United Kingdom Sole Proprietor Visa Agency in UAE

What is United Kingdom Sole Proprietor Visa

Overseas company intending to establish a commercial presence for the company in the UK can send a senior employee of their company as a Sole Representative under the sole representative Visa UK category. This commercial presence may be a registered branch or a wholly owned subsidiary concerned with the same type of business activity as the parent company. The parent company must have no branch, subsidiary or other representative in the UK.

Who is eligible for United Kingdom Sole Proprietor Visa

• A genuine Representative of an Overseas Business
• An existing senior employee of the overseas business.
• Who is recruited and taken on as an employee of the overseas business outside of the UK.
• Who has the skills, experience and knowledge of the business necessary to undertake the role of sole representative of the overseas business in the UK.
• Who has full authority to negotiate and take operational decisions on behalf of the overseas business.
• Who intend to work full-time as a representative of the overseas busines.

Converting to Permanent Residenship

After a period of five years in UK as a Sole Representative of an Overseas Business, one can apply for permanent residentship. While fulling all the requirements for the extension of stay, one also needs to show that they have spent a period of five years in UK, and not left the country for more than 180 days in the said duration of five years. One has to show that they have remained the Representative of an Overseas Business for the said five years.