Tier 1 Entrepreneur Settlement: Job Creation Requirement

If you currently hold leave to remain as a Tier 1 Entrepreneur, you can apply to settle in the UK until 05 April 2025. If you became a Tier 1 Entrepreneur by switching into the route from a Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur or Start-up visa (having previously held leave as a Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur migrant), you can apply to settle until 05 July 2027. In this article, we explore the Job Creation requirement for applications to settle in the UK as a Tier 1 Entrepreneur.

What is the Job Creation requirement?

You must have created the equivalent of at least 2 full time jobs for settled workers in the UK.

Each job must have lasted for at least 12 months during your most recent grant of leave, but need not exist at the date of application. The 12 months need not be a consecutive period e.g. you could rely on July 2019 to January 2020 and February 2021 to August 2021. You may only rely on jobs created in your initial period of leave if they were maintained for a