• You have funds amounting to at least £2 million belonging to yourself, your partner or the two of you jointly.
• The money is held in a regulated financial institution.
• The money is freely transferable to the UK and able to be converted to pounds sterling.
• You have opened a bank account with a UK regulated bank for the purpose of investing not less than £2 million in the UK.

If you have held your investment funds for less than 2 years then you will need to prove the source of your funds and, in every case, the Home Office will need to be satisfied as to the provenance of your funds.

If applying for a UK Investor visa from overseas, you and any adult dependants will need to provide an overseas criminal record certificate for any country that you have lived in for at least 12 months in the last 10 years.

As a UK Investor visa applicant, you will not need to satisfy any English language or maintenance funds requirement.

The exact requirements you will need to satisfy will vary depending on your circumstances.  You may want to speak to an immigration lawyer for expert advice.

• a gift received by yourself (and/or your husband, wife, civil partner, or unmarried or same-sex partner) in the 2 years prior to the date of application; or
• the proceeds of sale of assets such as business or property within the 2 years before the date of application; or
• money held in your business (and/or the business of your husband, wife, civil partner, or unmarried or same-sex partner); or
• inheritance under a will received within the 2 years before making the application; or
• the proceeds of a divorce settlement received within the 2 years immediately before the date of application; or
• a financial award or winnings; or
• any other source provided that the source can be documented and independently corroborated.

If you have held your UK Investor visa investment funds for at least 2 years then you will not be required to provide specified evidence of the source of your funds.  There is currently no requirement to provide an independent audit of financial and business interests as part of a Tier 1 Investor visa application.  However, you will still need to satisfy the Home Office that your investment funds were lawfully obtained.