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Investor definition

What does Investor mean? In legal practice, an investor is the person or entity that commits capital, assets or resources to an enterprise with an expectation of return. The expression is contextual rather than a single statutory term; its meaning depends on the governing instrument. In international investment agreements (including bilateral investment treaties and investment chapters of free trade agreements), an investor of a Party usually covers: (a) natural persons who are nationals (and sometimes permanent residents) of the home state; and (b) legal persons incorporated or constituted under that state’s laws, or having their seat, place of effective management, control, or substantial business activities...

UK Tier 1 (Investor) ILR for pre‑6 November 2014 Immigration Rules applicants: qualifying investments, maintenance, balancing funds and evidential requirements (applications before 6 April 2022)

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This Practice Note

This Practice Note examines the eligibility criteria concerning money and investments for a Tier 1 (Investor) migrant seeking indefinite leave to remain, where their most recent leave was granted under the pre-6 November 2014 Immigration Rules for the route and the application is made before 6 April 2022. It sets out which investments qualify (including any pertinent restrictions), how qualifying investments must be maintained, and the documentation required to confirm that the qualifying investments and, where applicable, any balancing funds have been maintained across the relevant specified continuous period. It should be considered alongside Practice Note: Tier 1 (Investor): applying for indefinite leave to remain. As this route was closed to any further initial applications on 17 February 2022, by Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules CP 632, partly due to concerns that it enabled the transfer of illicitly obtained wealth, both extension and settlement applications may now be subject to increasingly stringent scrutiny. For more detail, see: LNB News 17/02/2022 76...

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