British flag Consulate-General of the United Kingdom in Kolkata

Address1A Ho Chi Minh Sarani
Kolkata - 700071
India
Phonelocal: (033) 2288.5172
international: +91.33.2288.5172
Faxlocal: (033) 2288.3435
international: +91.33.2288.3435
Emailkolkata@fco.gov.uk
Web sitehttp://ukinindia.fco.gov.uk
NotesBeware of emailed job offers for childcare and other similar positions in the UK. These are all frauds.

• Since November 2008, no visas are granted for household workers from outside Europe. Work visas are only granted for highly-skilled positions, most of which require university degrees.

• No legitimate employment agency in the UK requires you to pay them any money. All fees would be paid by the employer.

• No legitimate employment agency in the UK uses a free email address from Yahoo, Gmail, or similar services.

• No legitimate employment agency in the UK uses a telephone number that begins with +4470 (070). These are non-geographic numbers available to anyone in the world.

• No legitimate business requests payment via Western Union.

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UMAKANTA DAS
Thu, 2 Apr 2015 07:26 EDT
Confirmation About Offerletter (GE OIL AND GAS, UK)
GE Oil & Gas Technology
Address: Claymore Drive, Aberdeen, AB23 8GD United Kingdom
Tel: +447010476607
Website: http://www.ge-energy.com/about/oil_and_gas.jsp
CONTRACT AGREEMENT LETTER
Fill in your name in blank space;This employment agreement is entered into by and between
(Employee) and GE
OIL AND GAS TECHNOLOGY
(Employer) agree as follows:
DATE OF COMMENCEMENT
Your commencing date with GE Oil & Gas Technology will be stipulated on the intent appointment letter if you are successfully appointed.1.2 Your Probation Period with GE Oil & Gas Technology United Kingdom will be Six (6)months from the date of commencement during which we can fully assess your suitability for this role and you can decide if you have made the right decision joining us. You will be on Contract for a period of Three (3) years. Which is renewable after expiration.
2 SALARY 2.1 Your starting basic monthly/ take home salary will be £ 5,800/- per Month after deducting tax which maybe received before 27th of every Month. Salary can be transferred to any Bank or Country of your choice.2.2
Your performance will be reviewed periodically and the company shall make
adjustments to your salary as it sees fit.2.3 You are entitled to any transport allowance, free accommodation that befits family size not exceeding 5 occupants.
3Visa Procurement 3.1 The company could send all the essential documents and appoint United Kingdom Immigration attaché to assist you in getting your entry clearance from British Council in your country. You shall bear the cost of securing your entry clearance(Tier 2 Visa) while the company 3.2 provides air ticket to you and will be reimbursing the cost encored during your visa processing period after submitting the receipts as evidence of payment.
4 WORKING HOURS 4.1 The company working hours are from 8am to 4pm. You are entitled to one hour of lunch in break every day. But there must be shifting schedule.4.2 You may be required to work beyond the normal working hours to discharge your duties at the sole discretion of the company.
5 ANNUAL LEAVE 5.1 Besides the gazette public holidays, you are entitled to twenty eight (28) days paid annual leave upon the completion of one year's service from the date of confirmation of your employment. Pro-rated (divide) annual leave before the completion of one year's service is at the sole discretion of the company. During the probation period, you are not entitled to any leave. Free tickets to cover the5.2 span of their home leave. The company shall bear the cost of Air fare for vacation trip for employee as well as his/her family.5.3
Unpaid leave shall be granted at the sole discretion of the company. The
company reserves the right to terminate your employment without notice if you
are absent from work on unpaid leave without prior approval from the
company.5.4 All leave applications must be made in writing and at least Five
(5) days in advance and shall be approved at the absolute discretion of the company.
6 SICK LEAVE 6.1 You must notify the company or your immediate supervisor as soon as practicable if you are unable to work for medical reasons. Such notice shall be given within the first four(4) hours of the working day.6.2 In a case of emergency situation, an expatriate will be flown to his home country or any country suitable for the best medical attention. After three (3) months of
service all expatriates will be entitled to a Health Service Insurance Plan (HSIP)
for family.6.3 You are entitled to fourteen (14) days of paid sick leave per
calendar year, upon confirmation of your employment. Sick leave during the probation period shall be approved at the sole discretion of the company.6.4 If
you are hospitalized on a doctor's written order, you may get up to forty-six(46)
additional days of paid sick leave per calendar year.
7 MATERNITY AND CHILDCARE LEAVE 7.1 You will be entitled to the Maternity leave as per United Kingdom law. Such leave is to be taken on doctor's written orders. The maternity leave will be on a fully paid basis as long as the Employee has served for at least one hundred and eighty (180) days before the date of
first confinement.7.2 A female Employee on leave because of a miscarriage or abortion shall be considered to beonly on normal sick leave.7.3 You are entitled to three (3) days of employer-paid childcare leave per calendar year if you have any child below age seven (7) in that year.
8 TERMINATION AND NOTICE 8.1 During your employment with GE Oil & Gas Technology, either party may terminate the contract by giving one (1) month's notice or the equivalent of two (2) month's salary in lieu of notice.8.2 The Company, however, has the right to give immediate notice before terminating your services if you are guilty of misdemeanor, misconduct, negligence or breach of any of the terms of this Letter of Contract.8.3 Upon the termination of your employment you shall return to the company all documents, records,
items and materials in your possession or custody belonging to the Company or
its clients and you shall not retain any copies (including electronic or soft copies) thereof.
9 GOVERNING LAW This Letter of Contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of United Kingdom. Please confirm your acceptance of the above terms and conditions by signing on the lower right hand side and returning to us the duplicate copy of this Letter within three (3) days from the date of this Letter. Employer:
GE Oil & Gas Technology
Signed/Sealed:
By: Mr James Anthony Human Resources Manager Employee:
Name & Signature
lysander.london@fraudwatchers.org
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 00:16 EDT
Appointment letter from plumbing and sentry is a fake job scam!
Post the entire email or send it to me! No real company just appoints you to a job without doing a face to face, personal interview. Read www.scam-job-emails.tk
Thangavel murugan
Tue, 27 Jan 2015 08:50 EST
Appointment letter from plumbing and sentry
Hi sir
lysander.london@fraudwatchers.org
Sat, 10 Jan 2015 21:29 EST
Job offers from Stanley Park Hotel, Queens Hotel, Wyndham Grand and Brittania Saches hotels are all fake job scams!
Job offers from Stanley Park Hotel, Queens Hotel, Wyndham Grand and Brittania Saches hotels are all fake job scams! ALL HOTEL JOB OFFERS ARE SCAMS! All Hotel job offers to persons in countries such as India are fake.  No real hotel is going to be able to get a visa for an unskilled worker in a faraway country to come to Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia or the United States!  There are plenty of workers already in those countries for those jobs and you cannot get a visa to do unskilled labor.
 
Please read carefully because this applies to every emailed job offer you receive!  99% of email job offers are scams!  No real company hires you without an in person, face to face interview.  An email, online or telephone questionnaire or interview is always a scam!  No real company ever charges any money for a job  for any reason whatsoever!  Not for a visa or work permit, deposit, housing or courier charges! Read:  http://www.scam-job-emails.tk  Scammers will say the money will be reimbursed but it will not be!  Your money will be sent to a fake embassy official, travel agency or lawyer who is a really the same or a different scammer!!  No real company, government or visa agent ever uses a free or public email address (yahoo.com gmail.com hotmail.com, aol.com, etc.)  Email addresses like diplomats.com [WARNING: SCAM EMAIL], counsellor.com,  consultant.com, lawyer.com etc. are also free email addresses. Read: http://www.scam-email-addresses.tk No real visa agent ever requests money via wire to a bank account or by Western Union or MoneyGram. Read: http://www.never-wire-money-to-strangers.tk No real company uses a telephone number that begins with +44 70, +44 871, +44 870, +44 843, 44 844, or +44 845. Those are forwarding numbers which are not in the UK.  Read: http://www.scam-telephone-numbers.tk If the company does not have a website or the website does not work, it is a scam!  Do not assume a website is legit!  Read http://www.scamwebsites.tk There are no exceptions!  Don't let a scammers convince you otherwise!  A scammer is only as smart as his victim is naive!  If something sounds too good to be true, it is a scam!  Publicity defeats scammers.  Post the scam emails you receive and warn your friends  Always "Google" all telephone numbers, email addresses and websites in any job offer to see if it has already been posted as a scam!     
farhan
Sat, 10 Jan 2015 06:19 EST
I got offer letter from uk london
I got offer letter from queens hotel london
they are asking for money for visa
Is this fake or true 9903307753
jani chandr roy
Thu, 8 Jan 2015 00:41 EST
job offer letter
Hi sir, i got a mail from Britinnia sachas hotel of uk and there were severel mailing and interviwing and now they selected me for the post of executive fitness mnager for their hotel and sent me the job offer letter and visa form which i need to fill up and they are asking me to contac with James parker for forther details and the visa resiistration fees of sum of rs 33000 by indian money almost and sayingb that it will be reiemburisged later. plese let me know soon regarding this wheather is it a scam or real. my cell number is 8653302329. thanks
sabina parveen
Wed, 7 Jan 2015 05:00 EST
Wyndham Grand Hotel appointment letter regarding from uk london
Sir,
Recently I got appointment letter for the post of software engineer from uk,they are asking RS.32,500 for visa processing,please let me know that is true or fake,please kindly inform to the following email id:sabina2k12@yahoo.com for further processing,i have attached the deatails for your reference
the details of Gross Salary of 3,600 Pounds their is no deductions on your salary the company will provide you a free Accommodation as soon as you start working with us here. the company will provide you free family Accommodation if you relocate with your family. the company will send your air-ticket as soon as your working visa is ready with Mr. Alex David.

Please find the attached for further proceedings on your job processes. You are to refer to Co-coordinator in India for further proceedings on time.

Sequel to the resumption of your job, he will assist you considering the essentialist's of time involved; Representing a higher percentage of expatriate services employees in relations to this project.

You will contact him and he shall assist you in timely obtaining of your necessary residence and a work permit papers/ VISA with the United Kingdom Immigration Services.

You will have to immediately contact the below contact person representing a higher percentage of expatriate status employee with relations to this procedure:

The Asia zonal coordinator will let you know all that you need to know about you paper's.

The Company has to send you an air ticket as soon as your papers are with you.

Information

The Asia zonal coordinator will ask for your Registration Visas fees for your documents and opening of file on your name that is £320. (Pounds) that is your visa fees he is going to ask you,



CONTACT BRITISH COUNCIL INDIA.

Contact Person: Mr.Alex David (Officer in Charge)
Phone No. +917838049252


Email: britishcouncil.embassyindia % consultant.com [WARNING: SCAM EMAIL]

Please endeavour to update us on your successful processes with him for liaison purpose.



Attn: SABINA PARVEEN,

Your travelling processes have to be with you and Mr.Alex David only. For your working visa to be issued to you.



Best Regards,
Human Res. Div.
Ben William
Tell.+447014214616
Wyndham Grand Hotel
Chelsea Harbour London SW10 0XG.for UK.
I want to know that the above said is true or scam?So before further processing I require your necessary guidance.
I am waiting for your early reply.
Thanks,
Tousif Anwar
Mon, 5 Jan 2015 03:10 EST
Got an appointment letter from Stanley Park Hotel U.K.
Dear sir,
I am Tousif Anwar got an offer letter as a post of dining waiter from Stanley Park Hotel,Liverpool,U.K. I am wanted to know that you will got a sponshership letter from Stanley Park Hotel U.K. in the name of Tousif Anwar which passport number-m0877640.
Plz let me inform on that matter.
Thanking you.

Your Faithfully
Tousif Anwar
email id-tousifchamp99@gmail.com
Ph.no.-07679617657
lysander.london@fraudwatchers.org
Sat, 3 Jan 2015 18:27 EST
British Drilling and Freezing Company Limited and SEDDON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY UK are fake job scams!
British Drilling and Freezing Company Limited and SEDDON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY UK are fake job scams! Please read carefully because this applies to every job offer you receive! 99% of email job offers are scams! No real company hires you without an in person, face to face interview. An email, online or telephone interview is always a scam! No real company ever charges any money for a job even for a visa or work permit ot for a deposit for any reason! Read: www.scam-job-emails.tk Scammers will ask you to send money to a fake embassy official, travel agency or lawyer who is a really a scammer using a free email address!! No real company, government or visa agent ever uses a free or public email address (yahoo.com gmail.com hotmail.com, aol.com, etc.) Email addresses like diplomats.com [WARNING: SCAM EMAIL], counsellor.com, consultant.com, lawyer.com etc. are also free email addresses. Read: www.scam-email-addresses.tk No real visa agent ever requests money via wire to a bank account or by Western Union or MoneyGram. Read: www.never-wire-money-to-strangers.tk No real company uses a telephone number that begins with +44 70, +44 871, +44 870, +44 844, or +44 845. Those are forwarding numbers which are not in the UK. Read: www.scam-telephone-numbers.tk

There are no exceptions! Don't let a scammers convince you otherwise! A scammer is only as smart as his victim is naive! If something sounds too good to be true, it is a scam! Always "Google" all telephone numbers, email addresses and websites in any job offer to see if it has already been posted as a scam!
Abhijti Samanta
Sat, 3 Jan 2015 07:40 EST
Enquiry for Companya Job.
Following Company sending this letter for resume send. I want to know this company is staying in your Country and their business is smoothing running. You tell me, I send my resume in this company.

SEDDON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY UK

Seddon construction Ltd united kingdom are always looking for applicants with the relevant experience for a range of positions including: Planners, Site Managers, Contracts Managers, Quantity Surveyors, Estimators, Administrators, Bid Writers, Support Staff, Specialist Technicians, Trades people and Apprentices.

1. Estimator

2. Mechanical services/plumbers

3. Safety officer

4. Pr-construction manager

5. Contracts manager

6. Purchase ledger Assistant

7. Site manager

8. I.T team leader

9. Technical Administrator

10. Development Engineer

11. Quantity surveyor

ENTITLEMENT, BENEFITS AND PACKAGES: An extractive net salary paid in? GBP or Euros, equivalent, depending on employee's home country and currency preference with the annual salary.

Here is the Attached Benefit: Single or family housing accommodation in company community, free medical/dental care in UNITED KINGDOM for employees, excellent educational assistance benefits with family status employment, Paid airfares allowing full flexibility with holiday travel Personal effects shipment and excess baggage allowances. Full access to some of the finest and social recreational facilities in UNITED LIFE INSURANCE and Paid vacation, with Official vehicle/ Maximum security in work environment and housing community.

Applicants are to provide his/her self with Visa and all other necessary travel documents that will enable him/her to come over to his job community. Though one assurance can be proved is that we can stand in favor of your name and apologies with a Letter of Invitation to the British Council in your area to assist you to make sure that Visa and all that travel documents are issued to you smoothly.

JOB STATUS: Full-Time
SALARY INDICATION: 5,200 GBP Monthly (Five thousand two Hundred pounds) and
Above depending upon experience and field of specialization. Capable and
Interested Individual is to send their resumes and details of experiences to this email for quick response from our recruitment department.

(career.seddon@aol.co.uk)
REGARD,
JONATHAN SEDDON,
Managing Director,
Seddon construction ltd.
United Kingdom
E-mail: career.seddon@aol.co.uk
Directed By, Seddon construction LTD.
FORWARD YOU’RE RESUMING DIRECTLY TO: career.seddon@aol.co.uk

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