Paris visa riddle for Rangers midfielder Peralta

[BrahimHemdani 1]

Well wherever I am flying to a country where I need a visa I have to have it before I can board the flight to wherever I am flying to!

 

Yes that would certainly be true and you may also require a transit VISA for countries you are passing through if you have connecting flights but not if you had flown to Paris from Honduras and were then booking another flight to the UK. Zappa may well be right about a 12 months work permit.

 

A citizen of Honduras does not require a UK tourist or business visa for stays of less than 6 months otherwise the requirements are here https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa/y/honduras/work/longer_than_six_months.

 

Presumably he would be regarded as a "skilled worker"?

 

Not sure if this is the latest information:

 

How to get a work permit

 

When a club signs a player who requires a work permit, they agree to sponsor the player to be in the UK, meaning they will provide the funds for his time in the country. A certificate of sponsorship is then produced by the club, which is then submitted to the relevant FA for them to consider an endorsement.

 

The Scottish FA’s rules on work permit endorsements follow the same guidelines as previously outlined by the Home Office. For the SFA to give their approval, the player in question must have played 75 per cent of his nation’s competitive games – excluding friendlies – in the two years prior to the date of application.

 

Furthermore, the country the player is coming from must be in the top 70 of Fifa’s rankings. Failure to meet these requirements, unless it can be proven a player was unavailable for selection for a period of time, results in an automatic rejection of any application for an SFA endorsement for a work permit certificate of sponsorship.

 

As of June 28, 2011, it costs an applicant £550 to apply by post for a work permit in the UK, or £850 in person to process the application on the same day. There is a reduction in cost for nationals from Croatia, Turkey or FYR Macedonia, with the same applications costing £495 and £765 respectively.

 

The appeals process

 

If an application is rejected, a club can then appeal to the governing body. An appeals panel will ultimately weigh up whether or not the player is, in their view, of the highest calibre and whether they would contribute significantly to the development of the game at the top level in the country.

 

That appeals panel typically sits within three to five working days of an appeal submission and is made up of three representatives from the relevant football bodies, typically officials from the league, the FA and the player’s union. Up to three independent football experts, made up typically of former professionals, also sit on the panel.

 

In Scotland, experts who have sat on the decision panel previously include former player-turned-pundit Pat Nevin, one-time Motherwell boss Willie McLean – brother of Tommy and Jim – and former Hibernian and Liverpool midfielder Peter Cormack.

 

An applicant club can object to an 'expert' being used on the panel up until 24 hours before the meeting is convened, sending their objections in writing to the relevant FA.

 

If an appeals panel does not find in favour of an applicant, no further representation can be made until the subsequent season.

 

Status of immigration

 

The length of time a player can remain in the UK as a player depends on his grasp of the English language. There are two immigration statuses available to a player applying for a work permit: tier two and tier five.

 

Under tier two, a player can remain in the UK for an initial three years, with the possibility for an extension for a further two years. To qualify, the player must accrue 70 immigration points under the Home Office’s system. 50 are given for getting an FA endorsement, with 10 more given for being able to prove sufficient funding to remain in the country.

 

The final 10 are awarded on the basis of the player’s English. If the applicant comes from a predominantly English-speaking country, or has a degree from a course which was taught in English, the 10 points are subsequently awarded. Additionally, a player can sit an approved English language test upon their arrival in the UK to obtain tier two status.

 

Failing that, a player can apply for tier five status. Again, a certificate of sponsorship and proof of sponsorship is required but a visa is only valid for one year. However, the player can then sit an English language test within that year and apply to switch to tier two status.

 

The current Home Office financial criteria for a player to come to the UK outlines he must be continuously funded during his time in the country and has had at least £800 in his bank account for 90 consecutive days prior to the point of moving.

 

http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/rangers/193378-explained-uk-work-permit-rules-for-footballers/

 

Honduras are currently 40th so no problem there but perhaps his English ain't that good so he was on a Tier 5 and failed the test to move up to Tier 2?

 

You would have thought Ally would have had more information and been more forthcoming and you would also have thought that any such issues would have been resolved in the close season.

 

It would appear that unless his girlfriend is "skilled" she would only get a 6 month Visa so that might well be the issue.

[Stimpy 0]

Competency is far removed from Ibrox and the training ground.