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Investment By UK Skilled Worker Visa
Our Skilled Worker visa by investment programme provides a route for ambitious businesspeople to move to, work in, and invest in the UK.
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It can be no surprise that to this day, the UK continues to be a highly attractive place for businesspeople to live and work. Not only is the UK the world’s fifth richest economy, but it also offers the political, legal, and economic stability required for businesses to thrive.
Recent figures also indicate that there are more than 1,000,000 job vacancies in the UK. This, along with the aforementioned factors, might have led you to consider potential routes for moving to the UK so that you can establish a career in the country.
If the above describes your situation as an ambitious businessperson, then you may have reason to consider our UK Skilled Worker visa by investment programme here at Cranbrook Legal.
There are a number of ways in which our team of award-winning specialists in UK immigration law here at Cranbrook Legal can help you obtain a UK Skilled Worker visa by investment.
Firstly, as a widely trusted and well-established legal firm in London with a focus on UK immigration law, we already have an excellent track record of helping applicants to get Home Office approval for the Skilled Worker visa, which enables them to move to, and work in, the UK.
The high acceptance rate that we have achieved for our clients’ applications for Skilled Worker visas has come about largely because we thoroughly and scrupulously project-manage those applications from the start to the end of the process.
We take the time to consult with our clients about their needs. We also assist them in gathering the necessary documents, as well as meeting the other eligibility requirements, to maximise their chances of being granted a Skilled Worker visa at the first attempt.
It is the same kind of thoroughness and attention to detail that we also bring to the cases of those seeking a Skilled Worker visa by investment.
There is, however, another respect in which we can help you obtain a UK Skilled Worker visa by investment; by drawing upon our extensive network of established UK companies that you may be interested in investing in.
These companies are attracted to work with us as part of our Skilled Worker visa by investment programme, because of the opportunity it gives them to access not only crucial investment, but also the talent of a highly skilled individual who, as one of their sponsored employees, could greatly help their business to grow.
To begin discussing with us how we could assist you in obtaining a UK Skilled Worker visa by investment, please call us on 0208 215 0053. Alternatively, you can complete and submit our online contact form to request a free consultation.
The term “UK Skilled Worker visa by investment” refers to our programme whereby, if you are an ambitious businessperson, you can begin a career in the United Kingdom through a combination of investment and full-time employment.
The scheme works as follows: you contact Cranbrook Legal to discuss your preferences, circumstances, and requirements, including the types of companies and business sectors that you may be interested in investing in.
We will then look to our existing database of contacts with established UK firms in the industry, or industries, that interest you, to begin to determine which ones could represent relevant targets for your investment and employment.
This needs to be a painstaking process, not least because there are certain requirements that the UK-based organisation must also meet in order to take advantage of your skills and investment – including having the valid sponsor licence that would enable them to hire someone from overseas in the first place.
It will also be necessary for the job role that the UK-based organisation has on offer to be a genuine one. The average salary for a role gained through the UK Skilled Worker visa by investment scheme is between £35,000 and £50,000, and you must not be paid any less than £26,200.
Once we establish that there is a suitable match between you, the UK-based organisation, and the vacancy, we will be able to proceed with helping to prepare your application for the Skilled Worker visa.
By working closely and extensively with you from the start to the finish of this process – including deciding on the best steps forward in the event of any setbacks, such as your application for the visa being unsuccessful – we can help to maximise your chances of a positive outcome.
Participating in our programme in order to apply for and obtain a UK Skilled Worker visa by investment can enable you to unlock the following advantages:
To learn more about any of these potential benefits, and any other aspects of our UK Skilled Worker visa by investment scheme, please call Cranbrook Legal’s central London-based team today, on 0208 215 0053.
In order to be eligible for a UK Skilled Worker visa through this programme, you will be required to:
Once you have obtained your CoS from your would-be employer, you will have a three-month window in which to submit your application for the Skilled Worker visa.
You will also be required to provide certain documents as part of your application for the visa. We can advise you on the exact documents that will support your attempt to get approved for this visa.
However, examples of essential documents include your CoS reference number, proof of your English language knowledge, and a valid passport or other document that shows your identity and nationality.
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Successful Sponsor Licence Application
Efficient and helpful. Amer and his Team are quick to respond to queries, even over the weekends and at night. Sponsor Licence granted after only 4 weeks. Thanks.
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The range of company types in which you can potentially invest in the UK is practically infinite. Nonetheless, the below sectors are just some of the most popular industries among those who seek a UK Skilled Worker visa by investment:
The above is not an exhaustive list of the possibilities for your own involvement in our Skilled Worker visa by investment scheme, and certainly does not fully represent the exceedingly broad range of UK-based organisations that we work with here at Cranbrook Legal.
So, if you are interested in investing in a business in an alternative sector to those stated above, please still feel free to call us, on 0208 215 0053, to discuss how we could work together.
Yes, applicants for the Skilled Worker visa are usually expected by the Home Office to prove their knowledge of the English language. Specifically, you may need to prove that you are capable of reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English to a minimum of level B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) scale.
This requirement is subject to certain exceptions. You will not need to prove your English language knowledge as part of your application if you did so in a previous visa application. Nor will you be required to do so if you’re a national of one of the below countries or territories:
You will also not be required to prove your knowledge of the English language if you’re a doctor, dentist, nurse, midwife, or vet, and you have already passed an English language assessment that is accepted by the relevant regulated professional body. Vets, however, may be expected to prove that they have passed an English language assessment with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
Presuming you are not one of the aforementioned exceptions, when you come to apply for a UK Skilled Worker visa, you will be able to prove your English language knowledge by:
Do you have any questions about any aspect of meeting the requirements for the Skilled Worker visa, or about anything else in relation to our UK Skilled Worker visa by investment programme? If so, please feel free to enquire to the Cranbrook Legal team by calling 0208 215 0053, or by requesting a free consultation through our email contact form.
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Your partner and children can apply to join you in the UK under the Skilled Worker visa route, or stay in the country as your “dependants”, as long as they meet the Home Office’s eligibility requirements. They will need to complete and submit separate visa applications to you.
In the event that your partner or child’s application is approved, their visa will typically end on the same day as yours. If both of the child’s parents are in the UK on visas that have different expiry dates, the child’s visa will expire on the earlier date.
A partner or child can be considered your “dependant” if they are any of the following:
The visa application will need to include evidence of your relationship to your dependant.
To apply for the Skilled Worker visa by investment, you will need to pay the Home Office’s standard fee for the Skilled Worker visa.
These fees are liable to change, so you are urged to consult the GOV.UK website for the latest information. However, at the time of typing, the standard application fee ranged from £719 to £1,500, depending on the circumstances of the applicant. The Home Office charges a lower fee, for example, to those whose proposed role in the UK is on the shortage occupations list.
If you will be applying from outside the UK, the standard Home Office application fee will be £719 per person for a stay in the UK of up to three years, and £1,420 per person for a stay in the UK of more than three years.
As for if you are already in the UK and will be applying to extend, switch, or update your visa, you will need to pay a standard Home Office application fee of £827 per person for a stay in the UK of up to three years, or £1,500 per person for a stay in the UK of more than three years.
As aforementioned, the Home Office charges lower application fees to those whose jobs are on the shortage occupations list. The fee is the same whether the applicant is applying from inside or outside the UK, and is £551 for those staying in the UK for up to three years, and £1,084 for those staying in the UK for more than three years.
It will also be necessary through the Skilled Worker visa route to pay the healthcare surcharge for each year of your stay in the UK. This is usually £624 a year, although you can use the GOV.UK website prior to your application to check how much you would need to pay.
It should be noted that the above costs do not include the fees that we charge here at Cranbrook Legal for our complete Skilled Worker visa by investment programme. This includes such elements as our painstaking work to match you to the right investment opportunity in the UK, and our comprehensive project management of your Skilled Worker visa application.
Please consult our fees page for the latest information on our prices. For most of our immigration services, we operate on a pre-agreed fixed-fee basis, to help give you financial certainty when you apply for this visa.
If you are successful in being granted the Skilled Worker visa, you will be able to stay in the UK for as long as five years before you need to extend the visa. You will need to apply to extend or update the visa when it expires, or in the event that you change jobs or employer.
Provided that you continue to satisfy the Home Office’s eligibility requirements, you can extend your Skilled Worker visa as many times as you like.
After five years spent in the UK, you may also be able to apply to settle permanently in the UK – a status known as “indefinite leave to remain”. This would entitle you to continue living, working, and studying in the UK for as long as you like, and would enable you to apply for benefits in the UK, if you are eligible for these.
It is not only those who are presently outside the UK who can potentially apply for a Skilled Worker visa; if you are already in the UK on a different type of visa, you may be able to apply to switch to the Skilled Worker visa.
To be able to switch to the Skilled Worker visa from within the UK, your job will need to satisfy the Home Office’s eligibility requirements, and you will need to be able to speak, read, write, and understand English.
Not everyone who is on another type of UK visa will be able to switch to this one. You will not be able to switch to the Skilled Worker visa, for example, if you’re presently in the UK:
If you are in one of the above categories, you will only be able to apply for the Skilled Worker visa if you leave the UK and apply for the visa from abroad.
Please also note that if you are presently in the UK on a Student visa, you will need to meet one of the below requirements in order to apply for the Skilled Worker visa:
Those already in the UK who are interested in applying for the Skilled Worker visa (and who are eligible to do so) will need to apply online prior to the expiry of their current visa.
You should also bear in mind that if you have a partner or child “dependant” accompanying you in the UK on your present visa, switching your own visa to the Skilled Worker visa will not cause their visas to be automatically switched as well. They will need to make their own applications to switch to the Skilled Worker visa as your dependants, which they will be able to do either at the same time as you, or at any time prior to the expiry of their current visas.
If you are already in the UK, the Skilled Worker visa by investment service that we provide to you will be much the same as the one we provide to applicants based outside the UK.
The level of English that you will need to prove you can read, write, speak, and understand in order to get approved for the Skilled Worker visa, is level B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) scale.
There are various ways in which you can prove this level of English capability. These include by:
Certain groups of people will not be required to prove their knowledge of English when they apply for the Skilled Worker visa. These include doctors, dentists, nurses, midwives, and vets that have already passed an English language assessment that is accepted by the relevant regulated professional body.
Nationals of the following countries or territories will also not be required to prove their English knowledge in order to secure this visa:
As a sponsored holder of the Skilled Worker visa, you will only be eligible for a maximum of four weeks’ unpaid leave each year, depending on the absence policies of your employer.
Your employer will be required to let the Home Office know about any unauthorised absence of 10 or more days. An “unauthorised absence” is defined as a failure to attend work when expected, without communication about the absence to the relevant party at your place of work.
There might be times during your period as a Skilled Worker visa holder, when you intend or expect to be outside the UK. This visa does give you the unrestricted right to travel outside of the UK, as long as you have permission for this from your employer (for example, through annual leave entitlement).
If, however, you intend to use your Skilled Worker visa to apply for “indefinite leave to remain” status in the future, it is important to be aware of the implications that excessive absences could have, in light of the Home Office’s “continuous residence requirement”.
This requirement dictates that as a holder of the Skilled Worker visa, you must not have been absent for more than 180 days in any 12-month period. This makes it important to ensure you keep records of your travel history during your time on the Skilled Worker visa, if your intention is to eventually use this visa as the basis for an ILR application.
Yes, the Skilled Worker visa by investment can provide a route to permanent settlement in the UK.
If you spend five years in the UK on this visa, you may be able to apply for a status known as “indefinite leave to remain” (ILR), which would entitle you to live, work, and study in the UK for as long as you like. ILR could also give you the right to apply for benefits in the UK, if you meet the eligibility criteria for these.
Once you have secured ILR status, you can use this to apply for British citizenship, if you wish.
As a Skilled Worker visa holder who is looking to apply to settle in the UK, you will need to satisfy the Home Office’s salary requirements. It is also essential that you continue to be needed for your job, and meet the salary requirements, after getting ILR.
If you are aged from 18 to 64, you will also be expected to book, and pass, the Life in the UK Test.
A further benefit of the Skilled Worker visa by investment programme is that this visa gives dependant spouses the right to work in the UK – except as a sportsperson or coach.
This right to work in the UK applies to both partners and children who join the main Skilled Worker visa holder via this route. They will also be able to study in the UK, and travel abroad and return to the UK.
After spending five years living in the UK, and provided that they meet the Home Office’s other eligibility requirements, your dependant spouse or child will also be able to apply for “indefinite leave to remain” status (otherwise known as settling permanently in the UK).
Your dependant spouse who is with you in the UK on this visa route will not, however, have the right to apply for most benefits (public funds), or the State Pension.
If your spouse or child’s application to accompany you in the UK on this visa is successful, the Home Office will provide a full list of the things they will and will not be entitled to do.
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