Initial applications including applications made outside the United Kingdom, must meet the requirements of the Immigration Rules at paragraphs 245H-N of part 6a and Appendix A. The following have been taken from the UK Home Office website:
Points are awarded for the following categories, which are known as attributes:
§ access to £200,000;
§ the money is in a regulated financial institution;
§ the money is disposable in the United Kingdom.
You will need a total of at least 75 points to be able to apply.
The points available are:
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(Attributes)
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(Points available)
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Access to £200,000
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25
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The money is in a regulated financial institution
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25
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The money is disposable in the United Kingdom
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25
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You will score 25 points if you have £200,000 of your own money available to make a fresh investment into business in the United Kingdom.
You may include money made available by one or more other people (known as 'a third party or parties'). You must also provide a declaration, from every other contributor, that the money is available to you or the business that you are running, together with confirmation from a legal representative that the declaration document is valid. A husband, wife or partner is a third party.
You will score 25 points if your money is held in one or more regulated financial institutions. The financial institution or institutions that provide confirmation of the money available to you must be regulated by the home regulator. The home regulator is an official financial regulatory body in the country where the financial institution operates and the money is located.
You can score 25 points if you have money held in the United Kingdom in an institution that is regulated by the Financial Services Authority. If the money is not held in the United Kingdom, all of the £200,000 required to qualify must be freely transferable to the United Kingdom and able to be converted to pounds sterling.
If the money is held overseas but in an institution that has a presence in the United Kingdom and is regulated by the Financial Services Authority, then the institution already does business in the United Kingdom and we will not need any further evidence that the money can be transferred into the United Kingdom. If you rely on money held in an overseas institution that is not regulated by the Financial Services Authority, you must provide confirmation that the money can be transferred into the United Kingdom. You can do this with a document from your bank or financial institution.
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