Tier 1 Investor visa is UK immigration category for non-EEA nationals, it is designed for high-net-worth individuals who are able to invest £2,000,000 in the UK.
If applicant does not already hold a Tier 1 Investor visa granted before 6 November 2014, then they will need to have access to £2m and be willing to invest their funds into share capital or loan capital in active trading UK companies.
For the purposes of meeting this requirement, a “UK regulated bank” is defined as a UK based FCA regulated financial institution.
Applicant must provide a letter, issued by an authorised official of a UK regulated bank, on their official letter-headed paper which confirms that applicant have opened an account with that bank for the purposes of investing not less than £2m in the UK and the bank has carried all required due diligence and Know Your Customer (KYC) checks.
Initially applicant will be granted visa for 3 years and 4 months (or 3 years if processed in the UK). A subsequent extension can be applied for, providing all criteria are met.
Applicant must enter UK within 30 days after their entry clearance was granted, and all adults were registered with the with Overseas Visitors Records Office (Police Registration) within 7 days after arrival in the UK.
Standard processing times for processing time is currently approximately 8 weeks, priority Service may be available for visa extension which should allow for a decision to be made within 10 working days.
In order to settle in the UK as a Tier 1 Investor after 5 years, applicant will need to show that:
Applicant will be required to demonstrate that they have sufficient knowledge of the English language and Life in the UK.
Moreover, they can spend up to 6 months outside the UK each year and still qualify for ILR. For settlement applications made from 11 January 2018, the Home Office will consider absences from the UK on a rolling basis, rather than in separate consecutive 12-month periods.
Indefinite leave to remain holders can apply for naturalisation one year after the grant of settlement (ILR) and become British Citizen.
The requirements for citizenship are as follows:
Our aim with this session is to make your case optimally strong, show all your strong points as a professional and future business owner.
We will send you our Customer Care Letter (CCL) which states all legal information about how we work as an Immigration Law Firm.
You will receive our automated email with invoice attached. Payment of 50% of the invoice value needs to be done before we start your application process. Remaining 50% needs to be paid 3 days before submission of your case to Home Office.
We will send you a ’tailored’ list of documents which you need to provide for your application, Our adviser will consult you and fully assist on arranging all documents, prepare case strategy and fully comply with UK immigration law for your application form, then prepare professional and detailed Representation letter to support your case in Home Office.
Our Business Department team will arrange meeting and consultation with UK based Investment Bank in order to arrange an opening UK bank account and allocate investment funds and obtain relevant letters, prior of submitting visa application to Home Office.
Our adviser will submit all necessary forms online and arrange an appointment date for YOU to attend UK Visa Centre in your city to bring all original documents.
The Home Office will send your documents and the result of your application to our office after 1-2 months of submitting your application via online portal and attend appointment for submitting documents and provide fingerprints to the authorised agent of Home Office, but in some cases this period can be longer.
Our Immigration adviser will guide you with next steps regarding immigration law and compliance of the Visa extension, ILR and British Passport.
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