Visas: Business
Commons · Question 21802 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 2 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Daisy Cooper
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a postgraduate student with a valid Student Visa, who has been asked to leave the UK to apply for an Innovator Founder Visa, would have their Student Visa revoked during the assessment process
Answer
Answered by Jo White, 2 Sep 2026
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...