Permission To Work?

This article was originally published in February 2010

Part I

There are thousands of foreign nationals in the United Kingdom anxious to take employment if given the opportunity to work, and many employers would welcome the skills and work ethic that they can bring to the workplace. This issue has recently been explored in the BBC programme 'The Day the Immigrants left', which has excited much comment for suggesting that there are many low-skilled jobs in the UK that will locals will simply refuse to take, even if the alternative is unemployment. Employers are generally familiar, at least in outline, with the requirements of the Immigration Rules that apply to those that come to the United Kingdom to seek permission to work. In this series of articles we explore the position of those who may have the right to work in the United Kingdom, despite not entering for that purpose.