dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted January 17, 2019 Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 Saw a tweet from Josh MacDonald quoted on the BSPA site that he intends to still travel to Britain , pick up his visa and look for opportunities through the summer Is this actually possible?? Given his sponsoring employer is not trading I assumed his visa would be invalid If it is still valid and issued then I understood the sponsor had to provide accomodation and a regular income (something like a min £150 per week) I cant imagine this would be the case in the circumstances Anyone able to clarity the realities of the situation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac101 Posted January 17, 2019 Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) He has some sort of British ansestory and come in on a different tier type visa Edited January 17, 2019 by mac101 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byker Biker Posted January 17, 2019 Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 39 minutes ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: Saw a tweet from Josh MacDonald quoted on the BSPA site that he intends to still travel to Britain , pick up his visa and look for opportunities through the summer Is this actually possible?? Given his sponsoring employer is not trading I assumed his visa would be invalid If it is still valid and issued then I understood the sponsor had to provide accomodation and a regular income (something like a min £150 per week) I cant imagine this would be the case in the circumstances Anyone able to clarity the realities of the situation I can't believe you've put this in the wider public domain 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted January 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Byker Biker said: I can't believe you've put this in the wider public domain Excuse me - it was on the main BSPA website twitter link and still is!! It is therefore very much already in the public domain. I'm not even on twitter so would not even have been aware unless it was on the sports official national website SpeedwayGB Retweeted Josh Macdonald @chunk259 Devastating news about Workington speedway shutting down this year, sadly it’s left me without a spot for 2019, after some thinking and talking to a few close friends, I’ve decided to still fly over and collect my visa and spend some part of the season hoping for a opportunity. Jan 16, 2019 Edited January 17, 2019 by dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted January 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 32 minutes ago, mac101 said: He has some sort of British ansestory and come in on a different tier type visa Thank you Mac - that would make perfect sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byker Biker Posted January 17, 2019 Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: Excuse me - it was on the main BSPA website twitter link and still is!! It is therefore very much already in the public domain. I'm not even on twitter so would not even have been aware unless it was on the sports official national website SpeedwayGB Retweeted Josh Macdonald @chunk259 Devastating news about Workington speedway shutting down this year, sadly it’s left me without a spot for 2019, after some thinking and talking to a few close friends, I’ve decided to still fly over and collect my visa and spend some part of the season hoping for a opportunity. Jan 16, 2019 Forgiven then, apologies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac101 Posted January 17, 2019 Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 Would make a good asset to any club seen him ride at Sheffield and worth a punt on a 4 point ave and I think he would have done that easily this year will get snapped up when changes are made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montie Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 12 hours ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: Given his sponsoring employer is not trading I assumed his visa would be invalid just because his sponsoring emplyer are not coming to the tapes this season doesnt mean they are not trading, The compnay hasnt gone broke and is still actively trading as far as im aware or can tell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyhoundp Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 On 1/17/2019 at 8:31 PM, Byker Biker said: I can't believe you've put this in the wider public domain Why shouldnt it be in the public domain ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudtobeaBrummie Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 On 1/17/2019 at 8:31 PM, Byker Biker said: I can't believe you've put this in the wider public domain Who the heck do you think you are ?? The public domain police ??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudtobeaBrummie Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 On 1/17/2019 at 9:11 PM, mac101 said: Would make a good asset to any club seen him ride at Sheffield and worth a punt on a 4 point ave and I think he would have done that easily this year will get snapped up when changes are made Could very likely end up at Brum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*JJ Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 34 minutes ago, ProudtobeaBrummie said: Could very likely end up at Brum You could give the present team a chance first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 On 1/17/2019 at 7:49 PM, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: Saw a tweet from Josh MacDonald quoted on the BSPA site that he intends to still travel to Britain , pick up his visa and look for opportunities through the summer Is this actually possible?? Given his sponsoring employer is not trading I assumed his visa would be invalid If it is still valid and issued then I understood the sponsor had to provide accomodation and a regular income (something like a min £150 per week) I cant imagine this would be the case in the circumstances Anyone able to clarity the realities of the situation I thought the same at the time. There has to be a sponsor who makes a lot of guarantees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudtobeaBrummie Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 18 hours ago, *JJ said: You could give the present team a chance first? I will of course but i was more thinking about adding to the asset base and that all our riders are around his average so any loss of form our injury he could be in . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaramanga Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 On 1/17/2019 at 8:50 PM, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: Excuse me - it was on the main BSPA website twitter link and still is!! It is therefore very much already in the public domain. I'm not even on twitter so would not even have been aware unless it was on the sports official national website SpeedwayGB Retweeted Josh Macdonald @chunk259 Devastating news about Workington speedway shutting down this year, sadly it’s left me without a spot for 2019, after some thinking and talking to a few close friends, I’ve decided to still fly over and collect my visa and spend some part of the season hoping for a opportunity. Jan 16, 2019 don't worry about it maybe Newcastle are interested and wanted it kept quiet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uluru Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 On 1/17/2019 at 8:22 PM, mac101 said: He has some sort of British ansestory and come in on a different tier type visa Where do you get that information from? I'm afraid I don't think he has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanzi Posted January 24, 2019 Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 On 1/22/2019 at 9:29 PM, Uluru said: Where do you get that information from? I'm afraid I don't think he has. Josh does have British Ancestory. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaramanga Posted January 24, 2019 Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 why does he need a visa then 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted January 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 3 hours ago, scaramanga said: why does he need a visa then It would be a different type Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotallyHonestJohn Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 11 hours ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: It would be a different type Our neighbour in Newcastle has just had her Aussie Nephew across and he has had a 12 month visit on a none working visa. His mum is a Brit but he was born in Oz and is an Aussie Citizen yet he still needed a visa and I think the neighbour had to vouch for him as well (may be wrong) but he used her address as his temp/perm UK address. The criteria was he couldn't take paid employment! Not sure if Josh is coming over on something like this and he could still mechanic and ride as long as there is no official payments. (Which sounds about right for Speedway) Regards THJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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