Author: Rajiv Immanuel

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Published: 2015-11-06

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9781519124999

Are you looking for a land where the government has provided an environment where the rule of law exists, where property rights are protected, where human initiative and hard work are encouraged and rewarded, where the local people are tolerant, and where people from any background can succeed in their career or run an honest business and prosper?The UK is that country. The UK needs you if you have good written and spoken English are young, skilled, hard working, ambitious, and willing to learn and adapt.If you have the qualities mentioned above and are ready to acquire UK qualifications, if required, then nothing can stop your career from taking off in the UK.However, while the potential opportunities for people fitting the above requirements are great, there are some pitfalls on the way, which you must be made aware of. There are criminals here too. They know how easy it is to make a fool out of someone who has no experience of life in the UK. Your UK life should be a positive and life-changing experience, bringing new qualifications, a new career, financial security, growth and opportunities. It should not be a humiliating, unhappy or tragic experience.Without such guidance, at best you could get talked to as if you were an idiot. You could have difficulties in getting a job; be the butt of jokes among colleagues if you do manage to get a job; be treated badly in general by locals; and face a closed door instead of opportunities. Without taking the right precautions, you could be cheated by criminals when you try to rent a property. Criminals in the UK are waiting to exploit unwary foreigners who have no experience of the UK housing market. Without proper guidance, at worst, your life could depend on it, as the experiences of some foreigners mentioned in this book testify. You need to realise that you are vulnerable as a newly arrived foreigner in the UK. Newly arrived foreigners in the UK are very vulnerable both as victims of crime and as lawbreakers themselves (the latter by being ignorant of the law).Migrants need to be aware of the law on practical aspects of UK life. One of the aims of this book is to do just that for you. Need guidance about life in the UK? Are you keen to take advantage of the tremendous opportunities and rewards available to hardworking people in the UK? There's no point turning to the Brits, the Home Office, the British Council, or a British University's website for advice. Who can be objective about their motherland?You need to be prepared for UK life and that is the purpose of this book: to prepare you for it.This book shows you how to protect yourself and your money. This book honestly answers the questions that all those new to the UK want answered. This book warns you of the mistakes that you should not make. It warns you that there are certain things you might unthinkingly do, which may not be offences in your home country, but could be a criminal offence in the UK.This is a practical guide, tailor-made for Indians, divided into sections dealing with different aspects of UK life. Beginning with early arrival issues such as travel, immigration, warm clothing, accommodation, food, the guide then moves on to deeper issues that concern new migrants in the UK such as transport, housing, jobs, permanent residency, financial matters, settling into the community and studying in the UK. The author Rajiv Immanuel arrived in the UK from India in 1995 as an international student to study for a PhD in Economics. Since then, he has lived and worked in the UK and is now a British citizen and a writer of books. This book, his most popular, is part of his series of 18 books on the subject of preparing foreigners for UK life. It contains all the best insights, advice and practical tips of all his books. If you want the truth about life in Britain, here it is...