BA2.5 Temporary class category (24/03/2014)

The temporary class category of the business immigration instructions is the Entrepreneur Work Visa Category (see BB). Persons who are granted a work visa under the Entrepreneur Work Visa Category will have the opportunity to apply for residence, including under the Entrepreneur Residence Visa Category. Such persons will need to meet the relevant residence category requirements applying at the time that their residence class visa application is made. Such residence category requirements may differ from those that applied at the time that the person's Entrepreneur Work Visa application was made or at the time of the grant of the work visa under the Entrepreneur Work Visa Category.

Note: People who were granted and still hold a visa under the former Long Term Business Visa Category can also apply for residence under the Entrepreneur Residence Visa Category. Such persons will need to meet the relevant residence category requirements applying at the time that their residence class visa application is made.

Effective 24/03/2014