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Hello,i'v been thinking of moving to the uk but if am ever to go there i'll be for business cause i have seen a great business and sincerly nigeria is not the right place to start this company(business wise),after much market research i realised that the uk would be a great place to start it,my plan now is to invest in a uk company and buy shares to be a shareholder in the uk company ,now please everyone is there a way to go about this,to move to uk as a shareholder and may lead to permanent resident

You can apply for a Tier 1 ( Investor ) visa if: you want to invest £2,000,000 or more in the UK.

Keshinr0:
You can apply for a Tier 1 ( Investor ) visa if: you want to invest £2,000,000 or more in the UK.

I'v done some research on that and its not an option,am thinking of investing like 50,000 pounds,but someone told me that if i can make a deal with my partner to sponsor me as a shareholder in exchange for me investing in his company,so i can travel to uk through sponsorship,pls is this a valid option,thank you

@justwise

Look into the innovator visa which requires a 50,000 GBP investment. It's fairly new so it's hard to say how easy it is to get but I know someone who tried and has not been able to progress past the first stage of getting an endorsement letter from one of the endorsement bodies.

https://www.gov.uk/innovator-visa

KingTayo37:
I'v done some research on that and its not an option,am thinking of investing like 50,000 pounds,but someone told me that if i can make a deal with my partner to sponsor me as a shareholder in exchange for me investing in his company,so i can travel to uk through sponsorship,pls is this a valid option,thank you