leaving the UK permanently, do I need to inform HO ?

[anas_19]

Dear members hope u are fine,

I got a chance to immigrate to the USA, I'm no longer interested to stay here in the UK, my question is , what I have to do beside closing my taxes account at HMRC? do I have to inform Home Office or just let the visa expire ? my visa is valid until 2017 , I was thinking just to leave it expire but what if I returned as a visitor before 2017 ,could this make any troubles in future ?


Thanks,

Anas

[attahaas]

And here I am trying to enter UK on the Ent visa after having lived in the US for almost 7 years and not liking it. And not going back there even I still have open opportunities. Irony!

Regarding your existing visa, even if you just leave it to expire it's of no use to you because after going to US every time you visit UK you will be asked questions about your business at the airport. Obviously you have to say you don't do avail of the Ent visa anymore. I am sure you will be denied entry then. You can't get a 2nd visa while one is still active. So, if you made up your mind to migrate to the US you better cancel your Ent visa and apply for a business visit visa whenever you need to visit UK in the future. Unless you don't plan to visit UK until your Ent visa expires.

Anyways, if I were you, I would just cancel it if I don't intend to use it, because it is not like other visas, you have clear obligations tied to it.

[anas_19]

lol actually I'm leaving because most of my family are there

I was talking about returning back to the UK in future on a visitor visa not using the entrepreneur visa , I thought I can simply apply for visiting visa without cancelling my current one

Thank you for your help.

Anas

[attahaas]

lol actually I'm leaving because most of my family are there

Who doesn't these days...

I was talking about returning back to the UK in future on a visitor visa not using the entrepreneur visa , I thought I can simply apply for visiting visa without cancelling my current one

Thank you for your help.

Anas

At any given point of time, only one visa will be active in your passport for a given country. By default, your Ent visa will be automatically cancelled when you apply for a visitor visa. (I wanted to say this in my earlier post, NOT THAT YOU CAN'T APPLY for another visa while one is active, you can, but it didn't come out like this I guess, sorry.) So, cancelling has to happen anyway you look at it. But, don't give a chance to the HO by letting them cancel it when they see your visitor visa appl, you better cancel your Ent visa once your US plans are confirmed.

As you said, it is wise not to travel on an unexpired Ent visa to enter the UK after migrating to a different country.

[Legal83]

Yes,

legally you don't have to, but its better to inform them that you are leaving this country forever to avoid any hassle in future.