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Can we use T1 visa for business purpose?

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Can we use T1 visa for business purpose?

Post by hussainkothari » Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:40 pm

Hi,

A friend of mine has this situation -

He has his Tier1 from India. He is in the process of finding a job in UK. Now his current employeer wants to send him to UK on a business trip. I assume that he would not require the business visa as he has a Tier1 visa. The question is that can he use his Tier1 visa for his company short business trip? What are the implications? He doesn't want to get a business visa as it would override the T1 visa.

What I can make out of this link below is that you have to apply for a business visa.
http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/faqs/5167621/2991705

Any suggestions? Also any bia links that talk about this?

-H

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Re: Can we use T1 visa for business purpose?

Post by push » Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:20 pm

Practically it is possible for him to come to UK on T-1 but legally IO has the right to decline entry as this action is in contravention to the condions under which the T-1 was issued as in the purpose of visit is different from what the visa was obtained. It is as illegitimate as, for example, entering the country on tourist visa and doing business would be.

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hussainkothari wrote:Hi,

A friend of mine has this situation -

He has his Tier1 from India. He is in the process of finding a job in UK. Now his current employeer wants to send him to UK on a business trip. I assume that he would not require the business visa as he has a Tier1 visa. The question is that can he use his Tier1 visa for his company short business trip? What are the implications? He doesn't want to get a business visa as it would override the T1 visa.

What I can make out of this link below is that you have to apply for a business visa.
http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/faqs/5167621/2991705

Any suggestions? Also any bia links that talk about this?

-H

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Post by hussainkothari » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:21 pm

So what does he do?

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Post by push » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:11 pm

hussainkothari wrote:So what does he do?
I am a bit confused here. If your friend has got the T-1 stamped, why does not he simply resign from the job and come to UK and start looking for a job? Why does he want to continue working with his company? The fact that he decided to apply for Tier -1 clearly demonstrates his intentions of coming to UK soon after approval so why this dithering now?

In my opinion he should resign and come to UK. If he is a bit risk averse, he might take a leave from the company, come to UK on Tier-1 look for a job and the take a decision on whether or not to continue with the original company

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Post by hussainkothari » Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:21 am

Well I agree, but now that this is the case how should it be worked out?

I believe what you are saying is -

One should not use the T1 visa for travelling for business purpose.
He should get a business visa in case he is not going to use the Tier1.

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Post by mpunaskar » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:05 pm

 
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Post by jagacharaja » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:57 pm

mpunaskar wrote:
One should not use the T1 visa for travelling for business purpose.
Why not? Isn't that one of the purpose of issuing Tier 1 visa?

Looks like purpose of your friends travel to UK is part of his work duties.(IMO) That should be perfectly alright.
I don't know, doesn't sound right. The scenario here is the OP's friend is working in India and his employer wants to send him to UK for a business trip. I would think that only a business visa would work for this scenario.

If however, the OP's friend wanted to set up his OWN business in UK, he could do that on Tier 1. However if the OP's friend doesn't disclose the business trip for his Indian employer at the port of entry, how's the immigration officer supposed to know? (well, unless they search his luggage thoroughly and find something relevant to that) Catch 22. I could see this play out with either outcome in reality.

Sorry, I see my post didn't really help!

Does getting a business visa result in an automatic cancellation of the Tier 1 visa? If that isn't the case your friend's employer should apply for a business visa on his behalf.

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Post by hussainkothari » Mon Jun 09, 2008 4:21 pm

I don't think an individual can hold more than one valid visa of one country at the same time.

-H

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