The United Kingdom Immigrants Investor Program is a three-tier system which enables foreign nationals with high net worth to immigrate to the region. The first Tier is the Entrepreneur Visa with the investment of 2,00,000 Pounds. The UK Immigrant’s Investor Program was started in 2011 by the President, David Cameron who called this type of immigration model to be a “Red Carpet” for foreign investors.

Benefits of United Kingdom Investor Program

• There is no formal interview required
• No business experience required
• No medical exam required
• There is fast processing in one month to six months
• United Kingdom’s passport in the third most powerful passport in the world.

The Main Qualification Criteria for UK Investor Immigration Category

Only those candidates who meet the qualification criteria are allowed to immigrate through this program:

• The candidate should pass the English language test before the visa is granted.
• The details of the family members should be included in the application
• After a candidate has spent five years in the UK. The principal applicant can apply for ILR (Indefinite leave to remain) after 12 months of ILR (Indefinite leave to remain) lapse the candidate is free to apply for the citizenship.
• The candidate should be well settled without employment (outside self-employment)
• The candidate should have spent at least 5 percent of the time in the UK (At least six months out of 12 months).
• The candidate should prove that he/she has useable assets
• The minimum required investment ranges as per the tier, and it should be invested in the last five years in the UK.
• The ILR (Indefinite leave to remain) is issued to the candidate after five years.

UK Entrepreneur Visa (Tier 1)

In this category, the candidate can apply for the Investor Program visa if he/she has access to 2,00,000 pounds in Investment funds and for this, the candidate will have to prove –

• The money is one’s own and acquired through lawful means
• The money is provided to you by a third party (either spouse or investor partner)
• The money is in a joint account with a partner or spouse, but you can use that account only if they are not applying through Entrepreneur Visa (Tier 1) scheme.
• The candidate should invest this fund in less than 12 months in the UK and that too before they apply.
• As a candidate, you should have access to at least through 50,000 Pounds from the whole sum
• The candidate is allowed and free to spend that money on business in the UK.
• There is a minimum English language requirement which needs to be met
• The candidate should be able to support himself and his family during the stay financially. For this, the candidates who are applying from the outside UK will need a minimum sum of 3,310 pounds and the candidates who are applying from within the UK will require the minimum amount of 945 pounds.
• The candidate should be at least 16 years of age.

For the point based evaluation, the candidate should secure a minimum of 95 points to meet the eligibility requirements.