United Kingdom offers high value tier1 investor visa £2,000,000 investment and tier1 entrepreneur visa for £200,000 investment in UK businesses to foreign investors. UK is very popular choice for the rich and wealthy besides investor visa programmes running in United States EB5, Canada, Portugal and Australia.
UK Entrepreneur Visas
UK entrepreneur visas are much more popular because it is a lower end investment. According to UK immigration statistics, the entry clearance for 5,670 tier1 entrepreneur visas (main applicants only) approved from 2008 to Q1 2017. In Q1 2017, about 227 visas were issued.
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Q1 2017 |
| 27 | 118 | 189 | 421 | 701 | 1,166 | 1,087 | 918 | 816 | 227 |
UK Tier1 Investor Visa
UK Immigration statistics, report shows UK granted a total of 3,428 tier1 investor visas to main applicants from 2008 to Q1 2017. In Q1 2017 about 215 visas were issued. The year 2016 is the lowest with only 192 visas. In Q1 2017, entry clearance for 75 tier1 investor visas approved (main applicants).
About 6,043 dependents under tier1 investor approved from 2008 to Q1 2017.
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Q1 2017 |
| 43 | 153 | 211 | 331 | 470 | 565 | 1,172 | 192 | 215 | 75 |
UK Citizenship
UK Home office citizenship statistics show in 2016, 149,457 persons were granted UK citizenship with Indians, Pakistanis, Nigerians and South Africans topping the table in 2016.
