Extension Of Sole Representative Of An Overseas Business Visa UK

• Page Contents
• Overview
• Eligibility Requirements
• Work Requirement
• Genuineness Requirement
• Financial Requirement
• Additional Business Requirements
• Period and Conditions Of Grant
• How Can We Help?
• Our Fixed Fees

You can apply for extension of your sole representative of an overseas business visa from inside the UK if you are already in the UK on sole representative of an overseas business. An application for extension of sole representative of an overseas business visa is made using online application form FLR (IR). As a result of a successful application for extension of sole representative of an overseas business visa, the applicant is granted further leave to remain as a sole representative for a further period of 2 years. An application for sole representative of overseas business visa can only be submitted through standard service as the Home Office UKVI do not offer the Priority or Super Priority Service for extension of sole representative of an overseas business visa. An application for extension of sole representative of an overseas business visa is normally decided by the Home Office UKVI in 3 to 6 months.

Our specialist team of work visa solicitors and lawyers in London can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations on fixed fee basis concerning your application for extension of sole representative of an overseas business visa UK. Ask a question to our specialist team of work visa solicitors for free immigration advice online or book an appointment online for detailed immigration advice with our specialist work visa solicitors for your application for extension of stay as a sole representative of an overseas business.

Eligibility Requirements For Sole Representative Visa Extension

To succeed in your application for extension of sole representative visa, you must satisfy the following eligibility criteria:

• Valid application: You must submit a valid application from inside the UK for extension of your sole representative visa;
• Age requiement: The applicant must be aged 18 or over on the date of application;
• Suitability requirement: The applicant must not fall for refusal under Part 9: grounds for refusal;
• Work requirement: The applicant must meet the work requirement as set out in Appendix Representative of an Overseas Business of the Immigration Rules;
• Senior employee requirement: The applicant must be a senior employee of the overseas business with the skills, experience and knowledge of the business necessary to undertake the role, with full authority to negotiate and take operational decisions on behalf of the overseas business.
• Not having majority stake or otherwise owning or controlling majority of the overseas business: The applicant must not have a majority stake in, or otherwise own or control a majority of the overseas business they represent, whether that ownership or control is by means of a shareholding, partnership agreement, sole proprietorship or any other arrangement;
• Established registered branch or wholly owned subsidiary: The applicant must have established the registered branch or wholly-owned subsidiary of the overseas business for which they were last granted permission under this route;
• Full time employment: The applicant must be engaged in full time employment and must supervise the registered branch or wholly-owned subsidiary which they have established, and must be required by their employer to continue in that role; 
• Evidence of generating business: The applicant must provide evidence of business that has been generated, principally with firms in the UK, on behalf of their employer since their last grant of permission, in the form of accounts, copies of invoices or letters from businesses with whom the applicant has done business, including the value of transactions;
• Regiatration with Comanies House: The applicant must provide a Companies House certificate of registration as a UK establishment (for a branch), or a certificate of incorporation (for a subsidiary), together with either a copy of the share register or a letter from the overseas business’s accountant confirming that the UK business is wholly owned by the overseas business; 
• Letter from employer: The applicant must provide a letter from the applicant’s employer confirming that the applicant supervises the UK branch or subsidiary and is required to continue in that employment;
• Salary reuirement: The applicant must provide evidence of salary paid by the employer in the 12 months immediately before the date of application and details of the remuneration package the employee receives;
• Genuineness requirement: The applicant must meet the genuineness requirement as per Appendix Representative of an Overseas Business of the Immigration Rules;
• Financial requirement: The decision maker must be satisfied that the applicant can, and will, adequately maintain and accommodate themselves, and any dependants in the UK, without access to public funds. Funds must be shown as specified in Appendix Finance of the Immigration Rules.
• Not in breach of immigration rules: The applicant must not be:
  • in breach of immigration laws, except that where paragraph 39E applies, that period of overstaying will be disregarded; or
  • on immigration bail.

How Can We Help With Sole Representative Visa Extension?

Our specialist team of work visa solicitors can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations for your application for extension of sole representative of an overseas business visa. We can fully represent you in your extension application to carry out all the work on your application until a decision is made by the Home Office UKVI on your extension application. The immigration casework to be carried out by our immigration solicitors on your extension application will entail the following:

• Our work visa solicitors will assess your eligibility for extension of your sole representative of an overseas business visa by considering all the relevant eligibility requirements;
• Our work visa solicitors will advise you on relevant documents to be submitted in support of the sole representative visa extension application;
• Our work visa solicitors will assess the documentary evidence to ensure that the documents you provide are in line with the Home Office UKVI requirements for renewal of sole representative visa;
• Our work visa solicitors will complete online application form FLR (IR) for extension of sole representative of an overseas business visa;
• Our work visa solicitors will prepare a detailed cover letter in support of your sole representative visa extension application to explain in detail how all the relevant requirements for extension of sole representative visa have been satisfied by the applicant;
• Our work visa solicitors will submit the sole representative extension application online, paying the Home Office UKVI fees for the sole representative visa extension application and booking applicant's appointment with the UKVCAS application centre for enrolment of biometrics;
• Our work visa solicitors will upload all the supporting documents online in support of the sole representative visa extension application;
• Our work visa solicitors will carry out all the follow-up work including responding to any queries raised by the Home Office UKVI until decision is reached on your sole representative visa extension application.

Our Fixed Fees For Sole Representative Of An Overseas Business Visa