Tier 1 Ent Processing for International Business

Tier 1 extension 200K
Application sent off: 07/07/2017
Complex issue letter recived : 19/06/2017
Status "Awaiting a decision"

Dear colleagues,
I spend about 50% of my time per year travelling for business related
purposes, since my activities are connected to the international businesses. My absence at the meetings are likely to have a real negative impact on the efforts
made in the recent years and in some cases lead to heavy financial loss for
my UK company and myself personally.
Any suggestion how to explain the bussiness situation to HO? We worked about 2 years on some project and now I can't meet the client to finalise the last detailes

Did you explain that in your cover letter? I was in a a similar situation and had a specific date to attend an exhibition even. Got my renewal in time though I can't say that was the reason.
Why do you think you got a complex letter ? If you can guess that then you can send additional clarifications.
PS : something wrong with the dates you noted. Complex letter date is before application date

marcnath wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 09, 2017 12:24 pm

Did you explain that in your cover letter? I was in a a similar situation and had a specific date to attend an exhibition even. Got my renewal in time though I can't say that was the reason.
Why do you think you got a complex letter ? If you can guess that then you can send additional clarifications.
PS : something wrong with the dates you noted. Complex letter date is before application date

Hi,
Thanks for your comment.
I can not imagine why I received such a letter, but I see from the comments in this forum that many other applicants receive such letters. Maybe because of the unusual business model and mix of Low Tech and Hi Tech solutions and customers in our portfolio... Maybe because all of us traveling a lot and some of the sales persons working outside of UK.
In any case, I did not expect this situation and planned to finish all the procedures during the summer.
I sent to HO a description of the current projects and meetings, exhibitions and conferences that I'm afraid to miss during September and October , including personal invitations , meeting acceptation etc

P.S. sorry, I meant 19/07/2017

It's been barely two months since you sent off your application. Complex letter is a generic thing being sent when a decision cannot be made within the 8 weeks mark. As has been discussed many many times here, there is no way to expedite it really

Thank you. You have a great forum. It really helps to see the "big picture", and not always pleasant ...
This is my first experience of applying to HO in UK and such long terms have become a realy surprise for me.