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Start-up: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on how decisions are made about applications for new entrepreneurs seeking to establish a business in the UK for the first time.

Updates to this page

From:
UK Visas and Immigration
Published:
29 March 2019
Last updated:
11 November 2025
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  1. Updated to reflect the Part Suitability transition.

  2. This guidance has been updated to reflect the change in platform from Horizon to the Migration and Borders Guidance platform in relation to incorporated links.

  3. This guidance has been updated to reflect additions to the validation actions to take when an endorsing body is no longer active or no longer supporting a migrant at the time of consideration and additions to the cancellation actions to take when an endorsing body is no longer active or supporting a migrant that already has permission to stay in the UK.

  4. Updated guidance.

  5. Updated guidance to reflect the changes being made to the Immigration Rules.

  6. Updated start-up guidance.

  7. First published.

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Start-up caseworker guidance

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UK Visas and Immigration guidance for staff based on the Immigration Rules for new entrepreneurs seeking to establish a business in the UK for the first time.

Applicants must have an innovative, viable and scalable business idea which has been assessed and supported by an approved endorsing body.

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