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UK Entrepreneur Visa Success Stories
By Richmond Chambers -

Our immigration barristers have assisted many individuals and their families to enter and remain in the UK under the Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa route.  Our clients have included interior designers, musicians, artists,...

 café and restaurant owners, business analysts, HR consultants, IT consultants, investment managers, estate agents, mobile app developers, games developers and fashion designers, to name but a few. UK...

2015 Review: The Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Category
By Gillian McCall - Barrister Partner

2015 has been a year of big changes in the field of immigration law. With the bringing into force of the Immigration Act 2014 significantly affecting rights of appeal, the introduction of the Immigration Health...

 Surcharge, roll out of BRPs for Entry Clearance, a substantial restructuring of the Visitor category and a series of reported decisions interpreting Article 8 in ways that are not entirely consistent – it...

A Short Guide to UK Immigration for Entrepreneurs
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

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 dependents. Initial applications: UK tier 1 entrepreneur visa For an initial entrepreneur visa...

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...

Moving your tech business from Silicon Valley to Silicon Roundabout
By Richmond Chambers -

Silicon Roundabout (or Tech City) may be the plucky younger sibling to the established Silicon Valley, but this hasn’t stopped businesses shunning California’s sunshine shores and flocking to London’s...

 tech hub. London may be a smaller centre but with a series of beneficial tax policies and funding on offer, it is easy to see why London is attracting some of the world’s best digital talent....

Tier 1 Entrepreneur: Complying with visa requirements during your stay in the UK
By Richmond Chambers -

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 Home Office consider curtailing a migrant’s Tier 1 Entrepreneur leave? The Home Office...

Upper Tribunal delivers first reported determination on Tier 1 Entrepreneur category
By Richmond Chambers -

The Upper Tribunal has today promulgated its first decision concerning an application for leave to remain as a Tier 1 Entrepreneur migrant under the points-based system. In Shebl (Entrepreneur: proof of contracts)...

 [2014] UKUT 216 (IAC), the Upper Tribunal (Vice President Mr C M G Ockelton and Upper Tribunal Judge Grubb) held that the requirement to prove the existence of a “contract” in paragraph 41-SD...

NB (Pakistan) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 1280 – case summary
By Richmond Chambers -

In what we believe is the first reported case concerning an application for leave to remain as a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant under the points-based system, in NB (Pakistan) v. Secretary of State for the Home...

 Department [2013] EWCA Civ 1280 the Court of Appeal has refused a renewed application for permission to appeal. The applicant’s application for leave to remain as a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant was...

Changes to the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) category from 1 October 2013
By Richmond Chambers -

In its most recent Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules, the Home Office has announced important changes to the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) category of the points-based system. The changes were laid before Parliament...

 on 6 September 2013 and come into force with effect from 1 October 2013. The following changes apply to both Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) entry clearance and leave to remain applications: A minor change...

The top 100 questions most likely be asked at a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) interview
By Richmond Chambers -

Earlier this year, the UKBA introduced a ‘genuine entrepreneur’ interview as part of the Tier 1 (Entreprevneur) visa application process.  The entrepreneur interview is designed to test whether an individual...

 seeking leave to enter, or remain, in the UK under the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) category genuinely intends, and is able, to establish, join or take over a business in the UK. Not all applicants for Tier 1...

The ‘Genuine Entrepreneur Test’ for Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) applications
By Richmond Chambers -

Following a change to the Immigration Rules that came into force on 31 January 2013, if you are an individual seeking to enter, or remain in, the UK under the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) category, then you are now required...

 to satisfy the UK Border Agency that you genuinely intend and are able to establish, take over or become a director of one or more businesses in the UK within the next six months.  As an applicant for...
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