Sole Representative

You must:

• have been employed outside the United Kingdom as a representative of a firm that has its head office and carries out most of its business outside the UK, and which has no branch, subsidiary or other representative in the UK
• be applying for entry to the UK as a senior employee with full authority to take decisions on behalf of the overseas firm so that you can represent it in the United Kingdom by setting up and operating a registered branch or wholly-owned subsidiary of that overseas firm
  
• intend to be employed full-time as a representative of that overseas firm
  
• not be a majority shareholder in that overseas firm
  
• not intend to take employment except as described in this section, and
  
• Be able to support yourself and any dependants, and live without needing help from public funds.
  

How do I come to the United Kingdom as a sole representative of an overseas firm?
Here you can get information about how you can come to the UK as a sole representative of an overseas firm without a work permit.

If you are outside the UK you will need entry clearance before entering the UK. Permission to enter the United Kingdom under the sole representative of an overseas firm scheme will usually be granted for an initial period of 2 years. You will then be able to apply for an extension of stay for up to another 3 years.

To come to the United Kingdom as a sole representative of an overseas firm without a work permit you should:

• Be coming to the UK to act as a sole representative to establish a completely owned subsidiary or register a branch in the UK for an overseas parent company. The company must have no branch, subsidiary or other representative in the UK. If the firm has a legal entity in the UK, but this does not employ staff or transact business, then you may be able to enter the UK as their sole representative; and
  
• If the prior representative leaves at an early stage before the UK Company has found premises or started to trade, it may be possible for a successor to be allowed to come to the UK as a sole representative without having to apply for a work permit.
  

These links are quietly useful for you for more information about sole representative uk visa.

1. Applying
   
2. Representatives
   
3. Extending
   
4. Settlement
   
5. Dependants
   
6. Costs
   
7. Where to send forms
   
8. Appeals
   

Visa Fee:
The latest fee of sole representative non-permit work visa is £205.