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24 Hour Visa Service to be Extended
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A 24 hour visa service that aims to attract more investment in Britain is to be extended, the Government has announced. The Super Priority Visa Service, which is already on offer in China and India,...

 ensures a decision on a visa application within 24 hours, removing lengthy bureaucratic hurdles that many businesses fear put off possible business travellers, investors and rich tourists and pushes them towards...

New rules for Tier 1 Investors – What does maintaining the investment mean?
By Richmond Chambers -

With the new Immigration Rules for Tier 1 Investor visa applications in force from today, 6 November 2014, much has already been written about the widely anticipated increase in the investment funds requirement...

 from £1 million to £2 million. However, the new Immigration Rules also introduce other, less widely publicised, changes which must be anticipated by new investors. In this article we focus on the new...

Home Office announces changes to Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa category from 6 November 2014
By Richmond Chambers -

In its latest Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules published today, 16 October 2014, the Home Secretary has announced various changes to the Tier 1 Entrepreneur category. For applications made in the UK,...

 a new requirement is being added that the funds to be invested in the business must also be in the UK, to assist in verifying that the funds are genuine; A change is being made to require applicants for...

Home Office announces changes to Tier 1 Investor visa category from 6 November 2014
By Richmond Chambers -

In its latest Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules published today, 16 October 2014, the Home Secretary has announced various changes to the Tier 1 Investor visa category. The changes follow a review by...

 the Migration Advisory Committee. The current £1 million minimum investment threshold is being raised to £2 million; A change is being made to require the full investment sum to be invested in prescribed...

Entrepreneur Extension Applications – Evidencing your investment
By Richmond Chambers -

We have previously written articles on aspects of Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) extension applications such as the Job Creation Requirement. In this article we will address the requirement to evidence that you have made...

 your investment into your UK business. The Immigration Rules require that documentary evidence is provided in all cases. There is no provision for individuals to rely on documents submitted with their...

Overseas Talent Key to UK Digital Revolution
By Richmond Chambers -

An organisation representing the future of technology in the UK has launched a manifesto highlighting the significance of the global digital revolution to the UK economy, and the importance of enabling technology...

 companies to recruit skilled workers from overseas. TechUK’s report “Securing our Digital Future: the techUK manifesto for growth and jobs 2015-2020”, says that the effective use of digital...

UK emerging as a destination of choice for Chinese investors
By Richmond Chambers -

There is a growing trend among China’s richest to use their wealth to move themselves and their families abroad. This is done primarily in the form of investment visas. However, wealthy Chinese hoping...

 to move abroad have overwhelmed the immigration departments of both Canada and the US this year. Canada cancelled its investment visa programme earlier this year after the process became overrun by Chinese...

Significant rise in UK investor and entrepreneur visas granted
By Richmond Chambers -

Figures released today by the Office for National Statistics reveal a sharp increase in the number of UK investor and entrepreneur visas granted during the first and second quarters of 2014. In the 3 months from...

 January to March 2014, a total of 213 applications for entry clearance in the Tier 1 Investor visa category were approved by the Home Office (representing a significant increase from the 128 investor visas...

London Attracts Chinese Investors
By Richmond Chambers -

A recent report has revealed that London proved to be the biggest magnet for Chinese commercial and residential investors in the first half of 2014. The report, from company Jones Lang Lasalle, found...

 that outward investment from China in the first six months of 2014 amounted to US$5.4 billion, which is 17% higher than in the same period last year. The majority of this money came in the form of commercial...

Ahmed and another (PBS: admissible evidence) [2014] UKUT 365 (IAC)
By Richmond Chambers -

In the recent case of Ahmed and another (PBS: admissible evidence) [2014] UKUT 365 (IAC), the Upper Tribunal held that the prohibition of new evidence under s.85A(4) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act...

 2002 applies to the non-points scoring aspect of the rules, even though the prohibition relates to new evidence that goes to the scoring of points. In this case, the Tier 1 entrepreneur applications of Mr...

Moving your tech business from Silicon Valley to Silicon Roundabout
By Richmond Chambers -

Silicon Roundabout (or Tech City) may be the plucky younger sibling to the established Silicon Valley, but this hasn’t stopped businesses shunning California’s sunshine shores and flocking to London’s...

 tech hub. London may be a smaller centre but with a series of beneficial tax policies and funding on offer, it is easy to see why London is attracting some of the world’s best digital talent....

Tier 1 Entrepreneur: Complying with visa requirements during your stay in the UK
By Richmond Chambers -

Once your Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa has been granted, it is important that you comply with the requirements of the Immigration Rules throughout your stay in the UK. If you fail to comply with the requirements as...

 set out in Immigration Rules, your leave to remain may be curtailed by Home Office. In what circumstances will the Home Office consider curtailing a migrant’s Tier 1 Entrepreneur leave? The Home Office...
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