What is UK Partner Visa and Sole Representative Visa?

Posted by loreen on March 16th, 2018

The unmarried UK Partner Visa allow partner to remain in or enter UK on basis that one is in relationship with someone settled in and present in the country. Those settled there are ordinary residents without any immigration restriction related to the stay durations. This visa is for both same sex and heterosexual relationships but you have to prove that this relationship subsists and exists for two years or more. With the UK Partner Visa success, you would be able to start work immediately.

Eligibility criteria

• Both you and the sponsoring partner should be of 18 years age or more

• Both of you must have the intent to live together on permanent basis

• Show the end of previous relationship (as unmarried or married couple)

• Show with documents that you and your partner have minimum 2 years of relationship and live together

• Both of you have the sufficient funds for supporting each other along with the dependants and need not claim public funds

• Settled partner or unmarried GBR should have the minimum earning criterion per annum or the savings needed to sponsor, when sponsoring dependent children, financial requirements increase

• Availability of suitable accommodation for both of you and the dependants as well

• Satisfy the requirements of English language

Sole Representative Visa Uk facilitates individual entry in UK for overseas company not present in UK. The visit purpose is to establish company in the country and build a reputation here. This might also be for registration of branch in UK. They cannot enter for any personal gain. Business should exist genuinely with active trading for more than one year. Those looking to benefit from the category should understand that the purpose is business expansion and any company looking to move overseas operations here would get the refusal.

This visa assists the overseas companies to expand/establish UK business but most of the trading should continue at the established country of the company.  Overseas companies cannot send multiple people as sole representatives and the additional staffs have to apply under relevant tier to get the work visa. In case of successful application one gets 2-year leave period in most cases. A 3-year extension is available. After successive 5 years of UK stay, individual may make an application for an indefinite leave for remaining here.

Sole Representative Visa UK also allows the dependants to enter under this. Once the individual is in the country for 2 years minimum they can continue to do so even when the company has some new superior.