Immigration Rules Appendix Start-up
The Start-up route closed on 13 July 2023.
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Entry requirements for the Start-up route
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Validity requirements for a dependent partner or dependent child on the Start-up route
SU 13.1. An application as a partner or child on the Start-up route must be made online on the gov.uk website on the specified form as follows:
| Applicant | Specified form |
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| EEA national with a chipped passport | Either (as applicable): • Dependant partner or dependant child using the UK Immigration: ID Check app; or • the forms listed below for dependant applicants outside or inside the UK as relevant. |
| Applicants outside the UK | Dependant partner visa Dependant child visa |
| Applicants inside the UK | If the dependant is applying at the same time as the Start-Up route applicant, they can be included in the form “Start-Up or Innovator permission to stay” where the form allows dependants to be added. Otherwise: - Dependant partner - Dependant child |
- SU 13.2. An application for entry clearance or permission to stay as a partner or child of a person on the Start-up route must meet all the following requirements:
- (a) any fee and Immigration Health Charge must have been paid; and
- (b) the applicant must have provided any required biometrics; and
- (c) the applicant must have provided a passport or other travel document which satisfactorily establishes their identity and nationality; and
- (d) the applicant must be applying as partner or child of a person (P) who:
- (i) has made a valid application for entry clearance or permission to stay on the Start-up not been decided; or
- (ii) has entry clearance or permission to stay on the Start-up route.
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SU 13.3. A person applying as a dependent partner must be aged 18 or over on the date of application.
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- SU 13.5. A person applying for permission to stay must be in the UK and must not have, or have last been granted, permission:
- (a) as a Visitor; or
- (b) as a Short-term Student; or
- (c) as a Parent of a Child Student; or
- (d) as a Seasonal Worker; or
- (e) as a domestic worker in a private household; or
- (f)outside the Immigration Rules.
SU 13.6. An application which does not meet all the validity requirements as a partner or child on the Start-up route may be rejected as invalid and not considered.
Suitability requirements for a dependent partner or dependent child on the Start-up route
SU 14.1. The suitability requirements for a partner or child on the Start-up route are that they must not fall for refusal under Part Suitability.
- SU 14.2. If applying for permission to stay the applicant must not be:
- (a) in breach of immigration laws, except that where the Exceptions for overstayers section of Part Suitability applies, that period of overstaying will be disregarded; or
- (b) on immigration bail, except where the Exceptions for overstayers section of Part Suitability applies.
Entry requirement for a dependent partner and dependent child on the Start-up route
SU 15.1. A person seeking to come to the UK as a partner or child must apply for and obtain entry clearance as a partner or child before they arrive in the UK.
SU 15.2. A person applying for entry clearance as a partner or child on the Start-up route must, if Appendix Tuberculosis applies, provide a valid medical certificate confirming that they have undergone screening for active pulmonary tuberculosis and that this tuberculosis is not present in them.
Relationship requirements for a dependent partner on the Start-up route
- SU 16.1. The applicant must be the partner of a person (P) and one of the following must apply:
- (a) P has permission on the Start-up route; or
- (b) P is, at the same time, applying for (and is granted) permission on the Start-up route.
- SU 16.2. The applicant must show that the relationship meets the relationship requirements as specified in Appendix Relationship with Partner.
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Care requirement for a dependent child on the Start-up route
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Age requirement for a dependent child on the Start-up route
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Requirements for a dependent child on the Start-up route
- SU 19A.1. The applicant must meet the following requirements for a dependent child in Appendix Children:
- (a) relationship requirement: entry clearance and permission to stay; and
- (b) care requirement; and
- (c) age and independent life requirement.
Financial requirement for a dependent partner or dependent child on the Start-up route
SU 20.1. If the applicant is applying for permission to stay and has been living in the UK with permission for 12 months or longer on the date of application, they will meet the financial requirement and do not need to show funds.
- SU 20.2. If the applicant is applying for entry clearance, or has been in the UK for less than 12 months on the date of application, funds of at least the amount required in SU 20.2A must be held collectively by one or more of the following:
- (a) the applicant; and
- (b) the person on the Start-up route (P); and
- (c) if the applicant is applying as a dependent child, their parent who is lawfully present in the UK or being granted entry clearance, or permission to stay, at the same time.
- SU 20.2A. The funds required are:
- (a) £285 for a dependent partner in the UK, or applying for entry clearance; and
- (b) £315 for the first dependent child in the UK, or applying for entry clearance; and
- (c) £200 for any other dependent child in the UK, or applying for entry clearance.
SU 20.3. The funds must be in addition to any funds required by the Start-up applicant to meet the financial requirement and for any dependants in the UK or applying at the same time.
SU 20.4. The required level of funds must have been held for a 28-day period and as set out in Appendix Finance.
Decision on application for a dependent partner and dependent child on the Start-up route
SU 21.1. If the decision maker is satisfied that all the suitability and eligibility requirements are met for a dependent partner or dependent child on the Start-up route the application will be granted, otherwise the application will be refused.
SU 21.2. If the application is refused the person can apply for an Administrative Review under Appendix AR: Administrative Review.
Period and conditions of grant for a dependent partner and dependent child on the Start-up route
SU 22.1. A partner will be granted permission which ends on the same date as their partner’s permission on the Start-up route
SU 22.2. A child will be granted permission which ends on the same date as whichever of their parents’ permission ends first.
- SU 22.3. The grant will be subject to all the following conditions:
*(a) no access to public funds; and
- (b) work (including self-employment and voluntary work) permitted; except for employment as a professional sportsperson, including as a sports coach; and
- (c) study is permitted, subject to the ATAS condition in Appendix ATAS.
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