When did your friend receive the WG invite? As I also applied on the 16th (which was the deadline day). Thanks
I’m not sure; he told me the news yesterday night but I’m not sure when he actually received the invite.
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I’m not sure; he told me the news yesterday night but I’m not sure when he actually received the invite.
Thanks for this, just to piggyback of the OP's question, when you were at Freshfields,when an app shows as "updated" (at a date after submission), does that suggest that its been screened? And that not hearing back follows the no news is good news adage?
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it was a different application tracking system so I wouldn’t go on what happened when I was there.
No news is just that - no news. It isn’t a good thing/it isn’t a bad thing though.
Nope, haven't heard anything. But I think they will get back to us in august...
Hi guys, regarding BCLP’s TC, some people have received their AC invited for the London office today.
Feeling a little discouraged but trying to remember that what is meant to be will be. Hope everyone is doing well today !
Feeling a little discouraged but trying to remember that what is meant to be will be. Hope everyone is doing well today !
have you heard anyone being rejected yet post application for direct TCs? If not, I wouldn’t worry about it too much, just wait and see. I know some people that have been waiting since Nov 2019, so hopefully they get back to everyone soon.
hey man i think the student room post was yesterday
Got an email from Akin Gump saying that they cannot sponsor a visa for international students
Got an email from Akin Gump saying that they cannot sponsor a visa for international students
They might not but it if you have not finished your undergraduate degree, I would advise just e-mailing them to say the new rules means they wont have to sponsor you. Finish the LPC & you get two years
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That is not quite true. As a training contract is two years and won't start until 2-3 months after someone graduates/completes the LPC, where the post-study work visa is a maximum of two years, it wouldn't cover a whole training contract.
You would basically need your training contract to start before your course officially ended.
So a firm would need to still get a Tier 2 visa for you. It will be easier for them to do this as of January 2021, but it is their choice to do so and if they are saying they won't get a visa for you, then unfortunately that is their stance on the matter.
Got an email from Akin Gump saying that they cannot sponsor a visa for international students
Are you sure? I know someone who's starting their TC there soon, and I am pretty sure they're an international student :/
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They can change their stance on this if they want to. If the firm has emailed to say they can't sponsor visas, then I would say that is their stance.
The only way I can see it being a mistake is if they are mistaken in thinking the person applied for an internship and is not studying in the UK.
Lots of international students have rights to work in the UK - especially those on hereditary visas, so its not always a good way of trying to spot who has been sponsored or not.
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