piercebody wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 8:50 pm
It looks like I can combine the business as well. In one of the forums admin or any expert strongly said it should be from a single business. Any experts or anyone have experience kindly advise. Thanks
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ou have spent a continuous period of 3 years lawfully in the UK with leave
as a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) migrant, and have:
(i) created the equivalent of at least 10 (including the 2 jobs already relied
upon to score points under row 3) new full time jobs, which meet the
requirements in row 3 above, or
(ii) established a new UK business or businesses that has or have had a
gross income from business activity of at least £5 million during the 3 year
continuous period, or
(iii) taken over or invested in an existing UK business or businesses and
your services or investments have resulted in a net increase in gross
income from business activity of £5 million during the 3 year continuous
period, when compared to the 3 year periods immediately before the date
the applicant became involved with the business as a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur)
migrant.
This criteria is clear in that it does specify "business or
businesses .
That would mean that you can combine turnover from multiple businesses.
Unfortunately, the previous thread does not have a conclusion whether the AR succeeded. It is possible Zimba was responding on the basis of his knowledge of other cases, so it would be wise to give it credit.
If I were in your place, unless I know of a specific case where it did nor succeed, I would give it a try. I would include a statement in the cover letter stating very clearly that as per the above clause I interpret multiple businesses can be combined.
There is very little downside, if ILR is not approved you will get an extension (as long as you meet all criteria). So I can't see any harm in applying if you feel you have met the criteria
My comments are in no way meant to be advisory. I have no professional knowledge of immigration. These are based on my own experience, convictions and personal interpretation of publicly available information.
