United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 21801
Visas: Business
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28 August 2026
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2 September 2026 · Answer
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2 September 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether postgraduate students already in the UK on a Student Visa can be exempted for the requirement to apply for an Innovator Founder Visa from outside the country.
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28 August 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether postgraduate students already in the UK on a Student Visa can be exempted for the requirement to apply for an Innovator Founder Visa from outside the country.
Source: Commons
2 September 2026
Answer
Student visa holders do not need to leave the UK to apply for an Innovator Founder visa, provided they have completed the course they were sponsored to study or, if they are studying for a PhD full-time, they must have been studying for at least 24 months...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-08-28/21801
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1932385
- uk · wq-1932385 · source updated 2 September 2026