Visa And Migration

About Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa

The UK Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa has been provisioned by the UK Government for people who want to set up their own business or take control of an existing business already been run in the UK. The Entrepreneur Visa is a potential route for those who look forward for permanent settlement in the UK. Under this scheme of visa even the spouse and dependents, unmarried partner or any dependent children accompanying the main applicant are also entitled to come to the UK and obtain education, healthcare and seek employment in the UK. The main applicant cannot, however, take employment. He/she will have to be either a director of a business or self-employed in the UK.

The applicants can however be allowed to switch to another category of business the UK, provided they fulfil the requirements of the switching category.

The Business Entrepreneur Visa for UK is:

Initially granted for a period of 3 years and 4 months to those applying from outside the UK.
Granted for 3 years for people applying from within the UK upon the expiry of the initial visa.
Extension of 2 years is granted subsequently.
Please note that Switching Rules from Tier 1 Post Study Work and Tier 4 to Tier 1 Entrepreneur category are restricted from 11 July 2014

British Nationality Act 1981 came into effect on 1st January 1983. The Act defines how UK citizenship can be acquired and how an individual becomes a British citizen and how they give up their own citizenship of the country they belong to. A citizen or a national of other country can apply for a visa for entry in the UK in several ways. If the candidate was issued a British passport on or after 1st January 1983, they are considered to be a British citizen.

British Citizenship Requirements

In order to qualify to acquire British citizenship, one must fulfil the following requirements:

You should be 18 years or over
You should satisfy of good character, egyou have no serious or recent criminal record, and you haven’t tried to deceive the Home Office or been involved in immigration offences in the last 10 years
You intend to continue to live in the UK
You must meet the knowledge of English and life in the UK requirements
You have met the residency requirement