Entrepreneur Visa - UK

30/04/2018

Advice for Tier 1 Extension Applicants
Keeping in mind the recent trends, now Home Office is conducting interviews for some applicants for Tier1 extension.
Based upon interview questionnaires, following list of documents Home Office want to see at the time of interview.
IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT THE APPLICANTS WHO ARE GOING TO APPLY THEIR EXTENSION IN FUTURE MUST ATTACH THESE DOCUMENTS WITH THEIR APPLICATION TO MEET THE GENUINENESS OF CREDIBLE BUSINESS.
1- Last year business bank statements
2- Last year business invoices (Sales and Purchases). The amount in the invoices must telly with the bank statements. Secondly services mentioned in the invoices must telly with the services on the contract
3- Last year business contracts
4- Lease Agreement
5- Employees health and safety record, health and safety policy of business
6-Marketing material
(Leaflets, business cards, Advertisement on gumtree, advertisement on YELL, Printout of Website, all invoices of marketing expense.
7- Pictures of your work place home or office
8- Communication with the employees (emails or phone call or messages records)
9- Employees contracts of employment
10- Insurance
11- Employee pension record
11- Print out of sample work done for clients
12- List of customers and suppliers with their contact details.
Best of Luck

11/09/2015

Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Visa Requirements 2015

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Abid Iqbal
The Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules published on 26 February 2015 introduced a number of changes that will affect Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrants.
The most significant change to note is the expansion of the ‘genuine entrepreneur’ requirements to people already on the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) route.
With effect from 6 April 2015, all applicants seeking to renew their existing Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visas will, in addition to the standard requirements in respect of job creation and investment, also have to satisfy an Immigration Officer that they are a genuine entrepreneur. This requirement is being rolled out for both extension and settlement applications under this route, and is, according to the Home Office’s explanatory memorandum, intended ‘to better protect the route against abuse without disadvantaging genuine applicants.’
This provides an opportunity for the Home Office to invite an applicant to interview about their business. In effect, it also provides the Home Office an opportunity to refuse an applicant who on the face of it appears to meet all of the requirements of the rules, but fails to perform well at interview.
The subjective nature of the genuine entrepreneur assessment does cause some concern given that the only remedy available to an applicant faced with a refusal of their application will now be to seek Administrative Review of the decision through the Home Office’s own internal mechanisms, rather than being able to appeal against the decision at an independent tribunal.
It is therefore critical that any applicant seeking to extend their leave in this category is properly prepared and includes sufficient evidence with their application to establish that they are a genuine entrepreneur.
In terms of changes affecting initial applicants, the biggest change is the introduction of a mandatory requirement for the applicant to provide a business plan. This is not a dramatic change however, as the rules already encouraged the inclusion of a business plan, albeit it was not mandatory, and good practice would dictate that a carefully prepared and detailed business plan should always be provided with such an application.
The changes come in to effect on 6 April 2015. Transitional provisions are in place so that all applications made prior to that date are continued to be assessed under the previous rules.

11/09/2015