What Are The Requirements For A Start-Up Visa?

For a person to be entitled to a Start-up visa they will need to satisfy the following requirements:

• You have to be at least 18 years of age.
• You will need to show that your letter of endorsement was not issued more than 3 months before the date of your Start-up visa application
• You will need to prove that you have not previously established a business in the UK (an exception applies if you have leave under a Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur category)
• You have been endorsed by an approved endorsing body in the UK which has looked at your business concept for innovation, viability and scalability and is also assured that you will spend the majority of your time in working to develop your business venture in the UK.
• You show a genuine intention to undertake, and are able of undertaking, any business activity in the UK
• You show competence in the English language at the minimum of CEFR Level B2 (this is equivalent to the IELTS 5.5 in writing, reading, listening, and speaking)
• You can financially support yourself. This means that you have at the minimum £1270 if you are outside of the UK or have been in the UK for less than 12 months, plus £285 for a dependent partner, for having one child you will have £315 and £200 for each additional child you may have.

We recommend speaking to an Immigration lawyer for expert advice in regard to the requirements that you will need to satisfy. This is because, the requirements are not the same for every person but would depend on the conditions of your individual case.

You can discuss your UK Start-up visa application with one of our expert Immigration Solicitors on 0207 100 2525