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UK Business Visa

The Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa is for foreign nationals who want to come to the UK with a large investment and start their own UK business or assume control of a UK business without requiring a sponsor. However, just as with the Tier 1 General visa, the individual must reach a specified points limit. The individual must know English and the language requirement fulfils 10 points of the Points Based System (PBS). It is essential that the applicant who is immigrating to the UK can financially support him/herself and also support any dependents who may accompany them. Similar to the English language requirement, this particular criterion has a pass mark of 10 which goes towards qualification on the PBS. The amount of maintenance funds required for the main ...... Read More

UK Entrepreneur Visa

This visa, also known as a Business status application grants applicants leave to enter the UK and start a business. Making an application for this visa requires a candidate to start any kind of business in Britain. The business must form the basis of the applicants employment. Applicants will need to show a minimum investment of £200,000 for their business; UK visas are given for a period of 2 years. Applicants must make the full investment and create at least two positions for EEA nationals during this 2 year period, after which the applicant may make an application for an extension of 3 years. After 5 years this application may lead to Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK (ILR), then to British Naturalization as a UK citizen. This visa can be used as a route to permanent ....... Read More

The Training & Work Experience Scheme (TWES)

The Training & Work Experience Scheme (TWES) service enables an organization to bring in a citizen (non-EU) for the purposes of training them towards specialist qualifications. TWES also contains the category of practical work experience, on the basis that the candidate will return to the establishments office (in their home country) to make use of the experience they have gained while training in the UK. A TWES permit will only be granted to a person who is in a faculty additional to the standard staffing requirements of the company. Once a TWES application is successfully processes, the applicant must apply for entry clearance to come to the UK ...... Read More

Tier 2 Work Permits / Visas

Tier 2 Work Permits are designed for medium/highly skilled workers immigrating to the UK and require applicants to have a confirmed offer of employment with a British company. With the exception of Yier 1 visas, which replaces the HSMP, ALL non-EEA nationals relocating to the UK need to have a sponsor in place and must have a certificate of sponsorship in order to apply for a Tier 2 Work Permit. Applying for a Tier 2 visa is an employer led process; the sponsoring company must make the application on behalf of the applicant. Applicants will be assessed via points test; the points test has a 50-point minimum pass mark. All applicants will have to meet this ...... Read More

Worker Registration Scheme

Most nationals of the new EU accession states (A8 countries), will need to register on the Accession State Worker Registration Scheme or WRS. A UK Workers Tegistration certificate is issued for 1 year. The certificate shows that the applicant may continue to live and work in the UK on condition that their employment continues. (Applications for UK work permits/visas for WRS depend upon specific job proposals. If applicants change their jobs within 1 year, their registration will have to be renewed). Applying for the Worker Registration Scheme in the UK is compulsory; however, it benefits the individual in many ways. Applicants working legally in the UK for 1 year without intermissions can apply for an EEA residence permit. Once they have this, applicants can work towards ILR in the UK (permanent residency) and they can also make an application for British naturalization ....... Read More