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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...