Hi,
Tier 1 Initial application (IT CONSULTANCY) was made on 18/08/2014 refusal received on 10/2014 with appeal rights and the judge has allowed the appeal got the visa 04/12/2015
• The application was£50k of which £27k(most of them were cash deposits, transferred by friends directly to sole trader account and some small amounts invested by me through my personal account) invested before the application £23k was available in the bank third-party funds.
Reasons for refusal were:
• HO did not accept the funds invested £27k
• Services provided by my are company below NQF level 4
• Same trading name and premises were used for phone repair shop they got the old pictures from Google
The appeal was allowed based on new pictures of premises, IT Contracts, Advertisement, Invoices and Bank statements provided with the application.
Confusion with Extension application!
• We registered LTD Company on 11/2013, however, could not open the business bank account because of multiple reasons –address, length of visa remaining. We continued to the Ltd company transaction on sole trader account on my name till we got the visa approved(12/2015)
• Most of our funds spent (£27k +£23k)through sole trader account and we opened business bank account opened in 01/2016 we invested about £15k
My solicitor suggested
• Even though initially HO has accepted 27k they might raise concern because transactions sources are not clear and it was not into business account.
• HO may not accept £23K as they were made available and spent in sole trader account
Recommended solution by solicitor: transfer £50k before making Extension application, as a director write off previous loan and new loan agreement for new £50k.
The company was in losses previous 4 years it is profitable in the current year.
Please let me know if he is right. I think to be a safe side not to write of the previous investment, HO has accepted the previous amount and bank account they may accept it this time as well.
Kind Regards

If HO has accepted the 27K as part of your initial application as invested, then you do not need to provide evidence even of that for extension. So, you can claim that without evidence.
For the remaining 23K, it depends on whether you can provide the evidence as specified in the immigration rules. If you can, then I don't see why they would not accept it.
What evidence for investment did you submit at initial application and what do you intend to submit at extension ?
Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa extension bank account issues
by fou001 » Wed Oct 03, 2018 7:22 pm
Hi,
Tier 1 Initial application (IT CONSULTANCY) was made on 18/08/2014 refusal received on 10/2014 with appeal rights and the judge has allowed the appeal got the visa 04/12/2015
• The application was£50k of which £27k(most of them were cash deposits, transferred by friends directly to sole trader account and some small amounts invested by me through my personal account) invested before the application £23k was available in the bank third-party funds.
Reasons for refusal were:
• HO did not accept the funds invested £27k
• Services provided by my are company below NQF level 4
• Same trading name and premises were used for phone repair shop they got the old pictures from Google
The appeal was allowed based on new pictures of premises, IT Contracts, Advertisement, Invoices and Bank statements provided with the application.
Confusion with Extension application!
•
We registered LTD Company on 11/2013, however, could not open the business bank account because of multiple reasons –address, length of visa remaining. We continued to the Ltd company transaction on sole trader account on my name till we got the visa approved(12/2015)
• Most of our funds spent (£27k +£23k)through sole trader account and we opened business bank account opened in 01/2016 we invested about £15k
My solicitor suggested
• Even though initially HO has accepted 27k they might raise concern because transactions sources are not clear and it was not into business account.
•
HO may not accept £23K as they were made available and spent in sole trader account
Recommended solution by solicitor: transfer £50k before making Extension application, as a director write off previous loan and new loan agreement for new £50k.
The company was in losses previous 4 years it is profitable in the current year.
Please let me know if he is right. I think to be a safe side not to write of the previous investment, HO has accepted the previous amount and bank account they may accept it this time as well.
Kind Regards
Can some suggest me will HO accept sole trader account. for those transaction which are clearly identifiable eg third party transfer and transferred from my personal account before and after 19/11/2015.
or
Is it better to reinvest the money ( Balance amount ) in the business bank account from my personal account before the application.
Urgently need your valuable suggestions.