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Just one thing: building professional connections (especially for a non-nepo kid) has to be an ongoing process. Keep attending alumni meets of your UK university, various industry events, various social events etc. You will have to hustle a lot.
Coming to KCL specifically, yeah sure it’s good for Corp law, so go ahead if money is no problem. LSE, UCL, Warwick… apply everywhere, yaar.
The move would curb migration and “protect against the acute dangers posed by Islamist terrorism and serious crime,” said Nancy Faeser, the interior minister.
So India is presumably safe.
1. The base salary increase required for a skilled worker visa from Pound 26200 to Pound 38700 and the specific requirement that the salary for a skilled worker must be at least 38700 or 50% of the 'going rate' (whereas before it was 25%) for that occupational code (whichever is higher) (unless the applicant is in a new entry applicant to the market position, or under 26 years of age, in which case the base is, if I remember right, Pound 30000, which is much higher than what many UK companies pay to those in these positions).
2. Tightening restrictions on students (no dependents allowed anymore, except for those in certain categories). I have heard that they are also planning to increase the living costs bar (i.e., how much money students need to be able to show) for visa applications for students studying in London from Pound 1,334 to Pound 1,483 and the bar is increasing for those outside London as well (with the change (if this is true) taking effect next January).
3. Increasing the amount that an immigrant needs to pay for the Immigration Health Surcharge (i.e., the payment required to use the health service) by almost 35%.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/10/the-end-of-schengen-germanys-new-border-controls-put-eu-unity-at-risk
Clear signs of anti-immigrant sentiment. For us ,the important questions to see are:
1. Whether this is restricted to Islamic countries or is expanded to cover India too.
2. Whether the US, UK, Aus etc will follow with struct rules. Settling abroad will become very hard then
What's more, the building materials and plasters are already falling, it has ONLY one entry exist with zero fire extinguishers in it. When it rains heavily you can feel minor electric shock in switches.
Wifi doesn't work here, the locality of the university is such that even data doesn't work
And to make matters worse, you raise one voice against the admin and they'll remove you from hostels or put disciplinary actions against you.
In comparison, in India, the whole country is migrating to NCR, Mumbai and Bengaluru, because they aren’t many opportunities in other cities. So these cities become overpopulated and there is no scope for good infrastructure. Plus there are slum dwellers squatting on hundreds of acres of land, add to that illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya immigrants. Total chaos. The cities are also dirty, especially because a lot of the people moving there are uneducated with no knowledge of sanitation and hygiene.
it's city of bonded labour
https://x.com/TripInChina/status/1808835650336215374
You gotta wonder about Mumbai then. Is it worth spending so much money and living there?
I'm also thinking to do so.
I'm ready to work for my senior for another 7-8 years (have been working for 5 years and he is paying me ₹4500 p.m.)
If anyone has reccos for a car within 10-12L(on road), with 4/5 safety ratings, please share.
yesterday, I heard that one person who worked in chambers, had taken a 10L loan after graduation to survive his family and himself, he gets multiple death threat call during the days.
senior advocate being leech exploits the people from common background.
while I have seen their accounts book, they paid 50-60K to kids of their circle (those whose daddies are big) while exploited the others
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O_pE0tDnKk
doctor are monotonous, avoid
you're no fun either.
2 boring people will make this union will be like bland
So if u r going for the tag, go ahead. But speaking from personal experience, 5yrs >> 3yrs llb goes in market.
For me when I had interned, amazing feedback from both mentor and team, both work-wise and presentation-wise.
But post that, its radio silence.
Don't get your hopes up. (hopefully it isn't grim, as it was for me)