Many Thanks CR001! The first rule where HO specifies the "payment to owner" exception is the one from 07/04/2014 (Paragraph 245D) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-rules-archive-7-april-to-5-may-2014 Previous version did not specify exception https://www.gov.uk/government/public...

It is absurd that you are reading the rules/guide after all this time ! I have to tell the applicants here (almost on daily basis :? ) to read the guide as some of them are on a path of having a very very expensive holiday in the UK. The fact that any money paid to previous owners will not count as...

Dear Zimba88 and forum members I applied for my £200.000 visa extension on November 07 2016. All Evidence was supplied. Biometrics taken. Original visa expired 02/Dec 2016. No answer from home office yet. Today I am reading immigration rules for the first time, and the investment will not apply if I...