Types and investment cycle of British immigrant visas

British visas can be divided into five categories-tourist and short-stay visas, work visas, student visas, family visas and transit visas.

1. uk tourist and short stay visa

& gt standard visitor visa-UK leisure, business or private visas are valid for up to 6 months. If you receive private medical treatment, it may be as long as 1 1 month, or academic research may be as long as 12 months;

& gt Short-term study visa-The UK visa for short-term study courses is valid for 6 months. If you are studying English courses and are over 18 years old, the validity period is 1 1 month;

& gt Wedding visitor visa-If you don't plan to settle in the UK, the UK visa for getting married in the UK is valid for 6 months;

& gt Licensed paid employment visa-valid for 1 month. If you are invited by a British institution or customer and have a specific purpose, or you want to take a short-term paid job, there is no guarantor;

& gt If you are the parents of a child studying in an independent fee-paying school in the UK, the maximum validity period of the UK visa is 12 months;

& gt Visit the UK in the form of a China tour group-for China citizens on official tour groups, the UK visa can be valid for up to 30 days;

You can also apply for a long-term tourist visa lasting 2 years, 5 years or 10 years.

Second, the UK work visa

Britain has a points-based work visa immigration system, and visas are issued according to level one, level two or level five.

Third, the British student visa.

In addition to short-term study visas, there are ordinary student visas and children's student visas. The length of the visa depends on the length of the course.

Fourth, the British family visa.

If you are a British immigrant from a non-EU/EFTA country, you can apply to join a family permanently living in the UK.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) British transit visa

& gt Direct Airside Transit Visa If you fly to the UK airport and take a connecting flight without leaving the airport and going through border control, the UK visa will last for 24 hours.

& gt transit visa tourists-if you leave the airport and pass the border control, but leave the UK within 48 hours, you need this visa.

British investment immigration cycle

Among them, the processing time of the Immigration Bureau is only about 6 weeks. After the successful application for investment immigration, only the main applicant needs to reach the prescribed residence period, and his spouse and children will automatically obtain permanent residency. If the applicant meets certain living conditions, he can apply for British citizenship in the sixth year after successful immigration.

British investment immigrants do not acquire British citizenship in one step. At the beginning, the British Home Office issued a three-year entry permit visa for the whole family. Two months before the entry permit visa expires, the application for residence visa will be extended for two years. The two-year extended residence visa expires before you can get a permanent residence permit for the whole family. In the sixth year, people who meet the living conditions can apply for British citizenship. The requirement of living conditions is that you will stay outside the UK for no more than 450 days during your second to fifth years in the UK. Naturalization applicants are counted individually, not by family. However, after becoming a British citizen, the departure time is no longer restricted.

According to the latest requirements of British immigrants, applicants for future investment immigrants will be graded. Only applicants with 75 points are eligible. For first-time applicants, as long as you have a deposit of 6,543,800+0,000 pounds, and you can spend it freely in the UK, or you have 2 million pounds of private assets, and an authorized financial institution provides you with a loan of 6,543,800 pounds, you can get 75 points in the score.

Generally speaking, the new regulations are more convenient than restrictive for investment immigration applicants. Especially in the newly implemented scoring system, the qualification examination has a relatively objective standard, and the lifting of work restrictions is more conducive to the main applicant to restart his career in the UK according to his own wishes.