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Innovator Founder and entrepreneurs

Starting a new business venture in the UK requires consideration of how you will obtain suitable immigration permission, establish the business and possibly how your business will employ other people from overseas.

Whether you are setting up a new UK business, relocating your business to the UK or you are planning to set up a branch or subsidiary of a parent company, we can assist with your immigration application and have the necessary experience and expertise to ensure the UK start up proceeds as smoothly as possible.

To begin with, you will be required to make an application to allow a senior employee to come to the UK to set up the new UK entity. We can provide you with expert assistance advising you on the procedure, the requirements and what it takes to make the application to the relevant overseas post. We will then make the necessary representations in support of your application to ensure you are able to begin the process of relocating your business to the UK. Once the company has established a genuine trading presence we can then assist with an application for a sponsor licence to transfer migrants from your overseas company to the UK.

If you need a visa to work in the UK, then you may also wish to consider either the Innovator Founder visa or the Global Talent Visa.

Alternative options
 

The Innovator Founder visa will allow you to apply to set up and run a business in the UK as long as you can show that this is innovative, viable and scalable. As an innovator, you will first need to be endorsed by one of the recognised business endorsing bodies, which will support your application and take responsibility for ensuring your business is progressing.

You may also wish to expand your business into the UK or apply for endorsement under the Global Talent category.

In addition to Immigration services, our private client team can provide all the tax planning for you and your business. In addition, our corporate and commercial team and employment team will be able to assist you with setting up and starting your business venture in the UK.

WHAT IS SAID ABOUT US

"Always prompt and factual" Kingsley Napley LLP provides "an excellent level of service"

Legal 500 UK

Kingsley Napley leads the immigration outfits in the UK"

Who's Who Corporate Immigration

..'The practice has gone from strength to strength.'the group is 'at the top of its game,' while clients are keen to highlight that the department is 'extremely informative and good at reporting policy changes'..." 

Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession

Interviewees agree that Kingsley Napley is home to a superb team of immigration lawyers"

Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession

Absolutely superb” 

Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession

Top of the tree, with admirable depth and breadth” 

Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession

Genuinely ground-breaking work that requires this firm’s impressive brainpower” 

Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession

Kingsley Napley LLP has ‘enormous experience and great depth of practice"
Legal 500 UK

 

For more information about our immigration services please contact Nicolas Rollason or a member of the team.

sought after for its ‘excellent expertise in immigration’

Legal 500

They give their clients realistic advice - if there is no case to go to court, they will suggest another route; if there is a case, they'll fight it very hard

Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the Legal Profession

The practice has gone from strength to strength." "the group is "at the top of its game," whilst clients are keen to highlight that the department is "extremely informative and good at reporting policy changes.

Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the Legal Profession

Interviewees agree that Kingsley Napley is home to a superb team of immigration lawyers.

Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the Legal Profession

Kingsley Napley LLP has ‘enormous experience and great depth of practice’

Legal 500 UK

Immigration advice for Entrepreneurs and UK Startups Insights

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