Quote Originally Posted by darren-b View Post


If you can genuinely get a company up and running that can have enough turnover in the first month or so to pay yourself a salary, then that sounds a good plan.

If though you are planning to start a company just to move your own money in and out of to pretend you have a income then I would think very carefully before going down that path. In my mind that is trying to obtain a visa through deception, which if caught could result in a long ban for your wife.

If some of the money that goes through the business is from a directors loan, then I don't see how it's deceptive. I see it as investing money into the business that is later paid as salary. It's really not like recycling money. Although, I do have a few people interested in a business I have been thinking of setting up. Only a few people though.

Maybe I should start my company with a directors' loan, and then, when the company's funds are low, I can loan to the company again, until it gets on its feet.

Meanwhile, I shall still be able to draw a salary and add to my savings.

Does that sound sensible?