Tier 1 Investor Visa
The following information is given in order to provide you with a generalised overview of the criteria required under the Tier 1 Investor category. However if you wish for us to assess whether you qualify under this category, or you wish to engage our services and/or require further information regarding this particular application, please complete the 'Contact Box' on this page to enable a member of our team to contact you and advise you further.
The Tier 1 Investor category is for high net worth individuals making a substantial financial investment in the United Kingdom.
The visa will initially be granted for three years and four months.
In order to obtain entry clearance within Tier 1 Investor visa the individual must score 75 points. To obtain the 75 points, the individual:
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Must show money of his/her own, under his/her control, held in a regulated financial institution and disposable in the United Kingdom amounting to no less than £1 million; or
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Must own personal assets which, taking into account any liabilities to which they are subject, have a value exceeding £2 million; and the individual has money under his/her control held in a regulated financial institution and disposable in the United Kingdom amounting to no less than £1million, which has been loaned to him/her by a UK regulated financial institution. [It should be noted the individual may rely on money that they own jointly with their husband, or wife. They may also rely on money that is owned solely by their husband or wife].
Tier 1 (Investor) Extension
An extension under the Tier 1 (Investor) category will be granted if the individual can show that they have £1 million or more in the United Kingdom. This should consist of money invested in the UK and any further money necessary to bring the total funds to at least £1 million.
There are restrictions on the type of investment the UK Border Agency will consider as part of the qualifying sum of £1 million. This is so that money is invested in ways that helps to stimulate growth in the United Kingdom as directly as possible.
The individual must have invested not less than £750,000 of his/her capital in the United Kingdom by way of United Kingdom Government bonds, share capital or loan capital in active and trading companies that are registered in the United Kingdom. Investment in share or loan capital in active and trading companies that are registered in the United Kingdom can include investment held in foreign currencies.
