Re: Was it a H1-B visa he needed?
No, his employer is exempt.
And if you know your visas, you'll twig why this is a bigger deal than some people here think it may be. Theresa May is going to have to find an awful lot of money to pay an awful lot of people if she wants to be able to pretend Brexit is better.
And you know where that money is going to come from.
I happen to like the idea of free movement and employment, but lets not pretend immigration control suddenly means no immigration. If there are jobs that need doing, they will be done.
of course, plus ca change and all that. Just whether they need to be done by a pure-UK citizen is now a question that needs to be asked which didn't exist pre-23rd June. And if there is any additional effort in employing a pure UK citizen (say discovering they need a visa and a work permit to be able to travel to Paris, Munich, Berlin, Turin, Brussels) then maybe an English speaking EU national will do just as well.
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