Switching fro post study to hsmp

[rizash76]

Hello
My post study visa will expire in sep,10 at the moment I am running a restaurant as a sole trader and I have been there for a 5 months and till sep it will be 7 months , dats mean that i could not show the 12 months earnings. plz can anyone tell me that from inside uk do stillI need to show full 12 months earning bcoz last time it was minimum 6 months need to show. plz reply me ASAP.
Rizash

[aruni4470]

Hello
My post study visa will expire in sep,10 at the moment I am running a restaurant as a sole trader and I have been there for a 5 months and till sep it will be 7 months , dats mean that i could not show the 12 months earnings. plz can anyone tell me that from inside uk do stillI need to show full 12 months earning bcoz last time it was minimum 6 months need to show. plz reply me ASAP.
Rizash

First things first, there is no HSMP anymore it is tier 1 (g).

There is no limit on number of months of earnings to be showed as long as you have got enough earnings to claim required points. You can even apply with 1 month's earnings if you get required points.

AFAIK, there was no such rule of minimum 6 months earnings to be showed.

'105. An applicant may claim for a period of earnings of less than 12 months if they have earned sufficient funds to claim the necessary points.'

http://bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/siteconten ... idance.pdf

[rizash76]

Thankx Aruni4470 for ur kind reply.

[dev106]

"" I am running a restaurant as a sole trader ""

Is a person eligible to run his own business like restaurant, if he/she are on tier-1 post study work visa?????????

I might be wrong, but I heard people saying that he/she is eligible to setup their own business only in or after Tier-1 General visa status. Is this true????

[alimohmand]

Hi Dev, Apparently you are wrong, Person on Tier 1 PSW is allowed to open/ run / conduct business in the same manner as Tier 1 G.
Goodluck Rizash76