ECAA Business Person Requirement For The ECAA Route
To meet the ECAA business person requirement, the applicant must meet all the following requirements:
- the applicant must have permission as an ECAA business person; and
- the applicant must have established, or intend to establish, take over or become a partner or director of, one or more genuine businesses in the UK; and
- the business or businesses must be viable; and
- the applicant must genuinely intend to operate, or have genuinely operated, one or more businesses in the UK.
The applicant must:
- provide evidence that they have invested, or will invest, sufficient funds or assets in the business or businesses in proportion to their interest in the business or businesses; and
- demonstrate that those funds or assets are, and continue to be, their own; and
- demonstrate they can meet their share of the liabilities which the business or businesses may incur; and
- demonstrate that their part in the business or businesses does not amount to disguised employment; and
- demonstrate that their share of the profits of the business is enough to support themselves and any dependants; and
- if they are joining an existing business, provide:
- a written statement of the terms and conditions on which they are joining the business; and
- accounts for the existing business for the 12 months before the date of application; and
- evidence that there is a genuine need for their services and investment.
In assessing whether the above requirements are met, the factors that will be considered include the following:
- the viability and credibility of the source of the money being used to set up or invest in the business or businesses; and
- evidence of a credible time frame (lasting no more than 11 months) of when money that has not yet been invested in the business or businesses will be invested; and
- the credibility of the financial accounts of the business or businesses; and
- the credibility of the applicant’s proposed business activity in the UK; and
- if the nature of the business requires mandatory accreditation, registration or insurance, whether the accreditation, registration or insurance have been obtained.
Period and Conditions Of Grant OF Extension Of Turkish ECAA Businessperson Visa
If the applicant meets the ECAA business person requirement, they will be granted permission to stay for up to 36 months.
The grant will be subject to all the following conditions:
- if the applicant meets the ECAA business person requirement, work is allowed only for the business or businesses the applicant has established, joined or taken over (but not as an apprentice); and
- no access to public funds (subject to any bi-lateral agreements); and
- study is permitted, subject to the ATAS condition in Appendix ATAS.
How Can We Help?
Our specialist team of immigration solicitors can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations on fixed fee basis in relation to your application for extension of Turkish ECAA Businessperson visa. Our fixed fee for your immigration application will cover all the work of our immigration solicitors on your immigration application until a decision is made by the Home Office UKVI on your application for extension of Turkish ECAA Businessperson visa. The casework to be carried out by our immigration solicitors in relation to your immigration application will entail the following:
- Advice on requirements: Our immigration solicitors will advise you on the relevant requirements you have to meet for your immigration application to succeed.
- Advised on documents: Our immigration lawyers will prepare and email you a comprehensive list of supporting documents to be submitted in support of your application for extension of Turkish ECAA Businessperson visa;
- Assessment of documents: Our immigration lawyers will assess your documents to make sure that all the documents you provide in support of your application are in accordance with the requirement of the immigration rules.
- Completing application form: Our immigration lawyers will complete the relevant application form for your application for extension of Turkish ECAA Businessperson visa.
- Booking an appointment with the application centre: After the online submission of your application, our immigration lawyers will book your appointment with the application centre for you to enrol your biometrics.
- Preparing a detailed cover letter: Our specialist immigration solicitors will prepare a detailed cover letter in support of your application explaining how you meet all the legal requirements for your application to be approved by the Home Office UKVI.
- Uploading documents online: Before the biometrics enrolment date, our immigration lawyers will upload online all the supporting documents to be considered in support of your application for extension of Turkish ECAA Businessperson visa.
- Follow up work: Our immigration lawyers will carry out all the follow up work until decision by the Home Office UKVI on your application for extension of Turkish ECAA Businessperson visa.
Our One-Off Services For Immigration Applications
Our immigration solicitors can also provide a wide range of one-off legal services for UK visa and immigration applications. Using our one-off services can help those who do not want to use our full service for the immigration application. You can use one of the following one-off legal services offered for UK visa and immigration applications:
Our Fixed Fees For Turkish ECAA Businessperson Extension Application
- Our immigration solicitors will charge a fixed fee ranging from £1,500 to £3,000 (no VAT) for your application for extension of Turkish ECAA Businessperson visa UK. The agreed fixed will depend on the complexity of the application and the volume of work involved in the Turkish ECAA Businessperson visa visa application.
- Our fixed fee for the application does not cover any disbursements e.g. UKVI fee for the application and the applicant has to separately pay the Home office UKVI fees for the application.
