Letting to someone from abroad..?

Pez2

At the minnimum I'd want evidence that this 'pocket money' exists, and is enough to cover his rent + living costs if he has trouble finding work.

neverdespairgirl

Badger_Lady wrote: »

"Once in UK I will search for work cause it very difficult to find a work without been in england for the interview. Here the ambassade of UK in Mauritius give me some delay to find work in UK and are going to give me a visa of one year (working holiday). Here in mauritius I worked for a long time to have all including the pocket money to afford myself in UK. Thanks for your understanding"

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A wokring holiday visa is a specific type, with particular restrictions.

to qualify to enter the United Kingdom as a working holidaymaker you must:

• be a national of one of the Commonwealth countries listed in Appendix 3 of the immigration rules, a British overseas territories citizen, British overseas citizen, or British national (overseas);
• be between 17 and 30 years old;
• intend to come to the United Kingdom mainly for an extended holiday, working for no more than a total of 12 months during your stay;
• not intend to establish any type of business or to provide services as a professional sportsperson during your stay;
• be unmarried or not in a civil partnership, or married to or in a civil partnership with a person who also qualifies as a working holidaymaker and who intends to take the working holiday with you;
• not have any dependent children who are aged five years or over, or who will turn five before you complete your working holiday;
• be able to support and accommodate yourself in the United Kingdom without recourse to public funds;
• not have spent time in the United Kingdom on a previous working holidaymaker visa; and
• plan to leave the United Kingdom at the end of your working holiday.

Mauritius is on the list, so it's technically possible.

It would be unusual to get a 12 month WH visa, they are normally 24 months, with an absolute max of 12 months employment

jimc_2

Badger_Lady wrote: »

PS, do you think I should point out that I don't live in England? )

Seriously, although it's not relevant to the main topic, is he aware of this? To a person from Mauritius the UK might =England=London!

This might answer your main question if he really wants to be in London.

Badger_Lady

• be able to support and accommodate yourself in the United Kingdom without recourse to public funds;

So his Visa will also serve as second-hand proof of his savings?

I know it's extra hassle and I could easily walk away (I have no shortage of applicants), but he did ask first and has been prompt and polite throughout - if I can't be bothered to make the effort for him, who will?

bikerqueen

I have a horrible feeling that this is all going to go very wrong.

PasturesNew

Badger_Lady wrote: »

[/list]So his Visa will also serve as second-hand proof of his savings?

I know it's extra hassle and I could easily walk away (I have no shortage of applicants), but he did ask first and has been prompt and polite throughout - if I can't be bothered to make the effort for him, who will?

I think what concerns me is not that he is planning to come here on a holiday visa, but will be working (perhaps). And not that it might be a money scam. But that you will be inviting this person into your home. You aren't renting him a bedsit with an AST where if he turns out to be peculiar you don't have to ever see him.

I think enough people here have enough reservations that they have expressed for you to now think twice about whether you want this man living alongside you for the next year.

Badger_Lady

Oh, what's life without risks? I just keep trying to think of it from his point of view (based on the little we "know"):

He's done all his research about how to get to the UK, worked hard to save up enough money, obtained a Visa and booked a flight. He's then contacted every landlord advertising a cheap room to let, only to be answered with "no" every time.

The booked flight is getting closer and closer and he still can't get anywhere to live in the UK - it's getting silly, he's got the money, he wants to give it to someone, but no-one will speak to him just because he's in another country.

Maybe I am allowing my own life to become overly complicated, but I believe in being fair and helpful to all people - I hope that, were the situation reversed, someone would make the effort for me.

After all, if he can't show me his Visa when he arrives, he ain't coming through my front door. Ditto if he hasn't got £200 cash in his hands. And, as a lodger (as opposed to tenant), I can kick him out relatively easily if he stops paying.

As long as he really is playing by the rules (and I'm almost convinced that he is), in two weeks time he'll just be any other lodger - perhaps all the more grateful because I was the one who helped him out.

Oh yes, and as for the deposit scam risk - if he asks for the money back (by whatever excuse), he'll have to sue me for it. I won't send a penny overseas, so anything he's sent me is final.

Badger_Lady

PasturesNew wrote: »

But that you will be inviting this person into your home. You aren't renting him a bedsit with an AST where if he turns out to be peculiar you don't have to ever see him.

Very true... but as a rule I never see my lodgers. We're in a very big 3-storey house, which is completely soundproof and my room has its own lounge and study included. All the rooms have individual key locks on them, so we really only bump into each other in the kitchen or the gym. There is a lounge, but only for when you're feeling sociable!

I'm also incredibly easy-going, I've never met anyone that I'd hate to let to.

And the advantage over an AST is that I can kick him out any time (I've written 1 months notice into my contracts).

lostinrates

Dear Badgerlady, you seem very kind, but may I point out he has ALREADY broken the rules by lying about you being his cousin for the WU transfer! I realy empathise with him, we were trying to rent somewhere here from abroad an it was a nightmare, and the same with lodgings, so the upshot was DH had to budget for nights in a hotel while he looked for lodgings. Was it horrid extra expence? OF COURSE, but in face to face meeting with people he was trying to lodge with he realised he was glad it had worked out that way!

clutton_2

giving others a chance is a great thing to do ...... let us know how you get on - i gave someone a chance today - he went away with tears in his eyes and i know he will now turn his life around - giving unconditionally makes such a difference in the world ...................