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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent

Children of oligarchs may have used parents’ funds for UK ‘golden visas’

The street sign of Moscow Road near the Russian Embassy in London, UK
The golden visa scheme was scrapped in February over fears it had been exploited by Russian oligarchs. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA

Anti-corruption campaigners and MPs have warned that “the kids of oligarchs” may have used their parents’ money to buy the right to live in the UK after it was revealed that the government granted “golden visas” to 46 people aged 21 or under.

The Home Office on Wednesday disclosed that it approved 46 applications for the tier 1 investor visa scheme to those aged 21 or under over the last seven years, following a freedom of information request from Bloomberg.

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