New successful case and testimonial on a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa.
"1st 4Immigration was really helpful throughout my Entrepreneur visa
application. They know what they are doing. Every bit of information of the
application requirement is taken seriously. I have been helped throughout
the process with professionalism and patience. I submitted my application
on 4th August 2014, after 11th July 2014 new rules came
regarding Entrepreneur visa (related to those switching from Post-Study Work
visas and required to have already started a business before 11 July 2014,
other than “contracting”). There were a lot of changes “overnight”. But 1st
4Immigration handled the whole process carefully, especially Russell who helped me out with the
decision whether I should apply or not. Thank you so much Russell. Special
Thanks to Natalia Andrews for her professional help. She is a wonderful
person, so welcoming, positive and patience which made my whole application
process easier than I thought. A big Thanks to everyone who are working
with 1st 4Immigration for helping me throughout the visa application
process. I will definitely use 1st 4Immigration in future whenever I
need. I recommend my friends to use 1st 4Immigration for any kind of
immigration services.”
This came from Shahin, a Bangladeshi
citizen who was switching from a Tier 1 Post-Study Work visa, with his wife
applying as a dependant. The new Rules, which came into force on 11 July 2014,
affected a great deal the remaining number of Post-Study Work visa holders. The
main change was that the applicant had to show they started a business before
11 July 2014, even if they were applying after that (in this case application
was in August 2014). The change was almost “overnight” meaning there was no
time to adjust, unless one had already started a business anyway (as was the
case here). Furthermore, there must have been evidence of at least one contract
and advert, dated before 11th July. Fortunately, in this case Shahin
had a great idea of a recruitment business, he did register a limited company shortly
before the changes, had an advert published in a local newspaper and payments from
a couple of clients before the date in question too.
We also had to deal with the fact that
the funds were provided from the third party and carefully follow the rules on
specified evidence. Like with most applications, we added extra information to
meet the Genuine Entrepreneur Test, examples were a business bank account,
accountant’s letter, business insurance, a business plan etc – this would be individual
for each application as this is outside the “specified evidence” which has to
be, well, exactly as specified by the Immigration Rules.
Like many applicants these days, Shahin
was invited for an interview at the UKVI in Sheffield, which went well.
Finally, after 5 months of waiting, the case has been approved!
If you’d like to read examples of what
questions you may be asked at an Entrepreneur visa interview please visit this
post: http://1st4immigration-visas.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/even-more-added-questions-asked-at-tier.html
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individual advice or to make your application as successful please contact us: info@1st4immigration.com or visit www.1st4immigration.com
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