Before you arrive
1st Contact has tailored professional services to help drive your career and enhance your UK experience.
Living and working in the UK can offer some of the most challenging, exciting and rewarding experiences of your life. You'll be presented with many new opportunities that you'll want to make the most of.
However, moving to another country can also be a very daunting task. 1st Contact is here to help you start off on the right foot. Whether you want to further your career, organise your finances or get settled in a new and exciting city, 1st Contact offers a wide range of services to suit your needs. Many of these services are available before you leave home.
1st Contact can assist you with your UK immigration requirements, including accessing the Tier 1 visa, which was previously known as the highly skilled migrant programme. This is the most popular UK visa option with qualified accountants and finance professionals as it's the only visa that doesn't specify any employment restrictions. Once you're in London, you need a bank account, a place to live and a phone account to call home. 1st Contact's Kickstart London Package can help with all of this and much more.
1st Contact's job assistance division will help speed up the process of your job search by putting you in touch with the top UK recruitment agencies in your sector. They connect more than 5000 candidates a year with leading recruitment agencies. Once you've settled into your career, the tax refunds division will take the hassle out of claiming your tax back from the Inland Revenue. There's a free, no obligation quote, and if you don't receive a refund, no fee will be charged.1st Contact also offers online international money transfers and conducts more than 7000 transfers a month.
This fast and secure service is the cheapest and easiest way to get cash to the UK from back home. Need quick cash? If you don't have a credit history in the UK and do not meet the minimum requirement of at least one year's tenure in the country, your application for a loan will be rejected. 1st Contact has launched a unique loans service to provide short-term, unsecured loans to expats.
Career and travel opportunities in the UK are unrivalled and the experiences invaluable. The only challenge is to make the most of these exciting opportunities while you are in London.
Experience London without the effort. 1st contact is here to help you make the most of your time, career and money.
Contact 1st Contact
UK Office:
Phone: 0808 178 8598
Australia Office:
Phone: 1800 039 300
