If you are a senior employee of an overseas company and wish to establish a UK branch, where there is no active one, this route can be of assistance.

You will need to show:

• That you hold a senior role in the business and that business does not have a presence in the UK
• You have been authorised to make decisions on behalf of the company in order to establish a UK branch or subsidiary carrying out work of the same nature as the parent company
• You must be an employee of the business in a full-time capacity
• You cannot be a majority shareholder
• You must be able to maintain yourself in the UK
• You must have a sufficient level of English