Tier 1 Entrepreneur Extensions

Tier 1 Entrepreneur Extensions

The January countdown to Brexit is almost complete and with a handful of days to go, Boris Johnson has unveiled the new Global Talent Visa in a bid to persuade the rest of the world that the UK is "open for business". With such soundbites as "...turn the UK into a...

New Visas Still Struggling

New Visas Still Struggling

With scant warning and very nearly no consultation with lead industry stakeholders, the Home Office launched the Innovator and Start-up visas in April 2019 aimed at "experienced business people" with an "innovative, viable and scalable business idea". The Immigration...

Is the UK Open for Business?

Is the UK Open for Business?

At the time of writing the UK Government's 'new' style of Entrepreneur Visas, the "Start Up Visa" and the "Innovator Visa" are into their eighth month of operation and the feedback and stories we are receiving and hearing from both front-line immigration practitioners...

Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa Changes Incoming

Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa Changes Incoming

The UK Government yesterday published its Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules that come into effect on March 30th 2019, radically changing the landscape of business immigration in the Country. Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes MP, published her own statement...

UK Tier 1 Visa Changes

UK Tier 1 Visa Changes

In the summer of 2018, you would be forgiven if you missed an incling from the Minister of State for Immigration, Caroline Noakes, when she made a statement to Parliament regarding future changes to the UK Immigration Rules including all Tier 1 visa routes. On...

UK Immigration Statistics 2018 – Merry Christmas!

UK Immigration Statistics 2018 – Merry Christmas!

As 2018 draws to a close, it is worth reflecting on a successful year for prospective Tier-1 Entrepreneurial applicants, with visa approval rates rising from 51% at the end of last year to 57% during Q3 of 2018. Much of this success is down to the professionalism and...

Global Investment Immigration Summit 2018

Global Investment Immigration Summit 2018

It doesn't take too much to get us excited here at GGBA - we're a passionate team, but the Global Investment Immigration Summit 2018 this June in London's Canary Wharf - has got the office absolutely buzzing. Not to mention yet another Tier 1 Entrepreneur application...

Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa £50,000 Investment Route

Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa £50,000 Investment Route

Putting aside the pre-requisites of English competency and other Home Office check boxes, in our experience, the most common route through the Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa path is where the immigrant investor has access to £200,000 in investment funds. However, there are...

Five Month Rush on EB-5

Five Month Rush on EB-5

With the EB-5 Visa Program being extended in its current form to the end of September 2018, it is expected that a 'Gold Rush' of applications is coming, with applicants attempting to negate any changes (increases) to the minimum investment level required via EB-5...

Tier 1 (Investor) Visa Under Fire

Tier 1 (Investor) Visa Under Fire

From the UK, US and across the European Union, more than 100 Russian diplomats are being expelled in a coordinated response to the poisoning by nerve-agent of a former Russian spy in the UK. Over 25 countries have expelled Russian envoys in the past two days, in...