Can I work while holding a Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa?

By 1st 4Immigration - #1 UK Immigration Experts -
A very common question, especially from those applicants who were forced to become Entrepreneurs after their Post-Study Work visas expired and they had no other visa choice.

The answer is: you can only work for your own business. You can’t work as an employee for someone else, at all. Furthermore, before 11 July 2014 it was OK to work as a contractor, ie sort of working for a company but on a self-employed basis. From 11 July 2014 the Tier 1 Entrepreneur policy guidance was amended and not it says such work isn’t considered as running a business in the UK, which is what an Entrepreneur visa is for.
Interestingly, those who have a Tier 1 Dependent visa, such as a partner of a main Tier 1 visa holder, can work as an employee for any company (except for the usual restrictions on a doctor/dentist in training).

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We have dedicated services for Entrepreneurs:

-      ADVICE SESSION which is a one-off session, either over email or at our office in the City of London (near Monument Underground station).
-     VISA APPLICATION SERVICE when applying for an initial Entrepreneur visa, for an extension or for permanent residency. Here we advise on what documents are needed (such as to prove investment of £200,000 or to prove the created jobs), check the documents are in order, help with the forms and generally, guide you throughout the visa application process and representing you with the application to the Home Office.
-      COMPLIANCE SERVICE while holding an Entrepreneur visa. Here for a yearly fee we help Entrepreneurs to comply with the Rules (and changes of the Rules) while they are holding a visa. For example, after the 3 years of an initial Entrepreneur visa you have to register a business within specific time limit, create 2 jobs for certain types of people and for the duration of 12 months for each job. If one of the jobs has not lasted for a year, or if several jobs do not make up to a year, or if a job was not for a settled worker, then you won’t be able to secure a further extension in this category after the initial 3 years. That’s while you are already risking £200,000! When the time comes to extend your visa aft6er 3 years, you would be ready.  
-   BUSINESS PLAN FOR AN ENTREPRENEUR VISA. With almost 10 years of experience in the visas and immigration business, and successful Entrepreneur visa cases, who would be better placed to write a business plan than Immigration Entrepreneurs?



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