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by cheesecake99 » Thu May 22, 2014 2:06 pm
Many thanks for your responses everyone. You have all been very helpful.
Olasunkanmi - I spoke to my NZ employers but nope, unfortunately they aren't willing to pay me as a company as that would be breaching tax rules. It was a great suggestion though.
As for the 180 day rule, and please correct me if I"m wrong, I'm not certain there is an actual requirement for being in the UK for 180 days in a year. It is, however, a condition for obtaining settlement. Under my current scenario, I could not obtain settlement at the end of 5 years as I wouldn't meet the 180 day rule, but I could (I think) apply for another Entrepreneur Visa and then seek settlement at the end of 3 years (so I would do the initial 3 years 4 months, 2 years extension, then 3 years on new visa before I could settle). If anyone can see any glaring flaws in my understanding/ logic, please let me know.
The issue with being in the UK as a tourist on an Entrepreneur Visa is that my Entrepreneur Visa says I can only work for my business. However, I would be breaching the terms of my visa in that I would still be working for another employer. If I"m able to enter the UK without 'activating' my EVisa, that would be great but I suspect it won't be possible.