Become a UK resident in 90 days through the expansion of your business without minimum investment.
The Sole Representative immigration category allows an individual ( USUALLY A SENIOR MANAGER / DIRECTOR ) to come to the UK to set up a UK branch or subsidiary on behalf of an overseas company, where the overseas company does not already have a representative in the UK. The company must continue to have its principal place of business outside the UK. Applicants seeking to enter the UK in this capacity must first obtain entry clearance from a British diplomatic post overseas before traveling to the UK.
The individual who will represent the company in the UK as the Overseas Sole Representative must be someone who is an existing senior employee of the overseas company. The individual cannot be a majority shareholder in the overseas company, meaning he/she must be a minority shareholder with a maximum share percentage of 49%. The individual must also be senior enough to have full authority to take operational decisions in respect of the UK operation without referral to the parent business.
UK Sole Representative Visa is mainly suitable for well-established foreign based companies that wish to expand their business activity into the UK and send one senior manager or director to manage setting up and operating a branch or subsidiary of the UAE business. The main requirement is to maintain the parent company to fund the branch setup, expenses of the manager/director.
Benefits
- Settle with family in the UK.
- Children Below 18 years can get free education and free healthcare for the family.
- Citizenship after 5 years of residency.
- 90 days process time frame.
The Innovator visa is the replacement for the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) category. It is for the more experienced, proven business entrepreneur who wishes to establish a viable business in the UK. The key criteria to obtain an Innovator visa is the submission of an original business plan demonstrating innovation.
- The minimum investment required is £50,000.
- The idea should be original with proof of its originality.
- The business idea needs to be approved by the regulatory body.
- The stay in the UK is permitted for three years.
Dependent family members – spouses, partners and children under 18 – can apply to join you in the UK as Dependent Migrants.
Innovator Visa Endorsement Criteria
The endorsement stage will see your business idea assessed against the following general criteria:
- +Innovation
- Your business plan should demonstrate the product, service and/or its promotion is genuinely innovative, inventive and original and that it serves new or existing market needs and/or creates a competitive advantage.
- +Viability
You will need to show the business is more than an idea and that it can be made a success. This also means evidencing that you have necessary skills, knowledge, experience and market awareness to successfully run the business.
- +Scalability
- A key determinant will be potential contribution to the UK economy in the form of job creation and planning for growth into national and international markets.
- +Commitment
You will also need to show that you will be fully committed to the business and your time in the UK under the visa will be spent wholly in the developing this specific business venture.