New successful case and testimonial on a Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa, switching from a Post-Study Work visa
“That's great news, thank you! I guess I will be your first Nigerian client who doesn't get invited for a face to face interview!” This came from Obi, a Nigerian national, who switched from a Post-Study Work Visa to an Entrepreneur category. His previous application was refused, before coming to us, because he did not provide an advert for his company. Even though many applicants genuinely don’t need to advertise their businesses, such as they are already working as contractors, the Entrepreneur rules do require to produce one of the specified ways of advertising, ie because ‘it is a rule’ (rather than common business sense). In this case we used a free advert on a Gumtree website. As for the interviews, we already wrote in the earlier posts how the UKBA, or rather now UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) are inviting many applicants for a face-to-face interview in Sheffield. All our Nigerian clients before Obi were invited for one. Obi was also interviewed but what was unusu