I am looking forward to an expert advise over the following. Currently I am based in Colombo, Sri Lanka and do running a business for last couple of years. As a Director, we decided to expand the business little further and setting up an offshore operation closer to London.
We are mainly focused in to logistics, import and export, staffing, ecommerce and leisure. UK operation would be for sales and marketing and to secure quality supplies matching the demand in Asian region.
I have gone through the visa types at UK Border Agency but failed to find a suitable option my requirement.
Initially I need to travel between Colombo and London in frequent intervals and probably obtaining visa as a business traveller would be an option for me. I do have a plan to bring my small family (wife and my kid) to Chelmsford. They would wait in UK till my Kid finishes his Higher studies there. This will help me in two fronts.
1. My wife will be there to manage the operations while I am travelling between the two cities
2. Helping my kid over the higher education
What would be the best visa category for me to accomplish this?
Keep it mind that we won't be bringing in 200,000 sterling pounds but we will be procuring goods and services worth few hundred thousands per year and generating jobs towards the British People.
Need your opinion over the visa category and the Chelmsford area in Essex over living conditions, business friendliness and friendliness with the expats.