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How to Switch from Sole Representative to Skilled Worker
By Lucy Katko - Immigration Barrister

On 11 April 2022, the Sole Representative category closed to new applicants. Those who already held permission have been able to extend and settle. You can find helpful blog posts and information on extending and...

 settling in this category here and here.  A Climate of Harsh Decision-Making It has become increasingly clear to practitioners that just because a Sole Representative met the requirements in a previous...

UK Business Visas & Shareholder Requirements
By Richmond Chambers -

Our business visa clients often ask us whether they are allowed to hold shares in the company that they own and/or work for. In this post, we look at the various immigration rules on shareholding for those...

 who wish to come to the UK for business or work purposes. Share Ownership and the Sole Representative of an Overseas Business Visa The Sole Representative of an Overseas Business visa category is for businesses...

Sole Representative Visa Application Guidance
By Annie Ee - Senior Legal Associate

In our recent post, we listed the Sole Representative visa category as one of the visa routes for starting a business in the UK. The Sole Representative of an Overseas Business visa category is for overseas businesses...

 wishing to send a senior employee to the UK to set up a branch or wholly-owned subsidiary of the parent company. In this article, we will look at the requirements that need to be satisfied in order to...

Sole Representative Visa - Top 25 FAQ's Answered
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

The Sole Representative of an Overseas Business visa is for businesses that would like to send a senior employee to the UK in order to establish a branch or wholly-owned subsidiary of the parent company. Indefinite...

 leave to remain (ILR) can be achieved after 5 years in the Representative of an Overseas Business visa category.  In this post we answer the top 25 most frequently asked questions about the Sole...

Sole Representative Visa: Genuineness and Legal Certainty
By Richmond Chambers -

In my prior blog posts, we discussed the other amendments to the sole representative visa category.   Paragraph 144 of the Immigration Rules was simple. It placed great trust in the parent company. From the amendments...

 in response to the anxieties, we can see that re-orientation is from the parent company to the sole representative. The Home Office will consider the representative’s skills, knowledge, experience,...

Sole Representative Visa: Skills, Experience and Knowledge
By Richmond Chambers -

As explained in my earlier posts, the amendments to the sole representative visa category revealed four anxieties that the Home Office had, regarding: Majority ownership and control of the parent company by the...

 representative and/or their partner; The representative’s skills, experience and knowledge (or lack thereof);  The branch/subsidiary being established solely for the purpose of facilitating the entry and...

Sole Representative Visa: Ownership and Control
By Richmond Chambers -

As explained in my earlier post, the  Secretary of State will significantly tighten the sole representative visa category from 4 June 2020.  I long expected these amendments. Compared to other routes under the...

 Rules the requirements for a representative of an overseas business were relatively simple. For at least the past year, the Home Office sought to remedy this through unlawfully reading in an additional...

Sole Representative Visa Route to Change from 4 June 2020
By Richmond Chambers -

In the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules presented to Parliament in May 2020, released last week, the Secretary of State has made clear that she will significantly tighten the sole representative of an overseas...

 business visa category from 4 June 2020.  As I explain in my subsequent blog posts, although the requirements for a sole representative visa in the Rules are drafted relatively simply, the arguably...

Sole Representative Visa - Top 10 FAQs
By Richmond Chambers -

In this post we answer some of the questions that are most frequently asked by individuals and businesses who are considering applying for a Sole Representative of an Overseas Business visa. 1. Can I switch from...

 another immigration category into the Representative of an Overseas Business category from within the UK? It is not possible to switch into the Representative of an Overseas Business category from another...

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