Business Visa Uk

Seeking business opportunity in UK

Dear Mr Bassie,

I am a businessman and considering investing in a business in the United Kingdom (UK). I intend to, subsequently, migrate if the business takes off.

I understand there have been some favourable changes in the immigration rules for investors.

Would you please highlight these rules that could possibly assist me in achieving my aim.

- S.T.

Dear S.T.,

You are correct that there have been some recent changes to the visa rules that could possibly assist you in any plans to invest in the United Kingdom as an entrepreneur and investor.

Generally speaking, the new visa rules now provide an extra incentive for foreign entrepreneurs and investors to go to the UK, which will recompense those who endeavour to contribute to the UK's economic growth.

It should be noted, under the new immigration rules anyone who goes to the UK, under Tier 1 (Investor) of the points-based system, he or she will be able to settle there faster if he/she is willing to invest large sums of money. Those who invest £5 million will be allowed to settle there after three years, and those investing £10 million or more will be allowed to settle after two years. This compares with the current minimum five-year requirement.

The new rules propose a right to accelerated settlement that will apply to those investors who are already in the UK, as well as those who will be arriving there and who also are prepared to invest large sums in the country. The Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) migrant will also be able to settle in the UK more quickly if he or she is able to create 10 jobs or turn over £5 million within a three-year period.

The thinking behind the new rules is that the United Kingdom is encouraging those who wish to invest to go and settle there, as it is believed that entrepreneurs and investors can play a major part in the UK's economic recovery.

high-potential businesses

Although presently the standard investment threshold for an entrepreneur to qualify for a Tier 1 visa will remain at £200,000, the government will now allow high-potential businesses to go to the UK with £50,000 in funding if it is from a reputable organisation. Also, entrepreneurs will be allowed to enter the UK with their business partners, as long as they have access to joint funds.

Further changes will permit major investors to enjoy more flexibility. Investors who meet the criteria will be allowed to spend up to 180 days per year, rather than 90, outside of the UK without affecting their right to settle there. This change will address a major concern cited by investors, as they claim that there is a need for them to be constantly mobile.

This UK visa nonsense has got to stop | The Razor: Cutting Edge ...

This Saturday until July 7. The Razor has been told that the team members were separately informed by the visa issuing section based in Nairobi, Kenya, that they ‘did not qualify’ to travel to any territory in the UK.

The Uganda team’s visa denial means that national players Sophie Kawooya, Chris Bbuye, Adam Ssebi, George Mutebi, Jonah Turigye, Nasser Walugembe, Jeff Kanamula Miiro, Stephen Kabeza, Ali Ssebaana, Mohammed Kazibwe, Ishaq Lumansi, Francis Kayuke, Godwin Kakuru, Roger Musinguzi, Emmanuel Ocitti, Tilda Nabbanja as well as TV analyst Paul Kimbuwe will miss out on meeting some of the sport’s best from across Europe. Ssebi was the only player whom the British High Commission visa section considered had the necessary qualifications to enable him to compete at the world event. He said he had received full sponsorship of Shs5.4m from his employers Post Bank Limited but was concerned that his colleagues would probably not be able to join him.

Uganda was scheduled to play their frst team game against India in the men’s category on Saturday, a fxture that is now likely to change. The Razor can reveal that the participants had, individually, spent over Shs400,000 non-refundable fees on applications alone, making the trip extremely costly for them.

A renowned Ugandan journalist has anonymously described the British mission in Kampala as “inconsiderate”, looking at most visa applicants as economic migrants. “Irrespective of whether you have genuine papers, their first mes-sage is that you don’t qualify. I doubt whether they have a genuine yardstick for determining who should really be given or denied a visa,” he said.

This is not the frst time the British High Commission has been high-handed over Ugandan sportsmen and women, or indeed anyone with usually genuine cause who wants to travel to UK to see family or friends. Only two years ago cricketer and tennis player Daniel ‘Junior’ Ruyange, elder brother to Ugandan tennis champion Duncan Mugabe, was refused a transit visa through Heathrow Airport, UK, to play Intercontinental Shield cricket for his country in Bermuda. His crime?

British Retail Consortium 2007, [BRC yearbook]

Trans-Siberian Railway

Accounting careers, adding interest to your future!

Syria & Lebanon

A Simple Guide to Uk Immigration