Written question asked by Keith Vaz (Labour) on Monday, 11 March 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 13 March 2019. It was answered by Caroline Nokes (Conservative) on Tuesday, 19 March 2019 on behalf of the Home Office.
Visas: New Businesses
- Question
-
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Statement of 7 March 2019 on Immigration Rules, HCWS1388, what criteria his Department plans to use to determine suitability for the category of start-up visa.
- Answer
-
Endorsements for Start-up visas will be based on whether applicants’ business ideas are innovative, viable and scalable. This assessment will be carried out by approved endorsing bodies, rather than by the Home Office.
Applicants will also need to prove their English language ability, have sufficient maintenance funds for themselves and any dependants and satisfy the standard checks which apply across the immigration system.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 230620
- Session
- 2017-19
- Related items
-
Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules
Thursday, 7 March 2019
Written statements
House of Commons
- Registered interest declared
- Yes
- Subjects
- New businesses Visas
- Link
- View this Written question on www.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2019-03-19 15:31:10 +0000
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2017-19/230620
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2017-19/230620
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2017-19/230620