Free Webinar — Three Innovator Routes: UK, Isle of Man, France | VisaTier

Free live webinar · Wed 9 Sep · 12:00 London

Three Innovator routes. One evening. Your door to the UK — or the EU.

Three routes, one evening: who qualifies, what it really costs — and which door fits you.

🇬🇧British passport for the whole family in 5 years

Settled in just 3 — the fastest founder route left.

🇮🇲The same British passport — through a quieter door

One government endorser · 0% capital gains tax.

🇫🇷Living in the EU six months from now

An MVP-stage idea is enough · no investment minimum.

Save my seat — free Takes 90 seconds · your route map included. Can't attend live? Register anyway — recording for 48 hours.

10+ years in founder visas· 500+ business visas approved· 1,240+ families· ★ 5.0

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01 · The window

Every founder route eventually closes. This one is still open.

2015 Tier 1 General CLOSED

2019 Tier 1 Entrepreneur (£200K) CLOSED

2019 Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur CLOSED

2022 Tier 1 Investor (£2M) CLOSED

2022 Sole Representative CLOSED

2023 Start-up visa CLOSED

2025 Skilled Worker — settlement pushed toward 10 years (proposed)

TODAY Innovator Founder STILL OPEN

Still open

Innovator Founder — ILR in just 3 years

No fixed investment minimum Whole family included Citizenship track from year 5

Six founder routes have closed in ten years. UK immigration rules are rewritten every April — no one can promise the 3-year track survives the next statement. Founders who file now lock in today's rules.

02 · The three routes

One passport goal. Three doors.

Each route reads “innovation” differently, prices entry differently — and fits a different founder. On the webinar we walk all three, side by side.

🇬🇧 Fastest to ILR

UK Innovator Founder

ILR in 3 years, citizenship at 5 No fixed investment minimum “Innovative” = new to the market Endorsement by private bodies + Home Office Family included, spouse works

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Isle of Man Innovator

Same British passport path — 3 yrs ILR, 5 yrs citizenship One endorsing body — the government's own agency A genuine original idea is enough, no tech required £50,000 evidenced No NHS surcharge · full right of appeal 0% CGT, no IHT, income tax capped

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France Projet Innovant

The softer bar into the EU Accelerator-assessed, MVP-stage friendly No minimum investment (~€24K living funds) Residence in ~5–6 months Up to 4-year permit, citizenship track from year 5 No language test to enter · spouse works, kids study

↔ swipe · 3 routes

	🇬🇧 UK	🇮🇲 Isle of Man	🇫🇷 France
“Innovative” means	New to the market	Genuine original idea	MVP-stage project
Investment	No fixed minimum	£50,000 evidenced	None (~€24K living funds)
Endorser	Private bodies	Government agency	French accelerator
Time to residence	3–5 months	~2–3 months	~5–6 months to EU residence
Settlement	ILR in 3 yrs	ILR in 3 yrs	PR/citizenship track yr 5
Passport	British at yr 5	British at yr 5	EU (French) at yr 5
Health surcharge	Payable	None	Free public healthcare

One honest line before you pick a door: all three routes run on the founder's own capital. There is no investor, no grant and no loan behind any of them — and VisaTier does not finance ideas. What we engineer is the idea and the case around the money you bring.

Strong founder, strong idea → UK. Real business, no tech angle → Isle of Man. Idea still early → France. On the webinar we show the full decision matrix — and your quiz score maps you to a door before the event.

Save my seat — see all three routes

03 · Is this you?

This route is not for everyone

Three founders walk into this webinar. Which one is you?

The established owner

You've run a real business for 5+ years — trade, manufacturing, services. No pitch decks, no “startup”.

Your experience is the asset. On the webinar: how founders like you package it into a qualifying venture — Isle of Man reads “a genuine original idea” far more generously than you'd expect.

→ Likely doors: 🇮🇲 Isle of Man · 🇬🇧 UK

The senior executive

15 years inside banking, logistics, medicine or IT — and an idea you never had time to build.

Corporate depth plus a venture concept is a founder profile endorsers rate highly — if you bring your own capital and will genuinely run the business yourself. A job title alone doesn't clear the bar.

→ Likely doors: 🇬🇧 UK · 🇮🇲 Isle of Man

The early founder

An MVP, a side project, capital under £50K — and everyone says “come back later”.

France was designed for your stage: accelerator-assessed, no minimum investment, EU residence in ~6 months.

→ Likely door: 🇫🇷 France

Have an idea? We pressure-test it against all three bars. No idea yet? That's a service, not a dead end — our team maps your experience to a qualifying venture concept; you stay the founder, the business stays yours. One thing we never do is fund it: the capital is always the founder's own. On 9 September we show how ideas are engineered onto real founder profiles.

A good fit if you…

✓have built or run a business for 3+ years

✓bring senior expertise plus a venture idea

✓have ~£50K+ available to fund a plan

✓are ready to genuinely run the business in the UK

✓speak English at B2 or above

Not a fit if you're…

✕looking for a “paper visa”

✕without capital and without an idea

✕after employment, not entrepreneurship

✕thinking “someday, maybe”

If the left column sounds like you — the webinar will be worth your hour. Idea still early or capital below £50K? Come anyway: the France route was built for exactly that stage.

04 · What you'll learn

75 minutes. Three routes. The whole map.

Why 90% of refusals aren't about paperwork

The three real reasons endorsing bodies say no.

What “innovative” actually means in each country

UK: new to the market · IoM: a genuine original idea · France: MVP-stage friendly.

How much money you really need

No £200K myth; what “credible funding” looks like in each jurisdiction.

The UK 36-month map

Checkpoints at months 12 and 24, and how founders quietly lose the visa.

Which door fits which founder

The decision matrix: profile × capital × idea strength → route.

Your personal readiness score

The same Founder × Idea matrix our assessors use, scored for all three routes at once.

Live Q&A

Qualified registrants get priority questions.

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05 · The running order

75 minutes, minute by minute

12:00 Why 90% of refusals aren't about paperwork

12:15 Three doors side by side — on real founder cases, with numbers

12:35 What “innovative” means in each country + how much money you really need

12:50 LIVE: we score real attendee profiles on the Founder × Idea matrix

13:05 Priority Q&A for qualified registrants

Live attendees only: the Three Doors Decision Matrix (PDF) — sent during the broadcast, not after. The recording stays up for 48 hours; the matrix doesn't.

Your host

Muzaffar Saydiganiev — Co-founder & Principal Advisor, VisaTier

·Walked the route himself: Tier 1 Entrepreneur → ILR → UK settled

·Managed a £2B portfolio at world-leading banks

·15+ years in HNW and business immigration

·4,000+ founder questions answered live over 10 years of webinars and consultations

·41 programmes across 19 jurisdictions

“I navigated every visa, border and banking system myself — and built VisaTier so you don't have to guess.”

Bring him your case on the 12th — Save my seat →

An honest warning: the visa is the entrance, not the finish.

Your case is re-checked at months 12 and 24 — including a possible site visit. We work with founders who will genuinely build for three years. If you want a paper visa, this webinar isn't for you.

06 · Save your seat

Save your seat — and get your personal route map

Four quick questions — so the webinar speaks to your case, not the average one. Every profile gets a door: UK, Isle of Man or France.

Myth vs reality

Myth: a strong idea is enough.

Reality: every route runs on the founder's own capital — realistically £50K+ for the UK and Isle of Man, ~€24K living funds for France. The old £200K rule is gone, but nobody funds your idea — not a government, and not VisaTier. What can be engineered is the idea and the case around the money you already have.

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Your answers only shape your route map — nobody is turned away. No guaranteed outcomes.

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Case in point

A SaaS founder from Tashkent came to us with an MVP and £60K. Endorsed in six weeks. Family in London by September. On the webinar we break down exactly what his application got right — and the two mistakes that nearly sank it.

Details anonymised · Full breakdown — live on 9 September.

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