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Yes. Neither country requires a company owner to be resident or physically present, and both routinely register companies with wholly foreign ownership. You can hold 100% of the shares or membership interest and appoint yourself as director or managing member.

No. This is the most important sentence on the site. Company ownership confers no immigration status of any kind in either country. It does not entitle you to a visa, to residence, or to perform work inside the country. If your objective is relocation rather than investment, this is the wrong product and we will tell you so.

No, and we would not arrange one. Both countries permit full foreign ownership. What you may need — particularly in the UK — is a resident person to hold an operator licence, but that is a licensing requirement, not an ownership one, and it must be a genuine appointment rather than a paper arrangement.

In the UK, yes. Beneficial ownership appears on the public register. In the US the position varies by state, and federal beneficial ownership reporting applies. Assume you will be identifiable and plan accordingly.

In most US cities, no. Renting vehicles to drivers who hold their own rideshare approval is a vehicle rental business rather than a for-hire transport service. The UK position is stricter: the vehicles themselves generally require council licensing even though you are not the operator.

Private hire operator licences in England and Wales are granted by the local council to a person or company judged fit and proper, and the operating base generally has to be within the licensing district. An overseas owner with no UK presence cannot realistically satisfy that. The licence has to sit with a suitable UK-based holder.

No, and nobody honestly can. Authorities exercise discretion, some cities cap permits, and some are effectively closed to new entrants. We research the position before you spend money, prepare the application properly, and tell you what the realistic odds look like.

A foreign-owned single-member US LLC has an annual federal information filing obligation together with a pro-forma corporate return, and it applies even where no tax is payable and the company did not trade. The penalty for missing it is substantial and applies per year. It is on the compliance calendar we hand you.

Three components: a setup fee calculated as a percentage of establishment cost with a stated minimum, a flat monthly management fee for running the business after launch, and a share of net operating profit above an agreed threshold. Asset purchases are excluded from the setup fee base.

No. The profit share is a contractual right under a management agreement. We do not appear on your ownership register, we do not dilute you, and we have no claim on a sale of the business.

You keep the company, the licences, the vehicles, the technology accounts, every document and the operating manual. A transition plan is part of the agreement from the start. There is no lock-in mechanism and no clause that makes leaving expensive.

No. Third-party costs are paid at cost against invoices. If a provider offers a referral fee we tell you and credit it against your fee. That is written into the agreement.

Coordination, documentation, applications and the ongoing operations desk are handled by Akontec's team in India. Regulated work — legal, tax, insurance placement, inspections — is performed by licensed professionals in the relevant jurisdiction, engaged directly by you.

Forty-five minutes covering your capital range, your objective, the market and model we would recommend, and the licensing position for that choice. No slide deck and no pressure. If we think it will not work for you, we say so on that call.