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Re: Overseas amateur- Visa issues
« Reply #15 on: January 25, 2017, 08:39:03 PM »
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Re: Overseas amateur- Visa issues
« Reply #16 on: January 25, 2017, 08:39:50 PM »
The way I'm understanding this it looks like it will be difficult to find someone who is able to come over and play
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Re: Overseas amateur- Visa issues
« Reply #17 on: January 25, 2017, 09:02:32 PM »
Quote from: Howzat on January 25, 2017, 08:39:50 PM
The way I'm understanding this it looks like it will be difficult to find someone who is able to come over and play
That's how I see it too, the Essex league are changing their overseas registration form in line with ECB guidelines who have taken advice from the home office. I assume all league's will follow suit. There are grey areas just depends how near you want to flirt with them and how comfortable your chairman is with wearing a 20k fine. Assuming the HO acts like the HMRC , any hint of a transgression and you'll be found guilty, then have to prove your innocence . The player pathway seems to offer a route, but I'm guessing the application isn't straight forward.
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Re: Overseas amateur- Visa issues
« Reply #18 on: January 25, 2017, 09:54:02 PM »
Quote from: mattcoll12491 on January 20, 2017, 06:28:57 PM
Hi all,

We've asked an Aussie lad to come and play for us this coming season. We've queried with the ECB  what visa he needs to allow him to play for our club and they have advised that because he has played Tasmania Under 19s in 2013 he is not suitable to come over on a Youth mobility visa or a standard visitors visa and they also said that he would not be eligible for a Tier 5 (Creative and Sporting) Visa.

Is anyone else trying to bring over an overseas this year and encountered this issue? As the Home office have tightened the rules up over the past year.Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Matt

Are you getting him via an agency? Surely this is the kind of thing they would be able to sort out and advise on, I can't think of much else they need to do, especially something as important as this.
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Re: Overseas amateur- Visa issues
« Reply #19 on: January 25, 2017, 10:21:41 PM »
Quote from: cricketbadger on January 25, 2017, 09:54:02 PM
Are you getting him via an agency? Surely this is the kind of thing they would be able to sort out and advise on, I can't think of much else they need to do, especially something as important as this.
As I understand it, he could come on a player pathway visa , but this would need approval from the home office not the ecb.
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Re: Overseas amateur- Visa issues
« Reply #20 on: January 25, 2017, 10:32:15 PM »
*Player “Pathway” definition: A player may be considered to be on a “Pathway” and therefore
classified as a “Professional Sportsperson”, if that person has played cricket above U17 at state/
province/ territory level (paid or unpaid) in any country.
I.e. Tier 5 visa
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Re: Overseas amateur- Visa issues
« Reply #21 on: January 26, 2017, 09:40:09 AM »
Plenty of OSA's available that have qualify an ancestral visa or that have a UK passport, are the former group affected by the new rulings, that's the route we've tended to follow before.
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Re: Overseas amateur- Visa issues
« Reply #22 on: January 26, 2017, 10:33:40 AM »
A non EEA citizen would not need permission if holding an ancestral visa, so would be Ok. But I'm not the home office or a lawyer, just my interpretation.
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Re: Overseas amateur- Visa issues
« Reply #23 on: January 26, 2017, 07:08:00 PM »
Are clubs really that desperate to being in overseas? Can they really not just play with club players ?
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Re: Overseas amateur- Visa issues
« Reply #24 on: January 27, 2017, 10:32:29 PM »
Quote from: ProCricketer1982 on January 26, 2017, 07:08:00 PM
Are clubs really that desperate to being in overseas? Can they really not just play with "pay the "better" club players ?

With a slight tweak to your post I imagine the "solution" will be worked out...
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Re: Overseas amateur- Visa issues
« Reply #25 on: January 27, 2017, 11:11:40 PM »
Quote from: WalkingWicket37 on January 27, 2017, 10:32:29 PM
With a slight tweak to your post I imagine the "solution" will be worked out...

Good edit that
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