employment for tier 1 application

[cappachino]

Hello all tier 1 entrepreneurs
I have a question would appreciate an answer
The two employment criteria
Can we hire someone from the European union e.g. Bulgaria or Italy
Thanks

[Dawn786]

Hello all tier 1 entrepreneurs
I have a question would appreciate an answer
The two employment criteria
Can we hire someone from the European union e.g. Bulgaria or Italy
Thanks

Yes you can hire EU workers. You can find this information on page 47 of the visa guidance,

"A27.......For the purposes of these guidance notes a ‘settled worker’ is a person who is:
• A national of the UK;
• A national of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia*, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden or Switzerland who is exercising an EC Treaty Right in the UK;
*NB – Workers from Croatia, unless exempt from worker authorisation, must have such authorisation (for instance a purple registration certificate) in order to commence work;
• British overseas territories citizens except those from Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus. Those included are Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Virgin Islands, British Indian Ocean Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands and dependencies, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, St. Helena and Dependencies and Turks and Caicos Islands;
• Commonwealth citizens who were allowed to enter or to remain in the UK on the basis that a grandparent was born here;
• Settled in the UK within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971, as amended by the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, and the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.
Note that workers requiring approval to work in the UK, such as holders of an immigration employment document under the work permit arrangements, will not count towards the award of points even if they have permission to work for your business. Any holder of a letter of permission to work under Tier 1 of the Points Based System such as under the Tier 1 (General) category will not count for the award of points.

[cappachino]

Thanks for the prompt reply
Would hiring 10 employees from European union qualify for fast track as in 3 years indefinite visa

[Dawn786]

Thanks for the prompt reply
Would hiring 10 employees from European union qualify for fast track as in 3 years indefinite visa

Any worker who satisfies the 'settled worker' criteria as per the guidance can be hired for the accelerated ILR route. So to answer your question, 'yes you can hire 10 EU workers for 3 years ILR route'

thank you

[cappachino]

Thanks for the prompt reply
Would hiring 10 employees from European union qualify for fast track as in 3 years indefinite visa

Any worker who satisfies the 'settled worker' criteria as per the guidance can be hired for the accelerated ILR route. So to answer your question, 'yes you can hire 10 EU workers for 3 years ILR route'

thank you

So for British citizen employees we need their passport copy or birth certificate do we need the same documents for European union employees

[Dawn786]

Thanks for the prompt reply
Would hiring 10 employees from European union qualify for fast track as in 3 years indefinite visa

Any worker who satisfies the 'settled worker' criteria as per the guidance can be hired for the accelerated ILR route. So to answer your question, 'yes you can hire 10 EU workers for 3 years ILR route'

thank you

So for British citizen employees we need their passport copy or birth certificate do we need the same documents for European union employees

To be on a safer side I would suggest you keep record of the copies of following documents for EU workers:
1. Passport
2. National ID card
3. NI card/letter
4. UK address proof

(National ID card can be optional)