Tier1 Ent Extension from outside UK

[SUNNYHK1]

Dear all,

Can you please tell me if i can apply for tier 1 Ent extension from outside UK (country of origin)? My solicitor told me that there is an option, bcz from within uk its taking atleast 6-9 months. I applied for my initial visa from Hong kong in march 2015, and got visa in a week's time. Even if i apply from outside now do u guys think they will send the application back to uk? than i will be outside of uk and it might take 6 to 9 months,i will be without my passport ? its an online application form he showed me that we need to fill.

Is there a super premium service available for extension as well, my solicitor said there is charge of 10500 pounds??

Your feed back will be highly appreciated.

[CR001]

An extension can only be applied for within the UK.

An application outside the UK is a new entry clearance visa.

[SUNNYHK1]

Thanks for your reply, but if you create an account in visa4uk , it gives you an option to select extension,also any idea about 2nd question?

[marcnath]

Thanks for your reply, but if you create an account in visa4uk , it gives you an option to select extension,also any idea about 2nd question?

Officially there is no super premium service for T1E.

However, there has been at least one person who reported in this forum that they went through the super premium service. Not sure if that was an error on HO's side or just not documented.

Also, the delays in extension of T1E is clearly due to the complexity of the case. I got my extension and ILR in about 8 weeks. And there have been quite a few here who got their renewals in even shorter periods.

Applying from outside (even if allowed) is not a guarantee of faster processing.

Preparing your application properly, organising your documentation and communicating your business clearly is possibly the best way of getting fast approvals.

[jafersadeq]

Thanks for your reply, but if you create an account in visa4uk , it gives you an option to select extension,also any idea about 2nd question?

Officially there is no super premium service for T1E.

However, there has been at least one person who reported in this forum that they went through the super premium service. Not sure if that was an error on HO's side or just not documented.

Also, the delays in extension of T1E is clearly due to the complexity of the case. I got my extension and ILR in about 8 weeks. And there have been quite a few here who got their renewals in even shorter periods.

Applying from outside (even if allowed) is not a guarantee of faster processing.

Preparing your application properly, organising your documentation and communicating your business clearly is possibly the best way of getting fast approvals.

Dear marcnath,

a friend of mine used super premium service for tier 1 Ent., I am sure 100% without doubts, his application was without dependants, and he shared it with two families (Tier 1 investor).

No one can believe that, but trust me there is a service for tier 1 ent. I hope to use it, but it costs me £35k with my dependants.

[jafersadeq]

Dear marcnath

Please see the link:

https://ibb.co/cp3mtR

Thanks

[marcnath]

Dear marcnath

Please see the link:

https://ibb.co/cp3mtR

Thanks

As I said, the official position is it is not available https://www.gov.uk/ukvi-premium-service ... he-service
But clearly, HO is not following that

[SUNNYHK1]

My solicitor showed me a file, that he did apply for extension for one indian applicant from singapore , and he got his extension in 3 weeks in 2015.

If i go to home office croydon office, will they be able to tell me officially that if i can apply from overseas or not and also about super premium service? or can i call/email home office ?

[CR001]

If i go to home office croydon office, will they be able to tell me officially that if i can apply from overseas or not and also about super premium service? or can i call/email home office ?

Home Office Croydon is NOT a walk in advice service.

[SUNNYHK1]

so where can i get official advice? any paid tel No? can i make an appt at croydon office?

[CR001]

so where can i get official advice? any paid tel No? can i make an appt at croydon office?

No you cannot 'make an appointment at Croydon' to get advice. It is not an Immigration Advice centre.

[SUNNYHK1]

what's your opinion CR001 about applying for extension from overseas(country of origin) is it possible? will it be processed locally or sent back to uk to be processed?

[zimba]

what's your opinion CR001 about applying for extension from overseas(country of origin) is it possible? will it be processed locally or sent back to uk to be processed?

You were given advice above. YOU CANNOT apply for an extension abroad. It MUST be done within the UK. You can ONLY apply for entry clearance from abroad

[SUNNYHK1]

Thanks zimba88, is construction business allowed ? if i form a company and hire few people to do renovation work, is that allowed, i have already invested 200k in another company, new company will cost me around 10k, can i take out 10k from my business account and pay for other comapny expenses? or this is not allowed?

[marcnath]

Thanks zimba88, is construction business allowed ? if i form a company and hire few people to do renovation work, is that allowed, i have already invested 200k in another company, new company will cost me around 10k, can i take out 10k from my business account and pay for other comapny expenses? or this is not allowed?

There are no restrictions on the kinds of business you, as a T1E visa holder can do, as long as it is legal.

The restriction is only recognition of investment specifically to award points. You can't get points for investment into a property management company. A company that does renovations on property NOT OWNED by you or your business (directly or indirectly) would not be considered to be a property management company.

Again, whether you use the funds in one company to fund another company has nothing to do with immigration rules.

But similarly, for recognition of investment, you should be a Director of the company that has been funded. i.e. buying shares of another company which you are not a Director of will not be counted towards the investment.

[SUNNYHK1]

sorry to ask again, i want to open a shop, renovation work will cost around 10k, can i take out 10k from my main business account, in which i invested 200k to pay for renovation work? is this allowed or HO will say i invested only 190k and cost of setting up a business is not included .

[marcnath]

sorry to ask again, i want to open a shop, renovation work will cost around 10k, can i take out 10k from my main business account, in which i invested 200k to pay for renovation work? is this allowed or HO will say i invested only 190k and cost of setting up a business is not included .

Yes, of course, you can. I am not sure why you even think legitimate business costs would not be allowed.
HO allows for expenses incurred up to 12 months before your visa application to be accepted as investments !!!, so definitely they cater for expenses incurred in setting up a business.

[SUNNYHK1]

Thanks for your reply, i will apply for my extension in about 5 month, i have created 2 full time jobs for 1 year already, if i open a new shop now, and i hire one guy full time, will this be of any extra help to me?or bcz its only 5 months left and not 12 months, they won't count it.

[marcnath]

Thanks for your reply, i will apply for my extension in about 5 month, i have created 2 full time jobs for 1 year already, if i open a new shop now, and i hire one guy full time, will this be of any extra help to me?or bcz its only 5 months left and not 12 months, they won't count it.

Count towards what ?

Whether that person is of help to you are not is really up to you ... I don't know your business or the needs of the business

[SUNNYHK1]

hi, so what i meant was if i start a new business now and create a new full time job, will HO count that job and new business as well or they won't bcz the business and new employee are not 1 year old? and at the time of extension should i tell them about this new business as well

[marcnath]

hi, so what i meant was if i start a new business now and create a new full time job, will HO count that job and new business as well or they won't bcz the business and new employee are not 1 year old? and at the time of extension should i tell them about this new business as well

I still don't understand the question.

You need two jobs of 12 months each for your extension and you said you have already met that.

If I am the CW, once I give you the points for that why would I continue to look at others ? It is not like I could give you additional points for the additional employees. This is nothing to do with whether they are less or more than 1 year.

Whether you tell them about the additional business is entirely up to you.

If you read the application form, the following appears in the Help text at the beginning of the form:

You must be selective in submitting evidence, as sending large amounts of irrelevant or poor
quality documentation may delay the consideration of the application. It is only necessary to submit evidence that is directly appropriate to the application as requested, as unrelated evidence cannot be considered for points scoring.

[Usmana5]

Dear all,

Can you please tell me if i can apply for tier 1 Ent extension from outside UK (country of origin)? My solicitor told me that there is an option, bcz from within uk its taking atleast 6-9 months. I applied for my initial visa from Hong kong in march 2015, and got visa in a week's time. Even if i apply from outside now do u guys think they will send the application back to uk? than i will be outside of uk and it might take 6 to 9 months,i will be without my passport ? its an online application form he showed me that we need to fill.

Is there a super premium service available for extension as well, my solicitor said there is charge of 10500 pounds??

Your feed back will be highly appreciated.

There is a Super premium service for Tier 1 Entrepreneur Extension and the fee for it is 10,500 pounds excluding the application fee. I was even ready for it as I didn't wanted to take the risk of taking over 8 week as I had to travel back by end of December. I emailed the related department and they said they are fully booked till December and my visa was expiring on 27th Oct so I had no option other than post or go outside the country for entry clearance. So I took the risk by applying on 25th Oct and still no answer.

It's shocking to see how much people are willing to pay for the same day service and the money HO is making.

[sunnyhameed]

where did u send the email? which department is it? how do u know that they will decide in a day, there are alot of documents to go through?

[Usmana5]

It's clearly on their website :

https://www.gov.uk/ukvi-premium-service ... um-service

Their Email ID : ADC_MobileEnrolmentT@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

The super premium service is a mobile service.

It means that:

a courier will collect your application forms and documents
premium service staff will visit you to get your biometric information (fingerprints and photo) and your signature
You’ll usually get a decision on your application within 24 hours.

You can choose the location and time of the visit (between midday and 3pm, Monday to Friday)

(As long as the team is making 10k+. "A lot of documents to go through" is not a problem for anyone. The whole team will be on it. lol)

[marcnath]

It's clearly on their website :

https://www.gov.uk/ukvi-premium-service ... um-service

Their Email ID : ADC_MobileEnrolmentT@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

The super premium service is a mobile service.

It means that:

a courier will collect your application forms and documents
premium service staff will visit you to get your biometric information (fingerprints and photo) and your signature
You’ll usually get a decision on your application within 24 hours.

You can choose the location and time of the visit (between midday and 3pm, Monday to Friday)

(As long as the team is making 10k+. "A lot of documents to go through" is not a problem for anyone. The whole team will be on it. lol)

The 10K is stated as per "visit". And each visit can have up to 4 main applicants.

So I assume if you can combine, then it is 2500 per applicant ?