I'm an Aussie with no euro passport/family can I live in uk & do up houses 2 make money then apply 4 visa.?
I
would like to renovate houses in the UK after doing up a couple in
Australia. But not having any family members that are from the uk or
euro only my wife's step dad which came out in 1980 from the uk and my
wife is not adopted. And now is to old to be is 29 and to get a uk visa.
Could we get a visa to live there if we had the money to do this.
Immigration - 4 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
No
you can not do that, as it happened we have our own and so many of them
out of work, in all cases you need to get your working visa before you
inter the UK, also you need to have a very good reason when you apply
for your visa, the reason you just gave us is not good enough at all to
let you even in the UK let alone give you a permission to work, you
better of where you're mate believe me.
2 :
This site seems to cover what you are looking for:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/britishcitizenship/righttoliveinuk/commonwealthcitizens/
It might also be worth telephoning the British Embassy (in Sydney or Canberra?) to see what they say.
3 :
You
could possibly come on a Youth Mobility Scheme visa. You and your wife
would need to apply separately.
-You must be between the ages of 18 and 30. (Under 31 when you apply).
-Have £1,600 maintenance funds to bring into the UK with you, each.
-Be willing and able to work in the UK.
-Have no financial dependents.
There are restrictions on working as a self employed person while here,
mainly to do with not employing people or gaining assets to your
business as you cannot sustain it beyond the two year visa period.
This is a two year, once only, non-extendable or renewable visa. You
gain no residency rights and must leave the UK at the end of the visa.
All Tier 5 visas are temporary and therefore you cannot qualify for
settlement based on time spent on these visas.
Other than that. one of you needs to be either highly qualified and
skilled (masters degree minimum) or have an occupation that has a
shortage of skilled workers such as maths or science teacher, critical
care nurse, dentists, vets, children's social workers, etc. The other
partner could then come as a dependent.
Here are some links to the UKBA site which gives more details on your
options.
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/tier5/youthmobilityscheme/eligibility/whocanapply/
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/workingintheuk/shortageoccupationlist.pdf
4 :
The
UK now operates a points based immigration system roughly based on the
Australian model. You may have a few options under this system, but you
would need some type of visa in order to enter the UK for the purposes
of property development.
If you have access to £200,000 (money that must be under your control)
you can apply for a visa under tier 1 of the system and enter the UK as
an entrepreneur. You'd then have the right to work on a self-employed
basis to establish your business and could eventually apply for
citizenship or permanent residency.
If you're not quite so rich you can still apply to come to the UK for up
to two years to work under the youth mobility scheme in tier 5. This
allows young people to work in the UK for two years. You have to be
aged 18-30 to qualify so you'd need to act quickly. Again, you may be
able to eventually apply for citizenship or permanent residency after
two years.
Given what you've told us you're unlikely to qualify for British
citizenship immediately on the basis of your ancestry.
For more information on the PBS look at the UK Border Agency's website:
Tier 1 (entrepreneur) -
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/tier1/entrepreneur/
Tier 5 (youth mobility) -
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/tier5/youthmobilityscheme/
Calculator for working out what type of visa you'd qualify for:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/pointscalculator
Apologies on behalf of the previous poster who said you're not welcome.
They forget that Australia is crawling with young British people! Be
aware though that our property market is suffering from the economic
slowdown, so now might not be the best time to pursue that type of
career here.
