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[kunleoyewo]

Does anyone know why I can't read or send private messages?
Thanks,
Kunle

[kunleoyewo]

Hi Guys,

Can someone please confirm if it's necessary to include Business Plan document in my extension application as an artefact of investment made? I paid a consultant to write it, hence why I'm asking. Is it worth it or not please?

By the way, my extension is due in March 2016. Anyone planning to apply for extension around this period can hit me up for ideas on what to tidy up and put in place.

I look forward to your favourable suggestions.

Kind regards,
Kunle

Not required but you can include it if you would like to. They will decide your application without considering it but it might help during genuine test.

Thanks zimba88!

[Humv]

Apologise if this has been asked before;

Just need a clarification;

I know when you invest money as a director loan you need to submit the director loan agreement.

what do you need to do if you invest money as a share capital?

Many Thanks again.

[zimba]

Apologise if this has been asked before;

Just need a clarification;

I know when you invest money as a director loan you need to submit the director loan agreement.

what do you need to do if you invest money as a share capital?

Many Thanks again.

Guide is quite clear on this. You have to submit share certificates showing the number of shares purchased and the amount paid for each (has to cover your full investment) + company accounts showing the shares purchased by you under your name or on your behalf

[Napoleon77]

Hi Zimba88

I think you only have to show share certificates IF the company accounts do not clearly show that you are a shareholder who has invested the required amount (£50k or £200k)

Thank you

[zimba]

Hi Zimba88

I think you only have to show share certificates IF the company accounts do not clearly show that you are a shareholder who has invested the required amount (£50k or £200k)

Thank you

You are right but given that company accounts normally do not show the name of the shareholders at all, the best bet is to have both. We all know HO evidential requirements are often beyond stupid and caseworkers tend to reject your evidence when its format or wording does not conform exactly to what the immigration laws state, even if it clearly satisfies what they want.
Apart from having the heavens to watch out for you when dealing with HO imbeciles, I suggest everyone to religiously format the documents with the exact wording and details they demand just to be on the safe side.

[Napoleon77]

Hi Zimba

Let me start by saying thanks for the invaluable advise you have been giving us in this forum. I really appreciate it and I believe others do too.

IF we submit a letter from our bank confirming that our company has an active business bank account do we still need to submit business bank statements?

IF the investment in our company was done via Share Capital do we need to produce a bank statement that shows the transaction?

Thank you

[zimba]

Hi Zimba

Let me start by saying thanks for the invaluable advise you have been giving us in this forum. I really appreciate it and I believe others do too.

No problem. Happy to help here

IF we submit a letter from our bank confirming that our company has an active business bank account do we still need to submit business bank statements?

According to the rules, you can provide either of them. I prefer to submit business bank statements because most banks usually refuse point blank to issue such letters to their customers or take ages to respond. I prefer not to wrestle with banks on my immigration matters!

IF the investment in our company was done via Share Capital do we need to produce a bank statement that shows the transaction?

This is needed for cash investment (Director's loan) but not required for share capital according to the rules. I suggest you include both personal and business bank statements showing the transaction in addition to share certificates and accounts. Better to be safe than sorry.

[KKL147]

Hello Guys

I applied for Entrepreneur Visa Extension 50K route applied and approved

Posted Application on - 17 December 2015
Delivered on - 18 December 2015
Acknowledgment letter and Biometrics letters were issued on - 23 December 2015
Received on - 30 December 2015 (Due to Xmas week it was late)
Biometrics done on - 31 December 2015
Approval letter and BRP card received on - 27 January 2015 (Was issued on 23 January 2016)

Approved for two years.

I am not expert but I can try to answer any questions

Thanks

[Humv]

Thanks Zimba and everyone. You guys are very helpful!

Hello Guys

I applied for Entrepreneur Visa Extension 50K route applied and approved

Posted Application on - 17 December 2015
Delivered on - 18 December 2015
Acknowledgment letter and Biometrics letters were issued on - 23 December 2015
Received on - 30 December 2015 (Due to Xmas week it was late)
Biometrics done on - 31 December 2015
Approval letter and BRP card received on - 27 January 2015 (Was issued on 23 January 2016)

Approved for two years.

I am not expert but I can try to answer any questions

Thanks

Kk I am going to apply for extension in next two weeks time under 50k category too. Could you please provide the list of docs you submitted? That be really helpful.

Thanks

[KKL147]

Thanks Zimba and everyone. You guys are very helpful!

Hello Guys

I applied for Entrepreneur Visa Extension 50K route applied and approved

Posted Application on - 17 December 2015
Delivered on - 18 December 2015
Acknowledgment letter and Biometrics letters were issued on - 23 December 2015
Received on - 30 December 2015 (Due to Xmas week it was late)
Biometrics done on - 31 December 2015
Approval letter and BRP card received on - 27 January 2015 (Was issued on 23 January 2016)

Approved for two years.

I am not expert but I can try to answer any questions

Thanks

Kk I am going to apply for extension in next two weeks time under 50k category too. Could you please provide the list of docs you submitted? That be really helpful.

Thanks

It is a big list of documents. However I will try to cover it all.

1 - Application Forms
2 - Passports
3 - Previous BRP
4 - Funds Maintenance Bank Statement
5 - Companies House Certificate
6 - VAT registration certificate
7 - EL/PL/PL Insurance certificate
8 - Payslips of all the employees
9 - FPS for each submission (Signed by myself)
10 - Business Bank Account statements (I invested 50K in 12 instalments with various different amounts, therefore only statements attached where it shows Investment amounts)
11 - Personal Bank Account statements which shows investment transferred to Business Account
12 - Director's Loan Agreement
13 - CA cover letter
14 - CA letter which confirms each and every employee number of hours, hourly rate etc
15 - Business visiting cards, Letter heads and little more stationaries.
16 - Three years Annual Accounts (Make sure to sign these annual returns)
17 - Self assessments reports
18 - VAT final summary or till date summary
19 - Corporation Tax final summary report
20 - PAYE final summary report
21 - Payslips of all the employees
22 - Passport copies of all the employees
23 - Address proof for all the employees
24 - NI Proof for all the employees
25 - P46/P60/P45 for all the employees

I personally made sets of all the employees individually with a cover letter for each of them explaining the number of hours each month they worked, hourly rate paid, their start date or leaving date FPS copies in their particular sets.

I hope this helps.

[legendfar]

Hi KKL 147
Thanks for writing all these documents
could you let us know your nature of business and did you not any marketing stuff like some people submitted leaflets and i am thinking to add googleadwords kind of things
and lastly are these complete list or do you think you missed something. Reply appreciated thanks in advance.

[KKL147]

Hi KKL 147
Thanks for writing all these documents
could you let us know your nature of business and did you not any marketing stuff like some people submitted leaflets and i am thinking to add googleadwords kind of things
and lastly are these complete list or do you think you missed something. Reply appreciated thanks in advance.

I am into business consultancy

I have not added any marketing materials within my application as it is not required. Though I have my own website and google ads and many more marketing literature. These literatures are only required if called for an interview. However I have not been called for any interviews.

I wrote the above list from top of my head.. I will go through my whole file again and will come back IF I MISSED to mention any required docs.

Hope this helps guys.

[legendfar]

Hi KKL147
Thanks for your reply
I am into Business Consultancy as well i sent you PM , if you can help me to make an application to make the paper work. I will be very thankful.
looking forward form your help.

[KKL147]

Thanks Zimba and everyone. You guys are very helpful!

Hello Guys

I applied for Entrepreneur Visa Extension 50K route applied and approved

Posted Application on - 17 December 2015
Delivered on - 18 December 2015
Acknowledgment letter and Biometrics letters were issued on - 23 December 2015
Received on - 30 December 2015 (Due to Xmas week it was late)
Biometrics done on - 31 December 2015
Approval letter and BRP card received on - 27 January 2015 (Was issued on 23 January 2016)

Approved for two years.

I am not expert but I can try to answer any questions

Thanks

Kk I am going to apply for extension in next two weeks time under 50k category too. Could you please provide the list of docs you submitted? That be really helpful.

Thanks

It is a big list of documents. However I will try to cover it all.

1 - Application Forms
2 - Passports
3 - Previous BRP
4 - Funds Maintenance Bank Statement
5 - Companies House Certificate
6 - VAT registration certificate
7 - EL/PL/PL Insurance certificate
8 - Payslips of all the employees
9 - FPS for each submission (Signed by myself)
10 - Business Bank Account statements (I invested 50K in 12 instalments with various different amounts, therefore only statements attached where it shows Investment amounts)
11 - Personal Bank Account statements which shows investment transferred to Business Account
12 - Director's Loan Agreement
13 - CA cover letter
14 - CA letter which confirms each and every employee number of hours, hourly rate etc
15 - Business visiting cards, Letter heads and little more stationaries.
16 - Three years Annual Accounts (Make sure to sign these annual returns)
17 - Self assessments reports
18 - VAT final summary or till date summary
19 - Corporation Tax final summary report
20 - PAYE final summary report
21 - Payslips of all the employees
22 - Passport copies of all the employees
23 - Address proof for all the employees
24 - NI Proof for all the employees
25 - P46/P60/P45 for all the employees

I personally made sets of all the employees individually with a cover letter for each of them explaining the number of hours each month they worked, hourly rate paid, their start date or leaving date FPS copies in their particular sets.

I hope this helps.

Addition to the above list

26 - Three years CT600
27 - Original letter showing PAYE reference number
28 - Original letter showing Corporation Tax reference number
29 - Academic documents
30 - Confirmation of NHS surcharge paid
31 - Address proof for business
32 - Address proof for personal

[helpingperson]

Hello

What is NHS Surcharge payment for?

The reason I am asking this question that we never had to pay for any NHS when got Enterpreneur visa, so want to know if we need to pay and how much? Where can I find more about this?

[CR001]

Hello

What is NHS Surcharge payment for?

The reason I am asking this question that we never had to pay for any NHS when got Enterpreneur visa, so want to know if we need to pay and how much? Where can I find more about this?

Immigration Health Surcharge came into effect in April 2015. And yes, you have to pay it. It is £200 per year and the amount will depend on how long your extension is for (so £400 for 2 year extension and £600 for 3 year extension). The main applicant and dependents have to pay it and you will not be able to submit your application if it is not paid as you need the IHS reference number.

https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigrati ... n/overview

The only migrants who are exempt from paying are Tier 2 ICT visa holder and dependent or migrants from Australia or New Zealand.

[helpingperson]

Hello

What is NHS Surcharge payment for?

The reason I am asking this question that we never had to pay for any NHS when got Enterpreneur visa, so want to know if we need to pay and how much? Where can I find more about this?

Immigration Health Surcharge came into effect in April 2015. And yes, you have to pay it. It is £200 per year and the amount will depend on how long your extension is for (so £400 for 2 year extension and £600 for 3 year extension). The main applicant and dependents have to pay it and you will not be able to submit your application if it is not paid as you need the IHS reference number.

https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigrati ... n/overview

The only migrants who are exempt from paying are Tier 2 ICT visa holder and dependent or migrants from Australia or New Zealand.

Hello Sir

Thank you for this help.

What if main applicant goes for ILR on the basis of 10 jobs?

And what you think dependents will have to pay if main applicant is applying for ILR on 10 job basis?

[CR001]

Hello Sir

Thank you for this help.

What if main applicant goes for ILR on the basis of 10 jobs?

And what you think dependents will have to pay if main applicant is applying for ILR on 10 job basis?

Do you mean ILR on the basis of 10 years long residence?

If that is what you mean, your dependents will have only one option and that is to apply for a spouse settlement visa on FLR(M). This will reset their qualifying clock towards ILR to zero and they will have to spend 5 years (2 x 2.5 year visas) on FLR(M) before they can apply for ILR.

For each 2.5 year FLR(M) visa, the immigration health surcharge is £500 for each dependent plus the visa application fee.

[helpingperson]

Hello Char,

Apologies for not being clear.

Basically I meant by 10 jobs as creation of 10 jobs during 3 years of Entrepreneur visa so if you do this then main applicant can apply for ILR on accelerated route.

Please could you advise in this scenario for main applicant and 2 dependents.

Thank you.

[CR001]

IHS is NOT payable for ILR applications.

[helpingperson]

Thank you.

How much dependents will need to pay in this case where main applicant is going for ILR due to accelerated route on the basis of 10 jobs creation?

[CR001]

If dependents are extending their visa, they will have to pay the IHS based on length of extension (2 years = £400 each and 3 years = £600 each)

[omercheema619]

Hi All

Thanks for sharing the information.
Could anyone please confirm if self assessment is required to be submitted by applicant if he/she is directors and is not taking and allowances/benefits other than minimum wages for director (£671/month)

Would appreciate any response.

kind regards
Mo

[suvalike]

Hi KKL,

Please can you clarify couple of questions regarding the docs you submitted as in the Bold Text.

Thx in anticipation !

It is a big list of documents. However I will try to cover it all.

1 - Application Forms
2 - Passports
3 - Previous BRP
4 - Funds Maintenance Bank Statement (Did you provide the Printout of electronic statements or normal..If Electronic then did you get the stamp from the bank on each and every page ?)
5 - Companies House Certificate (This is the one which we get once the company get registered ?)
6 - VAT registration certificate
7 - EL/PL/PL Insurance certificate (Did you submit the EL insurance certificate just for the latest year or from the last three years ?)
8 - Payslips of all the employees (Did you submit just the latest 12 Salary slips or more than that ?)
9 - FPS for each submission (Signed by myself) (is there any specific place to sign or just sign on the page anywhere....Does it required signed by director..i did not find the place in my FPS for Employees)
10 - Business Bank Account statements (I invested 50K in 12 instalments with various different amounts, therefore only statements attached where it shows Investment amounts)
11 - Personal Bank Account statements which shows investment transferred to Business Account
12 - Director's Loan Agreement (Can you please share the DL agreement after replacing the personal information with Dummy if you do not mind. )
13 - CA cover letter
14 - CA letter which confirms each and every employee number of hours, hourly rate etc (Can you please share the Sample letter)
15 - Business visiting cards, Letter heads and little more stationaries.
16 - Three years Annual Accounts (Make sure to sign these annual returns)
17 - Self assessments reports
18 - VAT final summary or till date summary
19 - Corporation Tax final summary report (What is this...How to get it)
20 - PAYE final summary report (What is this...How to get it)
21 - Payslips of all the employees
22 - Passport copies of all the employees
23 - Address proof for all the employees
24 - NI Proof for all the employees
25 - P46/P60/P45 for all the employees

I personally made sets of all the employees individually with a cover letter for each of them explaining the number of hours each month they worked, hourly rate paid, their start date or leaving date FPS copies in their particular sets.

31 - Address proof for business ( what proof did you submit)