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As I often have to repeat, most people who post in this forum are people who have had some problems with their visa including delays - so don't generalise based on the posts here.alexip wrote: ↑Tue Dec 04, 2018 8:55 amHi,
My plan is to arrive UK on Mar 2020 via a Tier1E Visa.
When I check on the GOV website, it states "The earliest you can apply is 3 months before you travel." and "You should get a decision on your visa within 3 weeks."
However, when I come across with the post regarding processing time in this forum, I find it is quite often the processing time took more than half year!
So, I am a bit confused on when should I hand in my application if I am intended to arrive on Mar 2020.
The second question is I was on Tier5 visa from 2015-2017, will home office check my previous immigration record?
During those two years, I "worked" for a travel company as a tour helper while they provided me with hotels, meals, attraction tickets and some "pocket money", which was not up to income tax/NI threshold. Therefore, I did not make any contribution to either income tax or NI and I did not claim myself as self-employed to HMRC, as I did not know I have to.
Will my Tier1 application be affected? I am not intended to any tax fraud
My plan is to run a luxury tour operator based on my experience previously.
Thanks in advance.
Hi Marcnath,marcnath wrote: ↑Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:55 amAs I often have to repeat, most people who post in this forum are people who have had some problems with their visa including delays - so don't generalise based on the posts here.alexip wrote: ↑Tue Dec 04, 2018 8:55 amHi,
My plan is to arrive UK on Mar 2020 via a Tier1E Visa.
When I check on the GOV website, it states "The earliest you can apply is 3 months before you travel." and "You should get a decision on your visa within 3 weeks."
However, when I come across with the post regarding processing time in this forum, I find it is quite often the processing time took more than half year!
So, I am a bit confused on when should I hand in my application if I am intended to arrive on Mar 2020.
The second question is I was on Tier5 visa from 2015-2017, will home office check my previous immigration record?
During those two years, I "worked" for a travel company as a tour helper while they provided me with hotels, meals, attraction tickets and some "pocket money", which was not up to income tax/NI threshold. Therefore, I did not make any contribution to either income tax or NI and I did not claim myself as self-employed to HMRC, as I did not know I have to.
Will my Tier1 application be affected? I am not intended to any tax fraud
My plan is to run a luxury tour operator based on my experience previously.
Thanks in advance.
You should check the statistics for your country here. It looks like in the last couple of months, all applications were decided within 60 days.
There will always be exceptions, but if you do all your documentation correctly, the decision should come quite fast.
Yes, your previous immigration records will most likely be checked.
It doesn't look like you violated any terms and if you haven't, there should be no reason for it to impact your T1
Thanks againmarcnath wrote: ↑Wed Dec 05, 2018 7:44 amI can't tell you what to reply except to say that you should reply to all questions honestly. That does not mean that you need to provide information that is not specifically asked just in case.
I guess the specific question you have to answer is
D9. Have you ever worked in the United Kingdom without immigration permission to do so (that is, contrary to your conditions of stay)?
I don't know all the conditions of your T5 visa at the time you got it, but I believe it did allow you to work. If so, then the answer to this question is No and that would be a truthful answer.
Is there any other specific question you are concerned about ?
Yes, that note has been there for ever. But there is no reference to anything similar that I can find in the immigration rules. And that is possibly the reason I haven't seen that used by HO in cases I have seen in this forum.alexip wrote: ↑Wed Dec 05, 2018 8:16 amThanks againmarcnath wrote: ↑Wed Dec 05, 2018 7:44 amI can't tell you what to reply except to say that you should reply to all questions honestly. That does not mean that you need to provide information that is not specifically asked just in case.
I guess the specific question you have to answer is
D9. Have you ever worked in the United Kingdom without immigration permission to do so (that is, contrary to your conditions of stay)?
I don't know all the conditions of your T5 visa at the time you got it, but I believe it did allow you to work. If so, then the answer to this question is No and that would be a truthful answer.
Is there any other specific question you are concerned about ?
Can I also have your advice on below please.
Regarding 200K investment.
When i check the guidelines by HO. It states "Money deposited in a bank account, even if it is in a UK business bank account, is not counted as investment in business."
When I come across with many of your replies to other posts, I can see you mentioning deposit money in a UK business account is fine enough. Can I say HO is not strict on the rule? By my calculation, I believe my company will only need 120-150K within the first three years.
So, can i say there are many cases from this forum where the applicant successfully extended their visa without "spending" 200K ?marcnath wrote: ↑Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:41 amYes, that note has been there for ever. But there is no reference to anything similar that I can find in the immigration rules. And that is possibly the reason I haven't seen that used by HO in cases I have seen in this forum.alexip wrote: ↑Wed Dec 05, 2018 8:16 amThanks againmarcnath wrote: ↑Wed Dec 05, 2018 7:44 amI can't tell you what to reply except to say that you should reply to all questions honestly. That does not mean that you need to provide information that is not specifically asked just in case.
I guess the specific question you have to answer is
D9. Have you ever worked in the United Kingdom without immigration permission to do so (that is, contrary to your conditions of stay)?
I don't know all the conditions of your T5 visa at the time you got it, but I believe it did allow you to work. If so, then the answer to this question is No and that would be a truthful answer.
Is there any other specific question you are concerned about ?
Can I also have your advice on below please.
Regarding 200K investment.
When i check the guidelines by HO. It states "Money deposited in a bank account, even if it is in a UK business bank account, is not counted as investment in business."
When I come across with many of your replies to other posts, I can see you mentioning deposit money in a UK business account is fine enough. Can I say HO is not strict on the rule? By my calculation, I believe my company will only need 120-150K within the first three years.
It will be tough for HO to argue that if you have anyway spent a large amount of it.
I suspect it is there to dissuade anyone from thinking that just having money can get them a way to migrate to UK
Clearly people don't share their accounts on this forum to show whether they spend or not. All I can say is I haven't come across a refusal because money was not spent.alexip wrote: ↑Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:56 am
So, can i say there are many cases from this forum where the applicant successfully extended their visa without "spending" 200K ?
As my immigrant advisor keep saying I have to spent 200K before the extension and persuading me to purchase their accounting package. I am thinking they told me that just because they want the sales.
Thanks a lot!marcnath wrote: ↑Wed Dec 05, 2018 11:01 amClearly people don't share their accounts on this forum to show whether they spend or not. All I can say is I haven't come across a refusal because money was not spent.alexip wrote: ↑Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:56 am
So, can i say there are many cases from this forum where the applicant successfully extended their visa without "spending" 200K ?
As my immigrant advisor keep saying I have to spent 200K before the extension and persuading me to purchase their accounting package. I am thinking they told me that just because they want the sales.
Any "advisor" who is selling stuff is not giving advice - they are selling. Keep as far away as you can from them.
Ask the advisor which clause in the immigration rules (not guidance document) specifies this - an immigration advisor should be able to tell you that. I would be interested in knowing if I have missed something.