Visas: Innovation

(asked on 8th April 2019) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the names of endorsing bodies for applications to the Innovator Visa programme.


Answered by
Caroline Nokes Portrait
Caroline Nokes
This question was answered on 11th April 2019

The Tier 1 Innovator visa was launched on 29th March 2019. It has not yet been in operation for a long enough time period for any meaningful data to be collected.

A full list of authorised endorsing bodies is published on gov.uk at the following location:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/endorsing-bodies-innovator

It is a matter for endorsing bodies to decide if they will only endorse applicants to their own programmes and how to publicise their processes for obtaining Innovator visa endorsement. The Home Office has published guidance for endorsing bodies on how to assess applications at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/start-up-and-innovator-endorsing-bodies-guidance

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