
UK Investor Visa Sets Post-Pandemic Record in Q3, Startup Visas at All-Time High
The strong rebound, says Tolstaia, reflects the UK’s persisting status as a “magnet for international UHNWIs.”

The strong rebound, says Tolstaia, reflects the UK’s persisting status as a “magnet for international UHNWIs.”

“We expect a significant bounce back in the number visa issuances as 2021 progresses,” said Shard Capital’s Head of Investor Visa, Farzin Yazdi.

Investment migration people in the news this week include: Bruno L’ecuyer of the Investment Migration Council, Tina Cheng of […]

Farzin Yazdi is upset that “a few bad actors see migrants as naïve and an easy catch for a scam,” and admires the work of Bruno L’ecuyer’s IMC.

Not since Q3 2008 has the Home Office approved fewer applications for Tier 1 investor visas in the UK.

“The UK could lose over £350m of foreign direct investment if universities move classes online during the next academic year,” Farzin Yazdi estimates.

Long-standing political uncertainty over Brexit and the general election now settled, investors are once more turning to the UK in greater numbers.

Only 49 main applicants received Tier 1 Investor visas during the Q3 2019, a down from 124 in the preceding quarter.

Ahead of the Home Office’s heralded reform of the UK Tier 1 Investor Visa program – the particulars of which remain a known unknown – investors in December scrambled to submit applications.

Stakeholder input requested ahead of UK government reforms of the Tier 1 Investor Visa program.

Following yesterday’s suspension of the UK Tier 1 Investor Visa – though not the Entrepreneur category – industry participants with

As the UK Tier 1 Visa program turns 10 years old, we’re taking a deep dive into the statistical archives
Shard Capital’s Farzin Yazdi and Mishcon de Reya’s Maria Patsalos on why Brexit didn’t trim Tier 1 Investor Visa demand