The Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa

Condition
Access to at least £200,000 of disposable investment funds OR
at least £50,000 from one of the following:
One or more registered venture capital firms
One or more UK Entrepreneurial seed funding competitions
One or more UK government departments
Investment funds that are held in a regulated financial institution
Investment funds that are free to spend
Having access to the required maintenance funds
English language proficiency
You will need funds to support yourself during the stay of £3,310 for an initial visa application and, for an extension of one, you will need £945. Applicants are usually granted a stay of up to three years and four months initially, and then up to six years and four months with extensions.
Before the end of your five year stay, you can apply for permanent residence as long as you have not spent longer than 180 days a year outside the UK. This is known as ‘settled status’. If you have created ten jobs, or have a business that has had a gross income of £5 million over three years, or have taken over an existing business that has seen an increase in gross income of £5 million over three years, there is a shorter requirement in terms of days spent outside the UK.
NB If you want to invest a smaller amount like £50,000, you will need funding from a venture capital firm in the UK or to have some form of UK Government funding. If there are two of you investing £100,000. , you may come under the entrepreneurial team requirements.