T1E续签刚面谈完，给大家个福利，问题基本都包括在以下，只要认真准备，不会有什么问题。面谈大概50个问题，持续时间2-3小时。你谈的简单就时间短，你自己谈的多就时间长。home offcie的雇员没有一点为难你或者故意跟你过不去的意思，只是问问题，她/他记录你的回答。9月份开始，面试不再是去面试中心，而是到你的办公地点来跟你面对面面谈。
- Date of arrival in UK
- Type of initial entry visa
- University/college attended (try and have the certificate/transcriptions read)
- If applied for PSW than what work you did during PSW
- Why did you start the business?
- What previous experience do you have in the business you started?
- Did you conduct any due diligence?
- Why did you start a limited company (if company)
- Why is your home office your business address (if you work from home)
- If you have an office than the office must be able to accommodate the number of employees you have.
- You must abide by health and safety by laws.
- If your employees work from home/clients premises than how do you keep an eye on their work or communicate with them?
- How many clients do you have?
- Contracts with the clients
- Invoices that were issued to the clients and possibly the proof of payment via business bank statement
- More information about clients i.e. where is their business based, how do you contact them, if you have ever been to their office/premises, how does it look like etc.
- How do you advertise your business with proof?
- How do you advertise for recruitment with proof?
- Did you know the employees who work for you before they started the employment for your company?
- Employee documentation including p45’s, passports, proof of addresses, contract of employment, payslips, RTI submissions etc.
- What was your last 3 years turnover with proof
- What was your last 3 years profits with proof
- How much tax did you pay in the last 3 years with proof
- Accountants detail
- How did you gather the investment that you used to apply for the visa?
- Proof that you invested the funds and either used them for business purposes or still possess them in the business bank account
- If the investment has already been used than what has this been invested in?
- Insurance documents
- Proof of salary paid
Document checklist
- Client contracts
- advertisement material
- Business and personal bank statements (at least 3 months)
- Employment documents
- Last 3 years accounts or since you started trading
- Corporation Tax return and payment confirmation to HMRC
- FPS documents
- Insurance documents
- Health and safety certificate
- Business premises tenancy agreement
- Invoices issued to clients (at least in the last 3 months)
- Director Loan agreement
- Copy of application form submitted
Trick Questions
- How do you keep track of employees when they work from home?
- How do you contact employees when they are away from the office?
- How do you travel from your office to the clients premises?
- If you work from home, how does your clients meet you?
- If you work from home, does your landlord know that you conduct business from home?
- If you work from home, have you informed council as you may have to pay business rates?
- Your employee appears to live quite far from your office - why did they choose to travel so far?
- Why don’t you have a landline?
