Insight
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Tier 1 (Entrepreneurs): working 9-5?
Tier 1 (Entrepreneurs) must ‘genuinely operate their business’. But what does that look like in terms of time commitment?
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What is a UK ‘bank’?
When Tier 1 (Entrepreneurs) apply to extend their visas, they are required to provide as a part of their application confirmation that their business has a UK bank account (Appendix A, 39(c)(iii)).
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Payroll and the job creation requirement
In R (Khajuria) v SSHD [2019] EWHC 1226, an Indian entrepreneur had created the jobs necessary to extend her visa but her application was refused because she was unable to provide payroll information in the exact form required.
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Methods of investment: important guidance for entrepreneurs
One of the requirements for Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) migrants extending their visas in the UK is to show they have invested £200,000 that they previously showed was available for investment in their initial applications.
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Sorry, not sorry: the Windrush compensation scheme
Last week the Home Office announced the establishment of its compensation scheme for those affected by the Windrush scandal (the Scheme).
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How to apply to the Windrush compensation scheme
Almost a year after it first broke, the Home Office has opened a compensation scheme for those affected by the Windrush scandal (the Scheme). It expects to pay out up to £310 million to victims.
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How to apply for a UK Innovator Visa
The UK launched its Innovator visa on 29 March 2019. It replaces the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa, and is different in a number of significant ways. The key points are as follows:
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How to apply for a UK Start-Up visa
On 29 March 2019 the UK launched its Start-Up visa for early-stage but ‘high potential’ entrepreneurs who are starting a business in the UK for the first time. Key points are as follows:
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White Paper: RLMT doesn't work
According to the government's own White Paper, the Resident Labour Market Test – clipboard-wielding love child of Gordon Brown’s promise of ‘British jobs for British workers’ and Home Office policy making genius – does not work.
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The new Innovator route
The Innovator route is due to replace the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) route within the UK's new immigration system after Brexit. That much we know. But what will the requirements be?
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Sustainable decision-making in deportation appeals
The judgment in SSHD v SS (Jamaica) [2018] EWCA Civ 2817 continues a trend in which ‘foreign criminals’ who had been successful in their initial tribunal appeals against deportation have had those decisions overturned in the Court of Appeal.
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No Scrapbooks: evidence of residence in the EU Settlement Scheme
With the launch of the new public beta (trial) phase of the EU Settlement Scheme, the Home Office has updated its guidance on what evidence EU nationals need to provide in the application process.
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