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Apply to extend your Entrepreneur visa (Tier 1), bring your family.
You can no longer apply for a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa. If you want to…
You may be able to extend your Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa. You should…
Your family members (‘dependants’) can join you if you’re in the UK on…
Guidance to apply to come to the UK as a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) or to extend your stay.
Apply for indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a business, investor or talent visa - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.
You may be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain if you have one of…
You must: have lived in the UK for long enough - this can be from 2 to 5…
You can include your partner and children on your application if they’re…
You must apply online. Once you’ve started your application, you can save…
You’ll be asked to make an appointment at a UK Visa and Citizenship…
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications in the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) category of the points-based system (PBS).
Guidance for the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund (EEF) scheme.
A report on understanding the motivations for entrepreneurship.
New UK funding for innovative mobile phone technology will help change lives in the poorest countries around the world.
Immigration staff guidance on how English language requirements are assessed for Tier 1 (Entrepreneur).
Uses Global Entrepreneurship Monitor UK data to explore the media portrayal of entrepreneurs. Considers the effect that the media has on entrepreneurial…
MAC report on its analysis of the Tier 1 Entrepreneur and Graduate Entrepreneur routes.
Entrepreneurship training programmes have a positive impact on entrepreneurs, especially promoting better business practices
This measure allows individuals whose shareholding is ‘diluted’ below the 5% threshold as a result of a new share issue to obtain relief for gains up to that time.
The Energy Entrepreneurs Fund (EEF) is a competitive funding scheme to support the development of technologies, products and processes in energy efficiency, power generation and storage.
Report examining entrepreneurship skills and the policy options for promoting their development among small businesses.
The Alison Rose Review of Female Entrepreneurship has concluded, and the government has responded to the to the review’s findings.
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