Post-Endorsement
12/24/36-month checkpoints, monthly trading reports, settlement.
- POST-ENDORSEMENT
Why Innovator Founder ILR applications get refused
A diagnostic checklist of the real reasons Innovator Founder ILR applications fail — stale endorsement, dormant business, absences — and how to prevent each.
TorlyAI Editorial · 11 AUG 2026 · 6 MIN READ - POST-ENDORSEMENT
What ILR really costs in 2026
From 8 April 2026 the ILR fee is £3,226 per person — with no family rate. A full cost breakdown for single applicants and families on the Innovator route.
TorlyAI Editorial · 10 AUG 2026 · 6 MIN READ - POST-ENDORSEMENT
The 180-day rule: how ILR absences are really counted
The 180-day absence limit for ILR is a rolling 12-month window, not a calendar-year check. Here's how it really works, with a worked example.
TorlyAI Editorial · 07 AUG 2026 · 6 MIN READ - POST-ENDORSEMENT
The two-of-seven rule: picking your ILR growth criteria
To settle on the Innovator Founder route your business must meet at least two distinct growth criteria. Here's how to pick the two you can actually hit.
TorlyAI Editorial · 06 AUG 2026 · 7 MIN READ - POST-ENDORSEMENT
Will settlement take 10 years? What earned settlement means for founders
A 2026 white paper proposes extending UK settlement to 10 years. Innovator Founders may be spared under an "earned settlement" carve-out — here's what is confirmed and what is only proposed.
Duke Harewood · 31 JUL 2026 · 6 MIN READ - POST-ENDORSEMENT
Preparing for the endorsement interview with an AI coach
How to prepare for the Innovator Founder Visa endorsement interview — the questions, the failure modes, and how an AI coach rehearses you against them.
Duke Harewood · 18 JUN 2026 · 7 MIN READ - POST-ENDORSEMENT
12/24/36-month contact point meetings: what really gets checked
Envestors and Innovator International run formal checkpoints against your original plan. What assessors look for — and when endorsement gets withdrawn.
TorlyAI Editorial · 22 APR 2026 · 9 MIN READ - POST-ENDORSEMENT
Monthly trading reports: the discipline that keeps endorsements alive
Envestors requires a 2-page monthly trading report on its portal. Here's how to write one that keeps your account manager on side and your endorsement secure.
Duke Harewood · 22 APR 2026 · 7 MIN READ