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Waiting Times & Decisions
Processing times, document requests, delays and complaints. Post your timeline so others can benchmark theirs.
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Innovator Founder processing times — member-reported tracker
Real Innovator Founder endorsement, visa and ILR timelines reported by members with dates, alongside the official GOV.UK service standards. Updated monthly.
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Home Office asked for clarifications on our Innovator Founder application — bad sign?
Co-founders questioned separately about the business, compliance plans and proof of involvement after applying post-endorsement. Is a clarification request a bad sign?
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Outside UK April applicants — standard service, 33 working days and counting
Innovator Founder applied outside the UK on standard service: biometrics 28 April, service standard 15 working days, now at 33. Every escalation logged.
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Priority, applied outside UK: week 12 after a document request, still no decision
Innovator Founder entry clearance on priority service: supplementary documents supplied the same day, twelve weeks on and still under consideration.
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Waiting for an Innovator Founder decision since June 2025 — seven months, no update
Seven months with no Innovator Founder decision, a missed product launch, and a formal complaint and MP letter that produced nothing.
