Moving from UK to Mumbai

dchaddah

Ive recently seriously started considering moving to Mumbai, however have some questions:

What is the average Salary in Mumbai?
How much does a single man need to live a decent life?
I was offered a job for RS 9lacs a year somewhat approx 1/3rd of my UK salary is this enough to live on thou?

Im a IT Project Manager/engineer/Team Leader by profession with about 6-7y experience. I was starting to wonder whether the fact that I am Indian by decent but born and brought up in the UK (3rd Generation)be able to be used to my advantage when it come to securing a well paying job?

How does one find a well paying job in Mumbai?

Any advice would be greatfully appreciated, having recently been made redundant this would be the ideal time for me personally to make a move, and currently I am exploring options of either I make the life changing move (I go to india at least once a year so appreciate the negative side as well as positive) or take a serious look at the UK job market and prehaps retrain.


Thanks

Raghu.Kumar

I shall just answer one part of the query.

9 Lakhs Per Annum is not a great offer in Mumbai, but as a single person you can manage. You might get about 48 to 50 K after all taxes and statutory deductions like PF, gratutity, Professional tax etc.

You can get a one bed or a two bed room apartment in the suburbs for about 15 K and then you should be able to manage the other expenses, but it depends on your actual life style and spending pattern if you cab live within your income.

However, as you mentioned that you have been made redudant, may be you can look at accepting the offer, work for about 18 months and then look at moving locally to other companies.

Raghu

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dchaddah

So what does one need to live a resonably comfortable life? Double that? Not too lavish but be able to say go out a couple of nights a week and a holiday every year abroad.

Any tips on finding a expat job? Is there prehaps a Headhunter/consultant who specialises in finding NRI's Jobs.
I would not be in need of any help in obtaining permits as I am entitled to a PICO card.

Thanks

Nick-H

You had better spend some time looking into the visa issues. Check out the UK visa site, now outsourced to VFS, and have a good search/browse of our visa sub-forum here.

Bear in mind that the cart has to some before the horse (): you have to have a firm job offer, with all the necessary documentation, and then apply for your employment visa in uk. The employment visa is tied to that one employer. A change of employer means a return to UK for a new visa application. The employment visa is expensive.

It is all very restrictive, and amounts to making it hard to move here and then find a job, or to find a job and use it as a stepping stone to other jobs. Hard, but not impossible! Just expensive, with all the flying and visa application.

LilBoy BigTown

The OP is of Indian descent, so he shouldn't have any work restrictions as long as he has an OCI certificate.

namaste_cat

Only if it is over and above covered expenses includes housing & transportation. Even so, it's pretty tight anywhere in India but particularly in Bombay which has a very high cost of living.
I'm not sure what you bring to the table compared to a local Indian unless there's something related to the UK where a background there would be of benefit to the Indian company? You would of course need to demonstrate such a benefit before your application would move to the top of the pile.

I haven't found most NRIs to be welcomed with open arms when there are so many well-qualified resident Indians available to companies. In fact,I daresay being non-Indian seems to be more advantageous.
I'm not throwing a pity party for fellow NRIs or anything here just making an observation that we're sort of neither here nor there in more ways than one, including when it comes to employment. So don't get your hopes up.

As LilBoy indicated, with OCI status, you can live, travel, work etc in India with minimal restrictions. First thing I'd do is check if you are eligible for OCI, and after you get it, travel to India and see if reality = perception.

Indojingai

Indian management practices run like in the 1500s, so bigger Indian companies that target exports or Indian branches of foreign companies want to hire talent from outside India that bring more productive/efficient management knowledge and also are aware of the local cultural norms (to any extent).

There are several such people I know who moved from outside India to India for work. They advantage from the move (going up the ladder) and also like to spend time with any family they might have in India.

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dchaddah

Indo

You have said exactly what I was thinking..... just wasnt sure if there is a market for this. Now next step.... where to find someone who needs this skill.

I thinking maybe I should do a 6mth project/management course whilst I'm finding "that" company...

Any leads or advice?

Thanks