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The Sole Representative Visa is Closed - But Not for Dependants!
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

The Representative of an Overseas Business route (commonly known as the “Sole Representative” route) closed to new main applicants at 9:00am (BST) on 11 April 2022.  The Sole Representative visa route has...

 now been replaced by a new Global Business Mobility – UK Expansion Worker route. We will be diving into various aspects of this new route over the coming weeks.  However, in this post we look at the...

New Requirements for Sole Representative Visa ILR
By Richmond Chambers -

In the recent changes to the Immigration Rules on 6 October 2021, the Secretary of State drastically changed the requirements for representatives of an overseas business to qualify for indefinite leave to remain.  These...

 changes were implemented with little notice (less than a month) and went relatively unnoticed by practitioners, but they signal the tightening of this route before the opening of the Global Business...

UK Sole Representative Visa Success Stories
By Richmond Chambers -

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 - Managing Partner

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?...

Terms of employment as a sole representative
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

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...

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

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...

Is your business eligible to establish a UK branch or subsidiary?
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

The sole representative of an overseas business visa is an excellent route for some companies to set-up a new presence in the UK, and offers an alternative to applying for a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa in some circumstances....

 However, not all businesses are able to set up a branch or subsidiary in the UK in reliance on the sole representative of an overseas business route. Place of business The employer must have...

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