French morrocan boyfriend

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Hi does anyone know if my daughters boyfriend can come to us in the uk on a visa and do his French job remotely? I am not up to speed on any of this and think maybe a visitors visa. He hasn't got a remote job as yet but is hoping to be able to do that. He wants to settle with her in the uk but not sure if he is qualified and I would rather they spent some time with each other first but he needs to earn money. Thank you

You should be able to find out on here if you know enough about him.

www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa

Careful, your racism is showing.

He needs to get a job first. Your daughter shouldn't let him move in before she knows if he's a cocklodger or not.

Moroccans are some of the immigrants coming over illegally on dinghy's.. Of course he wants to get here nonmatter what.

Plenty of French-Moroccans out there who are French nationals, with French passports.

Either way OP only your daughters boyfriend's employers can authorise him to work remotely in a different country (highly unusual). Otherwise I'm sure he'll need a UK job offer, minimum salary and a work visa etc in order to move to/work in the UK.

Thanks everyone and for the link. So many types of visa it's a lot to work through. He has dual passport French and morrocan he has lived in france majority of his life. He is a worker and won't come back to the uk until he has saved more money and looked into jobs in the uk. He's a sweetheart pls don't judge everyone by a few standards. My daughter works and he won't even think about her supporting him in anyway. Really wanted him to come over for a while to be able to acclimatise before he gets a uk job it's a big change for him

If this fella were a French national - OP would not have made this thread

Sucks to be you...

That sounds quite unlikely.

Visas are usually granted for a specific purpose / timescale - a limited timescale as a visitor, or staying here to study, or a family visa to join a partner, spouse etc.

There are some empolyment situations where the organisation can support the visa application - usually where the applicant has a specific a skill that is in short supply in UK. I can't imagine this would easily apply to someone based in UK working remotely for a French company.

There are stringent conditions that apply to every category and from the little you wrote in your OP it doesn't sound like any of the above would apply. I know from experience that it is difficult to change from one visa category to another - e.g. someone being here on a student visa may meet and fall in love with a UK resident. They can't simply transfer to a fiance / spouse visa. Many applications have to made from the home country. I know of people arriving in UK to potentially marry their partner and being stopped at immigration and sent back.

And it is really, really, not worth 'overstaying' your visa.

Just to clarify That sounds quite unlikely. in my previous post was referring to it being unlikely that a suitable visa could be granted. I was not doubting the post.

So, following OP's update. As an example, he could come for a limited period as a visitor. He could research employment. But then at the end of his visitor visa would have to return to France. If he had secured employment here he could then apply on that basis (but from France and it would need to be a suitable kind of employment). Or having returned to France he could apply for a fiance / spouse visa. But there are very clear financial paramaters around this, and the ability of the fiance / spouse to support them.

Thank you Venusandmars good helpful info.

acclimatise certainly doesn't mean sitting on his arse what pathetic comments whattodo. My daughter gives him nothing but has met someone she has fallen for. She's not an idiot I am posting this as trying to get any help advice I can for them.

Just seen your second comment Venus and really appreciate your advice thank you

EU citizens can visit the UK for 6 months without a visa.. loads of time to find a job willing to sponsor him..

How's his English?

How did they meet?

Essentially no, he could not live here and work remotely on a long term basis. The Home Office updated their visitor guidance during Covid which essentially says that a little bit of remote working is acceptable, but it could not be a permanent arrangement and the person is not a genuine visitor if they are intending to reside in the U.K.

In answer to q question they met abroad i was on holiday with my daughter and also met him of course. Since then they have visited each other a couple of times and he has stayed at my house. She is going to meet his family in a weeks time. So he can come and go as a visitor on and off. But he could stay for six months and look for a job. He will need some money behind him which he is working hard to get together at the moment. After that who knows really. His English is almost perfect I would say he just needs to spend more time speaking English to perfect it. His French of course is perfect. I appreciate the helpful comments and shouldn't be shocked at the negative ones I guess but I actually am. Thanks al

Ok fair enough. How did she meet him?

Where I work, even when we were fully remote we were limited to working 30 days out of the country, and had to go through compliance to ensure we had a work visa for the country we'd be working from.
I know other companies have similar limitations.

I think most people who genuinely have 'work from anywhere' jobs, work for themselves.

He'll be able to come for 6m and look for a job. However in my experience getting sponsorship as a skilled worker - unless he's in one of the typical fields is not easy and an admin headache for the employer.

*I'm assuming he wasn't living in the uk before the cut of at the end of 2020 / has pre settled status

Is he a French citizen? If so it’s pretty simple, he just needs to follow the rules for EU nationals.
I don’t see why having Moroccan heritage is relevant and as you see mentioning it can bring out the racists
As for working here remotely for an EU company, Brexit has made that far more difficult

I looked into doing this but me with a UK passport going to the EU. In short no you can't. My employer said no due to tax reasons and I couldn't get a visa for the EU country with a UK based job where I paid UK taxes.

He'll need to apply for a visa before coming. He can start the process now.

www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

Really appreciate everyone's advice and experiences thank you.
whattodo you can see in above post how they met.
regarding how mentioning his morrocan heritage has brought about comments well yes I see that but it is important as it really is part of him. One thing I have learnt from this is how respectful and polite and also how considerate hr is of other cultures and beliefs it kind of puts us to shame on the UK in some respects. I am learning alot.

Interesting how rife racism clearly is…… over 35 years ago my auntie travelled to Tunisia and fell for a man over there, you can imagine all the flack she had and the horrific things people said!

They’re still very happily married, now with 2 adult children and he’s only ever visited the uk on a handful of occasions as loves his country and doesn’t like travelling, so much for only using her for a visa! Oh and he’s a great husband and dad too :)

Good luck to your daughter, hope she’s found a good un!