This portrayed a slight increase from the previous quarter, a rise from 92 to 96 applications in UK Tier 1 Investor Visas and an increase of 30 in Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa applications, from 266 in Quarter 2 to 296 in Quarter 3.

The Chinese applications are prevalent, with Russian applicants declining rapidly from 13 applications in Quarter 2 to only 2 applications in Quarter 3.

Other Q3 statistics show an increase in Hong Kong applicants rising from 4 to 9 in Quarter 3, and has also seen an increase in applications from both Turkey and India.

Country of Nationality          

Geographical Region

Amount

China

Asia East

33

Hong Kong

Asia East

9

United States

America North

7

Turkey

Europe Other

5

India

Asia South

5

Pakistan

Asia South

3

Canada

America North

3

Saudi Arabia

Middle East

3

Israel

Middle East

3

Japan

Asia East

3

Russia

Europe Other

2

Brazil

America Central and South    

2

Kazakhstan

Asia Central

2

Iran

Middle East

2

Singapore

Asia South East

2

Taiwan

Asia East

2

Macau

Asia East

2

Ukraine

Europe Other

2

Australia

Oceania

1

Lebanon

Middle East

1

South Africa

Africa Sub-Sahara

1

Korea (South)

Asia East

1

Sudan

Africa North

1

Thailand

Asia South East

1

Total

96

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