UK Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa: more on interview questions.
Tier 1 (Entrepreneur)
visa rules are almost like a living organism, which changes and evolves all the
time, hence we have to keep up and constantly remain up-to-date. It is indeed
the case of “blinking” and missing a small but important nuance in the Rules,
which may in turn ruin the whole application.
Typical questions:
In our experience more
and more visa applicants are invited for an interview, so this post sheds more
light on the subject of the questions that may be asked at an Entrepreneur
interview.
Most importantly, it is
crucial that you remain consistent in your answers, consistent with what is
written in your business plan. If your answers differ from what is written in
your business plan, it is likely to be stated in a refusal letter.
Previous experience and qualifications
You may be asked some questions to examine whether you possess
the necessary
experience and skills that required for your business idea, as mentioned in
your business
plan.
Examples:
Can you provide more details on your work for Company
A?
When did you complete your degree?
Looking at your CV, can you explain how your previous
experience will help you with your business venture?
How is your educational background linked to the
business?
If your experience or degree is not linked to your
business, what transferrable skills will you employ in your business?
Why do you only want to do this business?
Why you want to do business in UK?
During your last period of leave, what genuine
credible steps have you taken to prepare, plan, develop and launch your
business in the UK?
Are there any team members in your business plan?
How did you become a team?
What will be the role for each team member in the
business?
How will each team member contribute to the business?
Business plan
The interviewer will check that you genuinely propose
to operate a business in the UK as you have discussed in your business plan.
These questions might be quite detailed and can include questions on the
legalities of running a business in the UK.
You must study the business plan in
depth as you are expected to have clear understanding of the business.
Typical questions:
Do you have business insurance?
Can you provide more details on your outline agreement
with Company A
or Company B?
What is the minimum wage in the UK?
Who wrote the Business Plan?
What is your business plan?
What sort of Insurance and how much coverage do you
require for your business?
As you are providing services to the public, have you
already gained your employers liability insurance?
What kind of premises would you acquire/let and what
are their dimensions?
How many employees do you intend to recruit at the
start of business and what annual salaries and wages do you intend to pay them
What is your marketing strategy and what means of
marketing you will use?
Your future plans for business?
Have you registered your business with the
appropriate UK bodies? If so, who?
Business success
Typical questions:
In your business plan, why do sales revenues increase
substantially in Year 3?
How much profit will you make per sale?
How many competitors to your company are there in the
UK?
Why the profit increase
In your business plan, how will profits change from
year 1 to year 2 and why?
How much profit will you make per sale?
How many competitors to your company are there in the
UK?
What market research have you undertaken in relation
to the area in which your business will be located?
What part of UK do you intend to establish this business
and why specifically this area why not somewhere else?
How will you cover unexpected additional running cost
for your business?
Would you then sell its shares to public and for how
much?
How confident are you that the business will generate
profits in first year?
What advantage or edge would you have over them and
where do you see yourself or your Business in three years’ time?
There is serious competition in the specified
business area, there are people doing business brilliantly. What makes you
think you will survive or thrive?
IMMIGRATION HISTORY
These questions will usually focus on where you have
lived/worked and whether you have visited the UK before.
Typical questions:
Typical questions:
Why is there a different surname on your US visa?
Why did you stay in the UK in 2013 after your leave
had expired?
How many times
have you visited the UK and for what reasons?
Why did you stay
in the UK in previous years? How many times have you visited the UK and for
what reasons?
Did you ever contemplate extending your existing
visa?
What have you done since you moved away from the UK?
What was the last time you travelled to UK?
What was the purpose of stay?
Do you have any relatives in the UK?
Who helped you put in the application?
Can you give me a brief history of your immigration
status in the UK?
What are your long-term aims of remaining in the UK?
Do you intend to apply for settlement or do you plan
on returning to your country of origin?
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