UK home office has published statistics on five year settlement permits ssued for High value tier1 migrant investors under the UK’s golden visa scheme which requires 2 million pounds invested in the UK.
Chinese and Russians have received settlement status in the UK through investor visa scheme. This is a 40% increase in receiving settlement permits in the year 2017 compared to 2016
| Country of nationality | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| China | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 27 | 20 | 19 | 89 | 128 |
| Russia | 3 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 40 | 57 | 71 | 77 | 108 |
| Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| United States | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Iran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Israel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Korea (South) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Taiwan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cambodia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Tanzania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Armenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Brazil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Georgia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Libya | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nepal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Turkmenistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
