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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 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...

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 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...

Investment Options for Tier 1 Investor Visa Applicants
By Paul Richmond

Tier 1 Investor visa holders must invest at least £2 million in the UK within 3 months of their arrival.  But investors should be aware that not all investments are permitted – and selecting the wrong form of investment will almost certainly jeopardise long...

 term plans to settle in the UK.  Here we look at the qualifying investment options for Tier 1 Investors who wish to secure settlement in the UK by way of investment, as well as the forms of investment that are not permitted. What forms of investment...

Prime Minister Announces Review of the Tier 1 Investor Visa Category
By Zoe Bantleman

On the afternoon of 19 March 2018, the House of Commons debated the laundering of dirty money in the UK, in the context of amendments to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill, a British counterpart to the USA Magnitsky Act. This followed the recent poisoning...

 of Sergei Skripal, and his daughter, in Salisbury. During the debate, the Tier 1 Investor route came under heavy fire. Ben Wallace MP, Minister for Security and Economic Crime, was asked, “What steps will the Minister take to enable us to understand...

Multiple Or Joint Property Ownership By Tier 1 Investors
By Paul Richmond

Amendments to the Immigration Rules introduced on 11 January 2018 have clarified the position of multiple and joint property ownership by Tier 1 Investors who entered the category before 6 November 2014. Investors who entered the Tier 1 (Investor) category before...

 6 November 2014 are required to demonstrate that they have invested at least £1 million in the UK. Whilst a minimum of £750,000 must be invested in UK government bonds, loan or share capital in UK trading companies, any balance required to bring the...

Interest in the UK Tier 1 (Investor) visa peaks again
By Paul Richmond

Three years on from the increase in the investment funds requirement from £1 million to £2 million and interest in the Tier 1 (Investor) visa category is on the rise again. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics today reveal that a total of...

 114 Tier 1 (Investors) visas were granted during the period from July to September 2017. This represents the third successive quarterly increase. From just 61 successful Tier 1 (Investor) visa applications in the last quarter of 2016, the first quarter of...

Tier 1 Investors: are you caught in the Corporate Bond trap?
By Paul Richmond

As is well known, Tier 1 (Investor) visa holders must, within 3 months of entering the UK, make a substantial financial investment by purchasing UK Government bonds, share capital or loan capital in active and trading UK registered companies. Many Tier 1 (Investor)...

 visa holders, seeking to balance risk and return, invest wholly or partly in UK Corporate Bonds, often on the advice of investment managers. However few, it would seem, are aware of a provision of the Immigration Rules which, unless addressed carefully,...

An Alternative Immigration Route for Exceptionally Talented Investors
By Gillian McCall

Generally, an individual who is planning to come to the UK for the purpose of investing in businesses will be considering the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) or Tier 1 (Investor) categories. The Entrepreneur route is designed for individuals who want to take an active...

 role in running a business in the UK and have at least £200,000 to invest in their endeavour. The Investor route has a higher investment threshold of £2 million, but doesn’t require the ongoing day to day involvement in running a business which an...

Can a Tier 1 (Investor) visa applicant rely on funds held in a business?
By Paul Richmond

The Tier 1 (Investor) category is for high net worth individuals making a substantial financial investment in the UK. Under the Tier 1 (Investor) requirements, in order to qualify for an initial grant of leave in this category applicants must, amongst other requirements,...

 have money of their own, under their own control, held in a regulated financial institution, and which is disposable in the UK, amounting to not less than £2 million. A question that we are often asked by our Tier 1 (Investor) clients is whether...
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