Cutting through red tape: Jobbatical launches in the UK

Hot on the heels of our US expansion, we’re launching our automated relocation platform for the UK market, following regulatory approval from the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC).‍

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The UK issues 145,000 work visas annually, with an average visa case taking 10 to 12 hours of manual work. All told, almost 200,000 working days are swallowed up by paperwork for employment visa cases in the UK each year. Jobbatical's automation cuts the hours of work needed for a typical visa case down to half.

Having processed well over 6,000 relocation cases in 2022 and already used by the likes of N26, Personio and TravelPerk we are ready to change the employee relocation game in the UK and make moving internationally as easy as booking a flight.

Making employee relocation to the UK twice as fast at a third of the price

Through combining proprietary, high-end technology with in-house, local immigration experts, Jobbatical streamlines the employer licence application and employee visa and permit application form, as well as facilitating fast information exchange between employers and employees and providing personal employee relocation.

Having processed well over 6,000 relocation cases in 2022 and already used by the likes of N26, Personio and TravelPerk we are ready to change the employee relocation game in the UK and make moving internationally as easy as booking a flight.

This combination of technology and immigration expertise is essential to digitise an archaic migration system that hasn’t kept up with where in the world top talent is coming from, says our founder and CEO Karoli Hindriks. "Since it introduced its point-based immigration system, the UK has seen a big boost in skilled workers from countries like the Philippines, India and Nigeria—countries brimming with talent that UK companies need to compete for,” she says.

“But skilled migration is still a world away from where it should be. It's taking some business leaders months to muddle through the unnecessary bureaucracy and burden of relocation; this puts many off from even thinking about hiring internationally or offering relocation as an option for existing employees in other countries.”

"Our mission is to help make this process as stress-free and cost-effective as possible, using automation to simplify the experience and reduce the time and expense of relocation."
Industry leaders already on board

Jobbatical's board members include industry veterans Patty McCord and Alec Ross. Patty McCord is the former chief talent officer at Netflix, where she was responsible for creating the now-famous Netflix Culture Deck (read our recent interview with Patty here). Alec Ross is an author and innovation expert who served as Senior Advisor for Innovation to the Secretary of State during the Obama administration.

Jobbatical’s UK operations will be headed up by Adarsh Girijadevi, a leading UK immigration expert, qualified Solicitor and OISC Level 3 adviser. “Amidst the global talent shortage, upgrading the visa and relocation process for companies is long overdue,” Girijadevi says. “Jobbatical has built the most advanced platform and automation that I have seen throughout my career and I’m excited to introduce this to the UK.”