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Closure of Tier 1 Entrepreneur category: deadlines for applications
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

The Home Office has today, 7 March 2019, published its statement of changes (HC1919) giving details to the anticipated Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) closure, and introducing the Tier 1 (Innovator) and (Start up) categories...

 which replace it.  Details of those new categories are in separate blogs. Paragraph 245Da is soon to read: (i) This category is now closed to new applicants. Deadlines for migrants making initial...

Holding Investment Funds for a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) application
By Gillian McCall - Immigration Barrister

The vast majority of people applying for Entry Clearance to enter the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) category apply on the basis of having access to £200,000 which is available to them to invest in a new or established UK...

 business. There are many different ways in which the Home Office will accept evidence of these funds being available to an Applicant and there is different evidence that is required, depending on where the...

Entrepreneur Extension Applications: Genuine Entrepreneur Test
By Gillian McCall - Immigration Barrister

In January 2013, the ‘genuine entrepreneur test’ was introduced for applicants applying to enter the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) category, for both in-country and entry clearance applications. This test only applied...

 to the initial application made to enter the category, and once in the category Entrepreneurs did not need to meet any further subjective test about the genuineness of their business activity. At the...

The benefits of being Turkish: Tier 1 Entrepreneur v the Ankara Agreement
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

Turkish businessperson visa holders are able to switch to an Ankara Agreement visa from any other immigration category and must meet the 1973 business requirements, which are far less stringent than the UK Immigration...

 Rules’ requirements for other non-EU entrepreneurs. Under the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) route, non-EU Entrepreneurs with access to £200,000 funds to invest in a UK business can qualify to live and work...

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...

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...

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...

New blog post: Changes to the Tier 1 Entrepreneur category from 11 July 2014
By Richmond Chambers -

In a Statement of Changes released today, the Home Office has announced a number of wide ranging changes across various parts of the immigration rules, including in-country switching applications in the...

 Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) category. These changes come into force tomorrow, and have serious implications for anyone with leave to remain as a Tier 4 Student or as a Tier 1 (Post Study Work) Migrant who will in the...

Extending your UK entrepreneur visa: The Job Creation Requirement
By Richmond Chambers -

When you come to make your extension application in the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) category, the Immigration Rules require that you must have created the equivalent of at least two new full time jobs for persons settled...

 in the UK. These jobs must have existed for at least 12 months of the period for which your previous leave was granted. This is our guide to ensuring that you meet this requirement when you come to make...

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