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 |