Source document
Written statement HCWS492: The Tier 1 (Investor) route: Review of operation between 30 June 2008 and 6 April 2015
Has everything in it been taken?
CompleteReviewed 9 Oct 2026
Reviewed. Everything in it that belongs in the tables has been taken.
What the document holds
Written statement of 12 Jan 2023 on the review of Tier 1 (Investor) grants 30 Jun 2008 - 6 Apr 2015: 6,312 main applicants and adult dependants reviewed (already in data); refusal rates 7.9% entry clearance, 4% leave to remain, 2.2% settlement (already in data); 10 oligarchs who used the route sanctioned (added as high_risk_applicants_identified); GBP 1m threshold at launch and the 1994 predecessor (rules already recorded); systemic findings (no numbers). The figures on all UK Russia sanctions (1,200 individuals, 120 entities, over GBP 18bn frozen) are not about the route and are not recorded. Events already in the data. Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).
What it supports
8 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
Numbers (5)
- CBI rejection rateStage: Settlement2.2%2013-04/2022-12-09 · UK Parliament / Home Office 2023Final figureUnited Kingdom · Tier 1 (Investor) visa
- CBI rejection rateStage: Entry clearance7.9%2008-06-30/2022 · UK Parliament / Home Office 2023Final figureUnited Kingdom · Tier 1 (Investor) visa
- CBI rejection rateStage: Leave to remain4%2008-06-30/2020 · UK Parliament / Home Office 2023Final figureUnited Kingdom · Tier 1 (Investor) visa
- Investor residence permits issuedApplicant: Main and adult dependants6,312 persons2008-06-30/2015-04-06 · UK Parliament / Home Office 2023Final figureUnited Kingdom · Tier 1 (Investor) visa
- Programme applicants identified as high riskCategory: Sanctioned10 persons2023-01-12 · UK Parliament / Home Office 2023Final figureUnited Kingdom · Tier 1 (Investor) visa
About the document
What it covers Findings of the review announced in March 2018: 6,312 main applicants and adult dependants reviewed; refusal rates; 10 oligarchs sanctioned; systemic findings.
Notes The parliament.uk page returns HTTP 403 to scripts (download blocked); stored copy is the official Parliament written-statements API record (questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenstatements/statements/1566228), statement text in HTML inside JSON. Ordinal suffixes are in <sup> tags (e.g. '17<sup>th</sup>'). Same text laid in the Lords as HLWS486.
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