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<blockquote data-quote="Andrei Radu" data-source="post: 199049" data-attributes="member: 36777">Hi [USER=21329]@Samridhi Jain[/USER], [USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] might be able to tell you more about this but I think the general rule is that firms will not normally be willing to sponsor visas for vacation schemes - as from their perspective, the costs which range from 3000-5000 pounds are not justified given the duration of the work experience. Paul, Weiss and Slaughter and May do cover flights for international students, and while that might suggest they could be easier to convince to sponsor VS visas when compared to other firms, I would not make a strong inference in this regard. The only way to find out is to email/send a LinkedIn message to the graduate recruitment team to ask. Based on a previous discussion on the forum in 2021 (which you can find <a href="https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/training-contract-vacation-scheme-offers-to-international-law-students-studying-outside-uk.4346/" target="_blank">here</a>), people who spoke to graduate recruitment only identified two firms that are willing to sponsor VS visas: Macfarlanes and Mishcon de Reya. Besides that, [USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] said that sometimes firms are willing to make exceptions in the case of US/Indian/Australian nationals, but I am not sure whether this applies to anyone else. However, if you are an international student and the vacation scheme falls outside of term time, you will not need a visa sponsorship. Your student visa allows you to work full time outside of term time and up to a maximum of 20 hours during term time, so as long as the vacation scheme takes place during the spring/summer break you should be fine.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andrei Radu, post: 199049, member: 36777"] Hi [USER=21329]@Samridhi Jain[/USER], [USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] might be able to tell you more about this but I think the general rule is that firms will not normally be willing to sponsor visas for vacation schemes - as from their perspective, the costs which range from 3000-5000 pounds are not justified given the duration of the work experience. Paul, Weiss and Slaughter and May do cover flights for international students, and while that might suggest they could be easier to convince to sponsor VS visas when compared to other firms, I would not make a strong inference in this regard. The only way to find out is to email/send a LinkedIn message to the graduate recruitment team to ask. Based on a previous discussion on the forum in 2021 (which you can find [URL='https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/training-contract-vacation-scheme-offers-to-international-law-students-studying-outside-uk.4346/']here[/URL]), people who spoke to graduate recruitment only identified two firms that are willing to sponsor VS visas: Macfarlanes and Mishcon de Reya. Besides that, [USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] said that sometimes firms are willing to make exceptions in the case of US/Indian/Australian nationals, but I am not sure whether this applies to anyone else. However, if you are an international student and the vacation scheme falls outside of term time, you will not need a visa sponsorship. Your student visa allows you to work full time outside of term time and up to a maximum of 20 hours during term time, so as long as the vacation scheme takes place during the spring/summer break you should be fine. [/QUOTE]

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