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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...

In its most recent Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules, the UK government has announced important planned changes to the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) category of the points-based system. The changes were laid before Parliament on 22 November 2012 and will come into force on 13 December 2012. Switching from Tier 4 (General)...

Home Office Immigration Statistics for the fourth quarter of 2015 (published 25 February 2016), reveal no growth in the number of Tier 1 Investor and Tier 1 Entrepreneur visas granted when compared with the previous quarter. Between October and December 2015, a total of 46 applications for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Investor)...

The Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa route closed to new applicants on 29 March 2019. However, if you entered the category prior to this date, a Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa extension application may well be within your sights. In this post we look at two recent decisions of the Court of Appeal and Administrative Court which emphasise the...

In accordance with the current Immigration Rules and the Entrepreneur Guidance, entrepreneurs are unable to settle as Tier 1 Entrepreneurs in the five year route if the Covid pandemic has made them be out of the UK for more than 180 days in a 12 month period. This is taking into account the deadline for entrepreneurs to extend...

If you have been granted a Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa, you will probably already be planning ahead for your extension of stay application. As well as registering as a director of a UK company (or as self-employed) within 6 months of arriving in the UK and investing your investment funds into your business, you will also need to...

In its most recent Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules, the UK government has announced important changes to the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) category of the points-based system. The changes were laid before Parliament on 30 January 2013 and come into force with immediate effect today, 31 January 2013. The changes being made...

If you currently have leave to remain in the UK in the Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) category and wish to extend your stay in the UK, then you should consider switching into a different category of the Immigration Rules before your current leave expires.  If you hold a post-study work (PSW) visa, have established in...

If you wish to set up or invest in a business in the UK, you may qualify to live and work in the UK as a Tier 1 Entrepreneur. You can also switch into the entrepreneur immigration category if you are already in the UK under Tier 1, 2 or 4 of the points-based system. Your family members may accompany you as your...

The latest quarterly statistics on net migration have been released today with some interesting news in the Tier 1 category. This blog will look at what the statistics show about Tier 1 Entrepreneur and Investor applications. Entrepreneurs In the First Quarter of 2016, 214 Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) migrants were granted Entry...

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...

Although the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) route closed to new applicants on 29 March 2019, many Entrepreneurs remain on this route, and are permitted to extend their leave and to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted many businesses which, in turn, has resulted in a number of Tier 1...