Thanks for your reply Frontier. Why does it matter if the UK company wasn't started originally with the overseas company? As long the overseas company is legitimate and joint venture agreement is legal through solicitors, I do not foresee any problems but please do give your view as it will definite...

Hi Frontier, Thanks for your reply. My case worker is working to apply for ICT sponsor license. The reason is that the potential chef does not have knowledge of English so the tier 2 general visa would have not been possible. There is a confusion to me, the government site stated tier 2 general usua...

Hi everyone, I am in the midst of applying for a sponsor license for my limited company. I will be doing an Intra company transfer for a chef that is working overseas. My question is will the shortage occupation list still be applicable, because the chef is going to be applying tier 2 intra company ...

Hi CR001, Thank you for your reply. My question is how do I prove or what documents do I need to obtain for the Home Office to show that the two companies are working together to the point they are one entity? Or at least have control over the other. And if my understanding of handing over company h...

Hi, I have a private limited company which is currently not trading as I have not started my business yet. I want to employ a Chinese chef who can not speak any English so they will not be applicable for the Tier 2 General Visa. I will go through the Tier 2 ICT route which means no English needed ho...

Hi CR001, I can meet all the requirements for the SOC 5434 Chefs. It is just the English requirement for the chefs I am worried about. I tried searching but could not find if the job shortage occupation list would allow chefs to be exempt from the English level requirement. They would be working in ...

Thank you for your reply CR001, Can you clarify on the eligibility for ILR? From what I can understand this means the potential chefs will be not be allowed to apply via SOC 5434 job shortage occupation list as this is for chefs who still are in UK and want to extend their visa, correct? RQF is a gr...

Hi, I am setting up an authentic Chinese restaurant and will require skilled chefs from China. My concern is on the chefs tier 2 visa. I checked the job shortage occupation list and Chef SOC 5434 was in the list. Would the shortage list have any benefit or advantages in increasing the chances of the...