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Eligibility to apply in the UK
21.You are allowed to make an initial application in the UK (including switching from one
immigration category to another) if you are here with permission to stay as:
• a highly skilled migrant; • a Tier 1 (General) migrant;
• a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) migrant; • a Tier 1 (Investor) migrant;
• a Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) migrant; • a Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur)
migrant
• a Businessperson; • an Innovator;
• a Work Permit holder; • a Writer, Composer or Artist;
• a Self employed Lawyer; • a participant in the International
Graduates Scheme (or its predecessor, the
Science & Engineering Graduate Scheme);
• an Investor; • a participant in the Fresh Talent: Working in
Scotland Scheme;
• a Tier 2 migrant; • a Prospective Entrepreneur.
22.If you are in the UK with permission to stay as:
• a Tier 4 migrant; • a Student nurse;
• a Student; • a Student writing up a thesis;
• a Student re-sitting an examination; • a Postgraduate Doctor or Dentist;
you are allowed to make an initial application in the UK (including switching from one immigration
category to another) only if you have specific types of funding. You must have access to
£50,000 or more from:
i) one or more registered venture capital firms regulated by the Financial Services
Authority;
ii) one or more UK entrepreneurial seed funding competitions which is listed as endorsed
on the UK Trade & Investment website; or
iii) one or more UK Government Departments or Devolved Government Departments in
Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, which is made available by the Department(s) for the
specific purpose of establishing or expanding a UK business.
(This is also referred to as a section b funding in this document.) Students without this type of
funding are not permitted to switch into the Entrepreneur category in the UK
