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What is work? Complying with your visa conditions
By Gillian McCall

Under the Immigration Rules, many people have restrictions on their right to work in the UK. This article will look at some of the main definitions of work used in the Immigration rules in the main work and study based categories and discuss how this will...

 impact people in different situations. Types of leave and their restrictions: Tier 1 Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent): no employment as a Doctor or Dentist in Training, and no employment as a professional sportsperson (including as a sports coach). Tier 1...

UK Entrepreneur Visa Success Stories
By Richmond Chambers

Our immigration barristers have assisted many individuals and their families to enter and remain in the UK under the Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa route.  Our clients have included interior designers, musicians, artists, café and restaurant owners, business analysts,...

 HR consultants, IT consultants, investment managers, estate agents, mobile app developers, games developers and fashion designers, to name but a few. UK Entrepreneur Visa Success Stories For example: Our immigration barristers assisted a citizen of...

UK Investor Visa Success Stories
By Richmond Chambers

Richmond Chambers is one of the UK’s leading immigration practices for Tier 1 Investor visa applicants.  The work of our immigration barristers on behalf of investors has been recognised through membership of the Investment Migration Council and the Department...

 of International Trade’s Investor Support Network. Investor Visa Success Stories Our investment immigration team has assisted many high net worth individuals and their families to relocate to the UK under the Tier 1 Investor visa route. For...

Home Office announces new UK Startup Visa for Entrepreneurs
By Zoe Bantleman

During London Tech Week, Home Secretary Sajid Javid announced a new startup visa route, stating that the new visa is “for people wanting to start a business in the UK. This will help to ensure we continue to attract the best global talent and maintain the UK’s...

 position as a world-leading destination for innovation and entrepreneurs”. The avant garde move, as announced, is simply to open a route, that was exclusively for graduates, to applicants without university degrees — as we all know Bill Gates,...

The Job Creation Requirement - Less Than 12 Months Employment
By Alex Papasotiriou

The job creation requirement for non-initial Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) applications requires that the applicant’s business has created the equivalent of at least 2 new full time jobs for settled workers. The tricky part is that the jobs must have existed for at...

 least 12 months during the applicant’s most recent grant of leave as a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant. This means an applicant will be unable to successfully apply for an extension, or for indefinite leave to remain under the category, if they have not...

Your Guide To The Tier 1 Entrepreneur Job Creation Requirement
By Zoe Bantleman

When you come to make your extension or indefinite leave to remain application in the Tier 1 Entrepreneur category, you will need to satisfy a job creation requirement.  The Immigration Rules require that you must have created the equivalent of at least two new...

 full time jobs for persons settled in the UK. These jobs must have existed for at least 12 months during the period for which your latest leave as a Tier 1 Entrepreneur was granted.   If you are applying for indefinite leave to remain after 5 years in the...

A Guide To The £50,000 Route For Tier 1 Entrepreneur Start-Ups
By Zoe Bantleman

The UK Immigration Rules make provision for entrepreneurs with high growth potential businesses to apply to come to, or remain in, the UK under the Tier 1 Entrepreneur category, where they have received at least £50,000 in funding from a registered venture capital...

 firm, a Department for International Trade (DIT) seed funding competition, a UK Government Department or a Devolved Government Department. (1) UK Seed Funding Competitions – Tier 1 Entrepreneur £50,000 route A list of competitions that have been...

Extending a Tier 1 Investor or Entrepreneur visa from abroad
By Gillian McCall

While most people will prefer to remain in the UK to make their extension application in the Tier 1 Entrepreneur or Tier 1 Investor categories, there are a number of cases where it will be necessary or advantageous to leave the UK to make the application....

 In this article we will look at the reasons why you might want to consider doing this and how to deal with any potential problems that might arise from taking this course of action. Why apply for a Tier 1 Entrepreneur or Tier 1 Investor visa from...

UK Tier 1 Investor Visa Sees 28% Year-On-Year Growth
By Paul Richmond

Figures released by the Home Office today reveal that a total of 96 Tier 1 Investor visas were issued by UK Visas & Immigration during the period from 1 January to 31 March 2018. This represents an 18.5% increase in successful Tier 1 Investor visa applications...

 compared with the previous quarter and a 28% increase on the number of Investor visas approved during the same period in 2017. Citizens of China and its Special Administrative Regions continue to show the most interest in the UK investor visa route,...

Tier 1 Entrepreneurs: Applying for Accelerated Settlement after 3 Years
By Gillian McCall

One of the biggest advantages of the Tier 1 Entrepreneur category, is that it is possible to get accelerated settlement (Indefinite Leave to Remain) in the UK after spending just three years in the category in the UK. There are two different ways to do this: either...

 increasing the jobs in the company by 10 full time people, or by increasing the business turnover by £5 million. That is no small feat in just three years so anyone planning to do this might want to think ahead and plan their strategy even before they...

Tier 1 Investor Visa - A Guide To Property & Real Estate
By Paul Richmond

For many individuals looking to relocate to the UK under the Tier 1 Investor visa route, the question of whether they can rely on property to secure a Tier 1 Investor visa or invest in property once in the UK as a Tier 1 Investor is a natural one.  In this...

 article we seek to answer the property-related questions that are most frequently asked by our Tier 1 Investor visa clients. Can an investor rely on the value of property to secure a Tier 1 Investor visa? Not any more.  If you are applying for a Tier 1...

Can I be a contractor if I have leave as a Tier 1 Entrepreneur?
By Gillian McCall

Successful Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) applicants will have their leave granted subject to a number of conditions. One of these conditions is that you cannot work for a business other than your own. The condition states: ‘no employment other than working for the...

 business(es) the applicant has established, joined or taken over, but working for such business(es) does not include anything undertaken by the applicant pursuant to a contract of service or apprenticeship, whether express or implied and whether oral or...
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