There are ‘a host of additional risks’ for int’l advisers dealing with applicants After the slowdown of high net worth (HNW) migration into the UK as a result of covid-19, pent up demand saw a spike in the number of UK Tier 1 (Investor) visas issued this quarter, writes Farzin Yazdi, head of investor visa at Shard Capital. Investor visas, of course, are a visa category where one invests a minimum of £2m ($2.68m, €2.2m) for at least five years in qualifying assets and meets a host of other stringent criteria. In the most recent figures, nearly 45% of UK Investor Visa applicants originated from mainland China and Hong Kong with applicants from the United States & Russia behind with around 10% of the total each.