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The Innovator Founder visa is for experienced businesspeople who want to set up and run an innovative business in the UK. Your business idea must be new, viable, and scalable, and must be endorsed by an approved endorsing body. The visa lasts three years and can lead to settlement.
Entrepreneurs with an innovative, viable, and scalable business idea who can secure endorsement from an approved body.
Our licensed advisors assess your eligibility, build a strategy to strengthen your application, and manage the process end to end, so you submit a complete, competitive application with confidence.
The Innovator Founder visa requires an innovative business idea, endorsement from an approved body, English language proficiency at CEFR level B2 or above, and sufficient funds to support yourself, with varying costs and processing times that can be checked on the official government website.
You may be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain after 3 years of continuous residence on the route, if you meet the settlement criteria.
Yes. You can run your own business and also take other employment, as long as the additional job is skilled to at least RQF level 3. You cannot work as a professional sportsperson or coach.
Yes. Your partner and children under 18 can apply as your dependants if they are eligible, and they get broadly the same conditions as you.
It is normally granted for 3 years, and you can extend it for a further 3 years with no limit on the number of extensions, provided you still meet the requirements.
Yes. Your business idea must be assessed and endorsed by an approved endorsing body before you can apply, and you must keep that endorsement throughout your stay.
If your endorsing body withdraws its endorsement, you must tell the Home Office and your permission to stay can be cancelled or cut short.
