PLUMMET IN NUMBER OF GOLDEN VISAS GRANTED AFTER ‘BLIND FAITH’ PERIOD ENDS
As we highlighted in our Gold Rush report, these ‘Golden Visas’ represented an easy way for the corrupt to enter the UK under a veil of secrecy. Until 2015, there were very little checks to ensure applicants hadn’t obtained their money from corrupt sources, leaving an open door to those with dubious pasts wishing to start a new life in the UK.
In some ways today’s stats are good news – the UK has finally started to close the door on the corrupt. However, it also raises some serious questions about what the government is going to do about all the people it gave visas to and probably shouldn’t have, some of which may now have permanent residency...
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