UK Business Visas

Doing business in the UK

SkillClear is here to help with all aspects of Immigration from moving employees around International divisions of your company [ Intra Company Transfers ] to helping you set up a company.

There are a number of ways that allow you to come to the UK under Business Immigration rules.

Business Visits

You can come for a business visit for mostly any purpose other than to work. You will need an official invitation from the Company in the UK. Come and talk to us about arranging this visa for you.

Opening a UK Branch of an Overseas Company

You can come to open a branch of the company you work for over here or to be that company's sole representative in the UK. To start a branch office in the UK for an overseas business click here.

If you are the employer of this person overseas, here's the same information from your viewpoint. Click here.

Transferring to a UK Branch of your Company

You can come on a transfer from your company to an existing branch of that company in the UK. Come and talk to us about arranging this visa for you.

Contracting in the UK for your Company

You can come to fulfil a contract for a UK client whilst you are in the employ of an overseas company. Come and talk to us about arranging this visa for you.

Setting up a Business in the UK

Investing in the UK

If you wish to invest in UK business click here.

Starting a Business

Otherwise, if you wish to come to the UK to start a business and you have @£200,000 [ $300,000 ] to invest in this business, click here.

Eastern Europeans Starting a Business

If you are a citizen of Bulgaria, The Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia or Slovenia you can come to the UK as a self employed person or to start a business. Click here for more information.

Practicing Law

If you wish to practice non - UK law in the UK and are a qualified lawyer overseas, click here.

Business Types

Depending on the nature of your business and where you are coming from, there are different types of business you can set up including:

• Limited Company
• Partnership
• Self Employed Sole Trader

UK Business immigration rules, in most cases, require a comprehesive and credible business plan illustrating that the market exists for you, you have the skills and experience to exploit that market and, ideally, that you will be creating jobs.

New Feature:

Our Business Plan helper is all you need to complete a successful plan.

Just open the application and complete the stages of the plan from your research and expertise.

We are here to assess and help you with maximising it's impact and effectiveness and to validate realistic and well thought out plans. You will need this thorough approach not only for the visa application but to help you succeed in your chosen business.

The Business Plan Helper includes full Guidance Notes for building your Business plan.

For more information about the Business Plan Helper please click here.