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The UK is an amazing place as well if you are looking for tech jobs outside of Asia.

Almost all major companies have offices her plus a decent startup scene.

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It's also nearly impossible to permanently migrate to

Why’s that ? Asking as someone on a tier 2 visa ? I thought I could get a residency in 5 years ?

Or are you saying the visa itself is too hard to get ?

You can get permanent residency after living for 5 years, and citizenship a year after that.

While the tech scene is indeed very strong in some fields (like FinTech), it's also been bleeding since the Brexit vote, and the situation is certainly not going to improve any time soon.

On the other hand, I guess that might mean more opportunities for non-EU immigrants?

That's what some of the pro Brexit mp's were saying - well actually lying - to try and get some typically labour communities to vote Brexit.

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