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UK Sole Representative Visa Success Stories
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Richmond Chambers is one of the UK’s leading immigration practices for UK Sole Representative of Overseas Business Visa applicants.  Our immigration barristers work closely with senior employees of overseas...

 businesses who wish to set up a branch or subsidiary of their parent company in the UK via the UK Sole Representative visa route.  We guide overseas businesses through the complex Home Office rules and...

Sole Representative Visa: The Centre of Operations Test
By Paul Richmond - Immigration Barrister

For a parent company to satisfy the requirements of the representative of an overseas business visa category it must be a genuine commercial enterprise with its principal place of business outside the UK.  Importantly,...

 it must also intend to keeps its main centre of operations abroad. In this post we look at the requirement for the business to remain centred abroad.  Where is the centre of operations test set out?...

Can a sole representative bring family members to the UK?
By Zoe Bantleman - Immigration Barrister

Yes, if you are applying for a sole representative of an overseas business visa, you can be joined or accompanied by your dependant family members.   What family members can a sole representative bring to the UK?...

 A sole representative of an overseas business may bring, or be joined by, their: spouse, civil partner, unmarried or same-sex partner, and dependent children. Unfortunately, like most other categories...

Terms of employment as a sole representative
By Paul Richmond - Immigration Barrister

In this article we examine the working arrangements of sole representatives, looking at the terms and conditions of employment that the Home Office will expect a sole representative to have in order to qualify...

 as a representative of an overseas business.   When assessing the work arrangements of a sole representative of an overseas business visa applicant, UK Visas & Immigration will consider 3 main...

Choosing a sole representative of overseas business visa candidate
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

Choosing a sole representative of your overseas business is important.  The applicant must have the relevant skills, experience and status to represent your business in the UK on your behalf. Work for the company...

 and decision-making power The sole representative candidate must have been recruited outside the United Kingdom and must join the parent company abroad. The candidate is likely to be someone who has been...

What can I do (and not do) as a sole representative?
By Gillian McCall - Immigration Barrister

The Sole Representative of an Overseas Business Visa is a category which is intended to be used by senior employees of companies which are based abroad and are seeking to establish a branch or subsidiary...

 in the UK. As with all categories of the immigration rules, there are some conditions on stay for Sole Representatives. Sole Representative Visa Conditions These conditions include: no recourse to public...

How to extend your sole representative of an overseas business visa
By Zoe Bantleman - Immigration Barrister

If you are reading this, and you are a sole representative looking to extend, you will likely already have met the first criteria by entering the UK with valid UK entry clearance as a sole representative of...

 an overseas business. Your next question should be, “How do I make sure that I am ready to extend in 3 years’ time?” The Overseas Business must continue to… Have its headquarters and principal place...

Can Sole Representatives Be Shareholders?
By Richmond Chambers -

The Immigration Rules require that an applicant for a sole representative visa is not “a majority shareholder in the overseas business”. What is a majority shareholder? The Home Office guidance states...

 that they will refuse applications where an applicant’s shareholding is more than 50% of the available shares. This means an applicant can still be the largest shareholder, providing they do not own more than...

What is a sole representative of an overseas business visa?
By Jasmine Theilgaard - Pupil Barrister

If you are a senior employee of an overseas business and would like to come to the UK to set up and run a UK branch or wholly-owned subsidiary of that business, you may be able to make an application for a...

 sole representative of an overseas business visa. If your application for a sole representative visa is approved, you will be given permission to enter and remain in the UK for up to 3 years initially.  Beyond...

Overseas newspaper, news agency or broadcasting organisation visa
By Stefania Patuto - Pupil Barrister

The Sole Representative of an Overseas Business visa category has a sub-category for employees of an overseas newspaper, news agency or broadcasting organisation being posted in the UK for a long-term assignment...

 as a representative. Requirements for Entry Clearance as an Employee of an Overseas newspaper, News Agency or Broadcasting Organisation In order to qualify for a UK visa as an employee of an overseas...

Sole Representative Visa: An Alternative to the Innovator Visa
By Gillian McCall - Immigration Barrister

On 29 March 2019 new rules were introduced for those who want to run a business in the UK, bringing into force Appendix W which includes the Innovator visa and Start-up visa categories. These routes initially seemed...

 like an improvement on the now-closed Entrepreneur category with a lower investment funds threshold and assessments of the business being carried out by people in industry, rather than caseworkers in the...

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

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,...
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