One partner switch the visa in the middle of application

[su_kumar]

hi all,
i am facing the typical situation at present. I applied the tier 1 enterprenuer extension along with my partner in the april, 2017. Then we got the interview call on december, 2017 and we both attended the interview on 7 december 2017. However my partner wanted to switch the visa to tier 2 and he will be attending the one day service in the next week. me and my partner invested 26000 each while going for extension. Now my question is, can i continue with the application. if so is there any further investment needed. Is there any confirmation needed from from my partner. is there any documents need to send to the home office again. can any please help me in this issue.

Thanks & Regards,
Su.kumar

[marcnath]

hi all,
i am facing the typical situation at present. I applied the tier 1 enterprenuer extension along with my partner in the april, 2017. Then we got the interview call on december, 2017 and we both attended the interview on 7 december 2017. However my partner wanted to switch the visa to tier 2 and he will be attending the one day service in the next week. me and my partner invested 26000 each while going for extension. Now my question is, can i continue with the application. if so is there any further investment needed. Is there any confirmation needed from from my partner. is there any documents need to send to the home office again. can any please help me in this issue.

Thanks & Regards,
Su.kumar

There should be no impact to you. You don't need to do anything except wait for the response from HO.

[seasky]

Your partner leaving you could have been a strong indication to CW that your business was not genuine. Sad to hear you failed on genuineness, we see that more and more these days and the lesson learned is do not leave things unaddressed that could signal ingenuiness.

The advice given to you of "you don't need to do anything except wait" seems wrong even if given in good intentions. (Whether u followed said advice, I have no idea "my partner left because he was offered a £120K job developing his passion of rare earth magnet alternatives to multi megawatt wind turbine machines. He is still staying a director in the company we founded together but agreed to a realignment of equity, he is happy to be interviewed to support my application" is better then leaving it enigmatic or him leaving because he lost interest in the future of the business

[marcnath]

@seasky - do you read posts before replying or are you just using this forum to vent ?

Sad to hear you failed on genuineness

How did you come to this conclusion ?

The advice given to you of "you don't need to do anything except wait" seems wrong

OPs specific question related to whether he/she had to make for the partner's investment.
And my answer to that is correct.
If you think I am wrong, please give the correct answer with the appropriate reference to the immigration rules.

[seasky]

@seasky - do you read posts before replying or are you just using this forum to vent ?

Sad to hear you failed on genuineness

How did you come to this conclusion ?

The advice given to you of "you don't need to do anything except wait" seems wrong

OPs specific question related to whether he/she had to make for the partner's investment.
And my answer to that is correct.
If you think I am wrong, please give the correct answer with the appropriate reference to the immigration rules.

Dear Marc,

I am an entrepreneur, I mentor other entrepreneurs (and a mentee myself of someone who is a bridge between an exec and entrepreneur, specifically he has PLC experience) I love entrepreneurship (e.g. people bounce startup ideas off me) I have and still am gaining a lot knowledge from IB and contributing back.

Genuineness testing is becoming serious a huge swath of "entrepreneurs" are going to have to adapt. That is a good thing. I believe the immigration rules is about "balance of probabilities" are you aware of any other rules or guidance regarding genuineness test?

I don't think this forum should only be about "I forgot February is 28 days and am missing 5 hour for extension/ILR OMG please help" it should also be about genuineness

OP asked not only investment (to which your answer was correct) but also "Is there any confirmation needed from from my partner. is there any documents need to send to the home office again" to which your answer may have been wrong. A partner leaving a running business is a huge red warning light, in the balance of probabilities of course. And needs be addressed. No worries we all make mistakes, I certainly do, many, and clearly your intentions were good.