm Link I wish you the best of luck, I love living in England. Great food, great views If you know where to go! Let me know if you do make the move and i'll throw you a few places to visit down my way! All the best, Jade Sep 29 12 06:41 am Link JadeArmstrong wrote: Thank you. I actually got a reply from a salon, telling me THEY dont sponser but to send them my CV and they'll direct me to a salon that does! So keep your fingers crossed for me! Getting my airplane tix/ hotel next month for Jan! so excited! Sep 29 12 07:33 pm Link I'm glad you posted this! I'm a MUA in the US also wanting badly to move to the UK. I understand it's a silly desire, never having visited. I have done so much research on what London is like and how it compares to NYC (I lived there for a bit). I've also looked into the immigration process and the applying for work visas. It's very complicated. It looks as if it's possible to do, but you've got to have a lot of money. I thought about applying for a BBC trainee scheme, but honestly my skill and portfolio aren't there yet and I don't have enough money to just move there. I know a MUA who worked in NYC for a while, get with a makeup agency who sent her to London to work for a bit. So you might look at getting repped by an agency and if they ever get international work coming in. Sep 29 12 10:32 pm Link Dani Snow wrote: BBC wrote: You still need to sort your own visa, also the trainee schemes are not open to people with more than 18 months experience. Bummer. Sep 30 12 07:09 am Link Yeah Heather I read that on their site. It's like they want you to be a little experience, but not too much haha, less than 18 months of television experience, which I have none. I can't imagine that I'm more talented than any of the British MUA's applying so I just dream about it haha. Sep 30 12 12:42 pm Link It is possible to get a visa without sponsorship from a company but everyone before me is right: beauty therapists are a dime a dozen plus we're in a recession and jobs are hard to come by for everyone. Also, beauty therapists don't need a licence to work in the UK so you may find that you don't get many points for that line of work. Sep 30 12 01:03 pm Link Elizabethmakeup wrote: What visa do you reccomend I try for? That is the most confusing part. And I had a salon say they were going to direct me to a salon that does sponsership. Hairstylist are a dime a dozen here too, but a good one is hard to come by Sep 30 12 09:07 pm Link http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/ You can also go for a work-visa through a programme such as BUNAC. Also a word of caution re sponsorship: I had a friend who went to work abroad and was sponsored by a company. They had to sponsor him for five years in order for him to qualify for residency, then six months before the end, they fired him and he had to return home. Oct 01 12 09:30 am Link I went there, which eventually led me to this. i think the "proving nobody in the uk can do the job, before being sponsored' has changed. http://www.theskillsite.com/uk-immigrat … permit.htm Oct 01 12 07:53 pm Link Whilst all you want to get over to the UK to live, I'm desperately trying to think of a way to get over to the USA to live! It seems its almost impossible to get to the US without actually marrying an American, maybe I should ditch my boyfriend and partner up with a (hot) American guy, dual citizenship would do me nicely! One must keep trying! Oct 03 12 05:05 am Link Best way to come here is as a student - easy to get a student visa, not everyone who gets one actually does very much studying. Great place to come to for a couple of years if you are an American. Big decision to move permanently. Oct 03 12 06:00 am Link I have an interview when I visit )))) setting up more now!!! Oct 03 12 08:00 pm Link Kelly Ager MUA wrote: Ugh. Don't you wish our countries could just let us switch? How sad is it that you want to be here and I want to be there? Like a foreign-exchange student, but we're not students, and we want it to be pretty permanent. Oct 03 12 09:57 pm Link Dani Snow wrote: Agree with you totally!!! Oct 04 12 11:06 pm Link S W I N S K E Y wrote: Just the same as America then. May as well stay in the USA. Oct 05 12 05:31 am Link Victoria Howard wrote: Hey I'm wanting out!! lol. Just need a sponsor Oct 05 12 11:02 pm Link TiffanyDiane wrote: By different places do you mean within and outside London? If so, that's a great approach. Try not to limit yourself to London. Well done for getting the interview. Fingers and toes crossed for you:-) Oct 06 12 03:34 am Link Simire MUA wrote: Several diff places meaning different salons. I have a question though, here each paycheck is taxed about 17%-18%, but we get paid every two weeks. What is the percent of tax for a middle class person in UK? I know you get paid sometimes only once a month. How much should I budget for taxes? I'm trying to see if this salon price list is enough to make money to pay bills/live on. Oct 06 12 09:30 pm Link JAW IMAGING wrote: full of opportunities, I think. Hahah lol Oct 07 12 12:08 am Link TiffanyDiane wrote: Tax rate over her really depends on your basic income and can vary depending on this from nothing to 50%. Have a look at this for further info on how it works http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/incometax/basics.htm#1 Oct 07 12 12:33 am Link |