What Visa do I need?

[seimen]

Dear Forum

I can't figure out which Visa I need. My family (2 Adults, 2 Kids (4 and 6 y/o) would like to move to the UK and live there for two years. Our Kids would go to School there and my Wife studies in an distant University. I will keep my work based in Switzerland and will work remotely. We would like to live in Mainland England.

Do I need a Work Visa or is it enough to have a extended Tourist Visa.

Thanks for your help!

[CR001]

What visa is your wife and children coming to the UK on?

You cannot work, in any capacity, while in the UK on a tourist visa.

[JB007]

I can't figure out which Visa I need.

That's because there isn't a visa for what you want to do.

This will show you the visas for working in the UK.
https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa

[secret.simon]

Our Kids would go to School there

Where would your children go to school?

If they have an unconditional offer for an indepedent (i.e. fee-paying, non-state) school, the children could apply for a Child Student visa.

If the children are granted a Child Student visa, one parent can accompany the children to the UK on a parent of a child student visa. But that seems to be only a more long-term visit visa, as the parent in the UK is not allowed to work or study.

There is, to the best of my knowledge, no visa that allows you to move to the UK on a remote working (digital nomad) basis. A work visa requires you to be sponsored by a UK company licensed by the government to sponsor foreign workers. You may want to look into whether your present employer is so licensed in the UK.

You have also not mentioned your own citizenship and that of your wife and your ages. You could look at the Youth Mobility visa if either of you are under 30 and a citizen of specific countries.

[JB007]

You have also not mentioned your own citizenship and that of your wife and your ages. You could look at the Youth Mobility visa if either of you are under 30 and a citizen of specific countries.

@secret.simon They cant, they have children.

You cannot apply if you have:
children under the age of 18 who live with you
children you’re financially responsible for
already been in the UK under the scheme

https://www.gov.uk/youth-mobility/eligibility