21. UK Startup Visa and UK Innovator Visa: Family Members of Applicants?
Your family members can apply at the same time as you apply and you can come with your spouse and under 18 YO children at the same time to UK.
Your family members can apply at the same time as you apply and you can come with your spouse and under 18 YO children at the same time to UK.
The process of polishing and preparing your business plan takes up to three weeks and the process of getting endorsed by the endorsing body will take around one month. so the process will be approximately 2 months.
After that, you sign a contract with the incubator and pass some initial qualifying courses. then the endorsing body issues the Letter of Endorsement to you.
You should show at least 20 hours of involvement in each week of your activity.
Yes, you have the permit to work on any other businesses that you like at the same time that you work on your startup visa.
Separate current UKVI application fees, endorsement fees, healthcare surcharge and optional business preparation costs.
Build transparent, evidence-based forecasts for an Innovator Founder business plan without assuming a fixed five-year format.
A founder-led plan should explain innovation, viability and scalability with evidence, rather than follow a universal template.
Through years of our activities with the UK Startup Visa Endorsing Bodies, we can guarantee the acceptance of the businesses that pass our selection, modification, or preparation process.
The Start-up visa does not directly lead to ILR. However, time spent in this category does count towards the 5-year Long Residence route. Furthermore, if an applicant successfully switched from Start-up to Innovator, they could be eligible to apply for Settlement after 3 years on the Innovator visa.
Every 6 months, Home Office checks your progress with Endorsing Body