The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Amendments to regulation 2

7.—(1) Regulation 2 is amended as follows.

(2) In the definition of “approval letter from an endorsing body”, for the words from “for entry clearance” to the end substitute—

“from an individual or a business for—

(a) entry clearance to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Global Talent, Appendix Innovator, Appendix Innovator Founder or Appendix Start-up to those rules;(1); or

(b) a sponsor licence in connection with sponsoring the applicant under Appendix Scale-up to those rules;”.

(3) For the definition of “Innovator” substitute—

““Innovator Founder” has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the immigration rules;”.

(4) After the definition of “leave to remain in the United Kingdom” insert—

““legacy endorsing body” means an organisation which had previously been approved by the Home Office to endorse an individual or business in connection with an application under the Innovator or Start-up routes but which is not permitted to endorse a new individual or business under the Innovator Founder route;”.

(1)

Appendix Innovator Founder was added by the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules laid before Parliament on 9th March 2023 (HC 1160).