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Posts Tagged 'investor visa'

Newsflash: Home Office announces changes to the UK Investor category effective from 6 April 2015

Newsflash: Home Office announces changes to the UK Investor category effective from 6 April 2015. Yesterday the Home Office announced further sweeping changes to UK immigration law in a new Statement of Changes. There are three changes to the investor visa category. Firstly the minimum age has been reduced from 16 to 18. This follows the November 2014 changes, which introduced a minimum age of 16 where previously there was no minimum age set. Secondly, a new requirement is... Read more »

Posted: 27 February 2015 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)

Latvian and Russian media report that Russian investors face restrictions when seeking residence permits in Latvia

This week, the media claimed that Latvia has introduced restrictions on the issuing of residence permits to Russians applying under the "investment programme". We've tried to work out what has actually happened. The Latvian "investment programme" was launched in July 2010, when amendments were made to the 2002 Immigration Law. Since then, the amount of investment needed by the residents of third countries wishing to obtain an "investment" residence permit in Latvia has increased... Read more »

Posted: 30 October 2014 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)

Changes to the Tier 1 Investor route announced

Widely anticipated changes to the Tier 1 (Investor) route were finally announced in the written ministerial statement and statement of changes in the immigration rules laid before parliament today. The main changes are: The threshold for minimum investment under this route is being raised from £1 to £2 million following recommendations from the Migration Advisory Committee earlier this year. Further change is that the investors will also have... Read more »

Posted: 17 October 2014 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)

The Migration Advisory Committee's proposed changes to the Tier 1 (investor) visa

The Tier 1 (investor) route for high-net-worth individuals, allowing them to come to the UK if they invest a minimum of £1 million, has existed for over twenty years. On 25 February 2014 a report released by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), makes recommendations for changes to the existing requirements for potential investors with the stated purpose of bringing greater benefit to the UK economy. In short, the main proposals in the report are: Raising the minimum investment... Read more »

Posted: 05 March 2014 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)

Investor visas - simpler entry... at a cost

It is becoming more and more expensive to live in the UK. Forget inflation and rocketing house prices - for some it costs literally millions to simply gain the right to live in the UK and apparently, judging by the reported rise in investor visas recently, it's worth the money. Given the Coalition Government's crackdown on immigration and the subsequent restrictions on (or even closure of) various categories under the Points-Based System, obtaining the right to live and work in the... Read more »

Posted: 13 December 2012 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)

UK property and foreign investors

Although 2012 had strong beginnings for the property market, i.e. January mortgage approval levels were the highest since late 2009, many economists still do not consider the London market's future prospects optimistically. Earlier this month Halifax published a series of gloomy figures which further diminished confidence in the UK housing market. A combination of reluctant sellers and nervous buyers has resulted in stagnation. Low and fragile consumer confidence, muted earning growth... Read more »

Posted: 16 October 2012 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)

Gherson team keeps family united

In August 2011 Gherson represented four citizens of Israel in a successful appeal to the First Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) against the entry clearance officer (ECO), Tel Aviv Israel. The appellants had appealed against the decision of the ECO in January 2011 to refuse them entry clearance as children of a Points-Based System migrant under paragraph 319 H (f) of the Immigration Rules. The ECO was not satisfied that there were serious or compelling family... Read more »

Posted: 19 March 2012 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)

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