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Extending a Tier 1 Investor or Entrepreneur visa from abroad

While most people will prefer to remain in the UK to make their extension application in the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) or Tier 1 (Investor) category, there are a number of circumstances where it will be necessary or...

Switching from Graduate Entrepreneur or Start-up to Entrepreneur

As we have previously covered in the Knowledge Centre, the Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) route will close to new entrants on 5 July 2019. However individuals who have already entered the category will be able...

Challenging an Entrepreneur refusal on the basis of genuineness

Since 2013, Entrepreneur applications have been subject to an assessment of genuineness: whether the applicant is genuine in their intention to run or start a business in the UK. This assessment is done subjectively,...

Requirements for the new Innovator & Start-Up Visas

The much anticipated Statement of Changes including for Entrepreneurs and Investors is hot off the press today. Near the end of the 296 pages, you will find the new Appendix W, which contains the rules for “Workers”....

Closure of Tier 1 Entrepreneur category: deadlines for applications

The Home Office has today, 7 March 2019, published its statement of changes (HC1919) giving details to the anticipated Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) closure, and introducing the Tier 1 (Innovator) and (Start up) categories...

Entrepreneurs: Apply for ILR by 6 April 2019 to take advantage of more flexible rules on Job Creation

Individuals applying for an Extension of Leave or Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK as a Tier 1 Entrepreneur have had to create jobs in their business/businesses. The Job Creation Rule & Guidance The current...

When can a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) visa be a good alternative to a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa?

If you would like to come to the UK to start a business, your first consideration is likely to be a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa. However, there are some cases in which the Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) visa can allow...

Goodbye Entrepreneurs, Hello Innovators!

The last week has been somewhat turbulent for the Tier 1 categories, with a shock announcement that the Tier 1 (Investor) category was being suspended with almost immediate effect, followed by a hasty subsequent...

Tier 1 (Entrepreneur): Specified evidence and missing documents

There is not much entrepreneur case-law. Safeer & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 2518 is an example of the Court of Appeal’s approach to the strict...

The Dangers of Specified Information and Documents for Tier 1 (Entrepreneurs): Awan v SSHD [2018] EWCA Civ 1988

In the case of Awan v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 1988, Underhill LJ considered whether to permit Awan to appeal against the decision of the Upper Tribunal, which had upheld the refusal...

Indefinite Leave to Remain as a Tier 1 Entrepreneur

Migrants can apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain as an Entrepreneur after 60 months in the Tier 1 Entrepreneur category (there are accelerated routes for those who meet further criteria, as set out below). In...

UK Entrepreneur Visa Success Stories

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,...