Contracting Services

You may contract the services of foreign nationals in the UK who have one of the following permissions to be here.

Investor Scheme

There are no restrictions on investors from EEA countries. If you come from a non-EEA country, you must apply for the Investor schemes offered under UK immigration rules.

Requirements Under the Investors Scheme

• You are going to make the United Kingdom your main home
• You have at least £1 million which you will bring to the United Kingdom. This can either be your own money which is not held in trust or it can be loaned money if you have a personal net worth of at least £2 million and the loan is from a financial institution regulated by the financial services authority. The calculation of your personal net worth includes illiquid assets such as property, offshore trusts and assets held by the applicant's spouse if they are both coming to the UK
• You have a plan of your proposed investments. The plan must show that you are going to invest at least £750,000 of your capital in United Kingdom Government bonds or in share capital or loan capital in active and trading United Kingdom registered companies other than property companies; and 
• You can live in the UK without help from public funds or having to work as an employee
• You will need to show that you will receive enough money to support and accommodate yourself and any dependants without having to work as an employee.
• You can work on a self-employed basis. If you need to add to your investment income by earning money on a self-employed basis, you must provide details of the work you plan to do.

You can, for example, be a non-executive director or consultant, or own your own company. Your husband or wife and dependent children, if we have given them permission to come to the United Kingdom with you, can work while they are here as your dependants.

Find out more at Investor section of the BIA website

NB: Please note that individuals who are participants in the following migration routes: Investor Scheme, Highly Skilled Migrant Programme, SEGS, Innovator, UK Ancestry, Fresh Talent: Working in Scotland Scheme (FT:WiSS), refugees, EEA and Swiss nationals can also contract their services. 

Please visit the BIA website  if you would like more information about other managed migration routes.

Dependants of individuals in these categories and dependants of students with a minimum of 12 months leave, may also contract their services to employers.