Tier 1 Investor visa investments are subject to certain conditions. Once you have invested the initial £2,000,000 required as part of the Tier 1 Investor visa application process – or £5,000,000 or £10,000,000, if you wish to take advantage of one of the fast-track routes to ILR – this capital will need to remain invested for the duration of your stay in the UK.
This means that in the event of your investment being sold at a loss, you will need to buy a new investment at the price at which the investment was sold. If your investment is sold at a gain, you will – again – be required to purchase a new investment at the price the investment is sold for.
If, for instance, you purchase an investment within the £20,000,000 portfolio for £150,000, but at the time of its sale its value has fallen to £90,000, you will need to buy a new qualifying investment for a minimum of £90,000. Alternatively, if the £150,000 investment has gone up in value to £170,000 when it is sold, it will be necessary for a new qualifying investment to be purchased for at least £170,000.
Whenever an investment is sold, you will need to buy a new qualifying investment within six months or by the end of the next reporting period – whichever is sooner.