🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Startup Visa
Entrepreneur and startup visa programs, investment thresholds, and application criteria.
The UK's route for founders is the Innovator Founder visa, for people setting up an innovative, viable and scalable business that is endorsed by an approved endorsing body. It replaced the earlier Start-up and Innovator visas. The visa allows you to run your business, can be extended, and can lead to settlement after three years.
- The Innovator Founder visa is for an innovative, viable and scalable new business.
- Your business or idea must be endorsed by an approved endorsing body.
- It replaced the earlier Start-up and Innovator visas; it allows you to run your business and can be extended.
- You may apply for settlement after three years.
Official authorities
- Innovator Founder visa (GOV.UK)
Official founder-visa guide and application.
Official-information aggregation, not legal advice. Always verify on the authority's own site.
Government portals
- UK Government (GOV.UK) — UK's unified government services portal — visas, taxes, driving licences, benefits and more
- UK Visas and Immigration — UK visa applications, Biometric Residence Permits (BRP), and work authorization
- HM Revenue & Customs — Self Assessment tax returns, National Insurance, VAT registration and payment