The United Kingdom, an island country located off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe and comprises the whole of the island of Great Britain—which contains England, Wales, and Scotland—as well as the northern portion of the island of Ireland. The capital is London, which is among the world’s leading commercial, financial, and cultural centres. The official language is English. Primary and secondary education is free.
Most students receive state-funded grants inversely related to their parents’ income to cover the tuition fees. In addition, most students receive state-funded loans to cover living expenses. United Kingdom is diverse, culturally rich, economically stable and perfectly placed with access to all the major business hub across the globe.
Benefits:
Residency or citizenship status in the UK provides investors with a world of exclusive benefits:
- More than 150 top-class universities and a higher educational system which is among the best in the world;
- One of the best free health care services in the world;
- A member of the G8;
- A key member of the EU;
- An unrivalled financial business center (London);
- An attractive tax regime for high net worth investors classed as “UK resident, non-domicile”;
- The travel mobility and security of a UK passport.
You can apply for settlement in various categories:
- work permit holder • dependant of work permit holder
- PBS dependant
- employment not requiring a work permit
- businessperson
- innovator
- investor
- self-employed lawyer
- writer, composer or artist
- Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) migrant
Residency and Citizenship
Citizenship Requirements:
If you’re an EU citizen and you were living in the UK by 31 December 2020, you can apply to the EU Settlement Scheme to continue living here after 30 June 2021. If you want to move to the UK from 1 January 2021, you may need to apply for a visa.
You can apply to settle in the UK (known as ‘indefinite leave to remain’) if you’ve got a residence card as a:
- refugee
- person with humanitarian protection
- If you are the partner of a person, or parent of a child, who is present and settled in the UK.
If you’re eligible in more than one way you can choose which way to apply:
- If you were born in the UK
- If you’re married to or in a civil partnership with a British citizen
- If you have indefinite leave to remain (ILR)
- If you have ‘settled status’ under the EU Settlement Scheme If you and your family member are from the EU, EEA or Switzerland, you can apply for ‘settled status’ after you’ve lived in the UK for 5 years.
- You do not need a permanent residence document to apply with settled status.
- If you have ‘permanent residence’ status
- If you or a family member are from the EU, EEA or Switzerland, you usually get permanent residence status automatically after living in the UK for 5 years.
You do not automatically get British citizenship if you were born in the UK. It depends on when you were born and your parents’ circumstances. You may be eligible to apply for citizenship if you were born in the UK and are not a British citizen.
To apply as the spouse or civil partner of a British citizen you must have lived in the UK for the last 3 years.
You cannot apply for a permanent residence document after 31 December 2020.
You can usually apply for ILR after you’ve lived in the UK for 5 years.
To apply for citizenship with ILR you must usually have lived in the UK for 12 months after getting it.
From 1 January 2021, you can only apply for British citizenship with permanent residence status if:
- you already have a permanent residence document
- you do not also have settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme
Other ways you can be eligible:
You may be eligible to apply for citizenship if:
- you have a British parent
- you have another type of British nationality
- you’re stateless
- you previously gave up (renounced) your citizenship
- If you’re a Commonwealth citizen
You may be eligible to apply for citizenship under the Windrush Scheme if both:
- you or one of your parents arrived in the UK before 1973
- you’ve lived in the UK and not been away from it for more than 2 years
If your parent arrived in the UK before 1973, you must have either:
- been born in the UK
- arrived in the UK before you were 18 Some Commonwealth citizens have ‘right of abode’ in the UK. This means you can live or work in the UK without immigration restrictions. Check if you can apply to prove you have right of abode in the UK.
Business Immigration
The UK Immigrant Investor Program is a three-tiered system enabling individuals who invest at a higher level to be granted residency sooner. To qualify for the program, applicants must fulfill one of the investment options as well as meet the following requirements:
- Be able to sustain themselves and their families/dependents with only their own business and self-employment;
- Spend a minimum of 6 month per calendar year in the UK