Happy Christmas, dear Forum! A question about how the Home Office calculates the number of hours per week an employee works in each particular month. Example: full-time job, 30 hours per week in the contract, £10 per hour. Monthly salary calculated by my accountant: £10 * 1.560h (30h per week * 52 w...

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Tue Dec 18, 2018 7:11 pm

ordinary residence is established if there is a regular habitual mode of life in a particular place for the time being, whether of short or long duration, the continuity of which has persisted apart from temporary or occasional absences

Thank you very much marcnath, really appreciate.

A separate question. One of my existing part-time employees is an EU citizen living in the UK. Do I understand nothing is changing for him from 29 March 2019? Do I understand EU citizens only need to apply for a settled status to extend it after June 2021 and until 31 Dec 2020 then they're considere...

Thank you! Agree about the objectives of the immigration law but can't see how it's reflected in the Guidance. I'd really like to work with this proposed employee but I'm not sure it will be accepted by the Home Office and I can't create a 3rd job for him hence the question )) The original post you ...

Thank you. Here is my next question. I'm considering hiring a UK citizen who is only spending about 90 days a year in the UK and is mostly based in Germany. The work can be done entirely online, we do not have an office as such. This person has a British passport, has an address in the UK (proved by...

Dear Forum, I'm posting this in an old thread as I have exactly the same question. I'm considering hiring a UK citizen who is only spending about 90 days a year in the UK and is mostly based in Germany. The work can be done entirely online, we do not have an office as such. This person has a British...

Thanks, marcnath. None of us are the HO deciders here but it's nice to have a professional opinion.

Thank you, marcnath . Do I understand it will work if I transform one existing full-time job into a job share? Start with one person full-time and at some point continue with two people doing this same job as a job share? Will it be considered as the same job which exists for 12 months? I will appre...

Hello, I was wondering if there is any difference between combining two part-time jobs to add up to 30h a week and creating one full-time job (30+ h per week) which is shared by two people? Part-time jobs: I understand the hours of workers in 2 part-time jobs can be combined to add up to 30 hours a ...

Kwipeh and Kamsi, thank you very much for sharing your stories. Fully agree with being honest in the application and presenting the real situation. My feeling is that I will be able to get a partner's visa with due explanations. But I still have over a year on my Tier1E visa so I will give it a try....

Thank you very much, Kwipeh. What an amazing story, congratulations! When did you get your visa? I'm not prepared to risk with a rejection, and my feeling is that the chance is very high. Also, switching to a new visa category will reset the clock for my 5y ILR. Looks like the best strategy is to pr...

Thanks very much to all. I'd say apply as a partner and in a cover letter explain why you do not meet the requirements of having lived together for two years. Well )) There are formal requirements, and Home Office is a yes or no machine, I'm afraid... I was rather looking for a gap in the requiremen...

You also have to satisfy the other requirements . I will satisfy them, thank you. The question now is whether I can apply at all as a partner in a situation when we live together for less than 2 years, not married/engaged, have a child and clearly intend to continue living together. It's clear that...

Thank you.
Last question remained from the above - do I qualify for a partner visa? Thanks )

Hello, Section E-ILRP: Eligibility for indefinite leave to remain as a partner E-ILRP.1.3. (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the applicant must, at the date of application, have completed a continuous period of either: (a) at least 60 months in the UK with: (i) leave to enter granted on the basis of...

Thank you. Understand.
I also understand I cannot apply for leave to remain as a partner, is that right? Any solution apart from getting married?

Dear Forum, I'm looking for your help in deciding on a visa category. My visa history: Tier 4 - Tier1 (Graduate Entr) - Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) which expires in about a year. Current situation: - I'm not sure I will be able to extend my Entrepreneur visa so I'm looking into Family visas, - I've lived ...

thank you, much appreciated!

Thanks for your comments. Yes, I was going to transfer the money back to my personal account and then invest them into Company B. My understanding is that I'll have to provide the following to claim investment - wd you please have a look? - Directors loan agreement with Company A (20K, NOT just the ...

Tier 1 E (50K) switched from Tier 1 GE last year. I claimed 50K on my personal account as money available to make an investment. I've invested 20K (DL) into Company A (30K remain available on my account) and now decided to focus more on Company B. I would like to return 15K from Company A to my pers...

A big thank you to this forum and all the members for support. I've found lots of useful information here. Here is a list of my submitted documents, in case someone finds it useful: Cover letter Personal Information/documents: 1. Completed visa application form; 2. A current valid passport; 3. My pr...

Switching from T1GE. No interview, no calls, etc. Something really unexpected, I was prepared to wait for 6 months. Timeline: Application posted: 14 Oct 2016 Application received by HO: 17 Oct 2016 (3 days) Payment collected: 18 Oct 2016 (1 day) Acknowledgment letter dated: 29 Oct 2016 (11 days) Ack...

An update. Acknowledgement letter dated 29th October received today.

I applied by myself and prepared the application / documents myself. I'm sure a lawyer would help a lot, but I felt more in control of my application this way.

Similar situation. I applied on the 14th of October (Friday), switching from Tier 1 GE, Application received on the 17th (Monday), Fee deducted on the 18th, Still haven't received an acknowledgement letter / biometric enrollment request. Last year (extending my T1GE) I received them within several d...