Investor Visa:

The Investor Visa is aimed at individuals who have at least £1 million of their own money to invest in the United Kingdom and who want to make the United Kingdom their main home. Holders of this visa can ultimately obtain permanent residency status. It is relatively simple to get a visa to come to the United Kingdom as an investor if the applicant can provide sufficient evidence to prove that a large amount of money is in his or her control to invest in the United Kingdom.

This category of visa is granted initially for a period of one year. Thereafter it can be extended in the United Kingdom one month prior to the visa expiry date. After 4 years continuous stay in the United Kingdom on this visa, the applicant can make an application for a settlement visa. However, this visa has work restrictions whereby people cannot take employment beyond managing their investments.

There are some basic requirements one must satisfy to be considered for the investor visa to the United Kingdom

1. The applicant needs to invest at least £1 million in the manner provided in the immigration rules. The money must be under his control and he must intend to invest in the UK; or
2. The applicant must have at least personal assets of value exceeding of £2 million and has at least £1 million to invest in the UK which could be loan lent by a Financial institution which must be regulated by Financial Services Authority (FSA).
3. The applicant must intend to invest not less than £750,000 in the UK by in one of the following manners:
   1. Purchase of UK Govt. Bonds
   2. Share capital or loan capital in active and trading UK registered companies
4. The applicant can therefore invest in a regulated collective scheme such as a unit trust as long as £750,000 is invested in the companies that meet the requirements of the investor rules.
5. The applicant cannot invest in the UK companies that are primarily involved in property investment or in Banks or building societies or in offshore companies. However the money can be invested in wholly owned subsidiaries of the off shore companies although the investment must be made in the form of loan capital.
6. However, the applicant can keep the rest of £250,000 in the Bank once he has invested £750,000 in the ways described above.
7. Money held in joint names of the spouses can be accepted as proof of money under control if both of them apply for entry clearance or leave to remain.
8. The applicant must make the UK his main home.
9. The applicant must maintain and accommodate himself and his dependants without recourse to public funds or any employment.

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