英国将向外国富人“拍卖”绿卡,根据新的政府提案，签证将面向海外富豪进行拍卖，或允许海外富豪投资医院和大学以换取签证。

（出国通-出国易）原文件及翻译件如下：

New proposals will allow wealthy foreigners to bid for or invest in good causes in exchange for visas

By Claire Carter

12:33AM GMT 09 Jan 2014

新提案将允许富裕的外国人收购或投资慈善事业,以换取签证

By Claire Carter

12:33AM GMT 09 Jan 2014

Visas will be auctioned off to overseas millionaires or offered in exchange for investment in hospitals and universities, under new Government proposals.

根据新的政府提案，签证将面向海外富豪进行拍卖，或允许海外富豪投资医院和大学以换取签证。

The plans come amid concerns that the existing process for investor visas is not working to the UK’s economic advantage. There are fears that access to these visas work more like a loan and offer a cheap way for wealthy Russian and Chinese people to stay permanently in the country.

该计划在担忧中产生，即目前的投资者签证并未给英国带来经济利好。有人担心如此获取签证更像是给富裕的俄罗斯人和中国人提供了一个永久居住英国的贷款或廉价的方式。

The proposals will be outlined in a report by the Government’s immigration advisers, which will say that foreigners will be able to bid for a proportion of investor visas, which will allow them to apply to remain here indefinitely.Another option is to offer foreigners visas in return for them endowing good causes such as hospitals, universities and college, The Times reported. At the moment investments of ?1million, ?5million or ?10million can be made in gilts, government bonds or British businesses in return for being allowed to apply for permanent residence in the UK for two, three and five years. It is then possible to apply for citizenship and sell the gilts ? the process effectively working like a loan.

政府移民顾问将出一篇报告对此新方案进行概述，指出外国人将能够拍卖获得一部分投资者签证，这些签证允许他们申请无期限居留。另一种选择方式是：允许外国人向医院，大学进行捐赠，作为回报，他们将取得投资者签证，《纽约时报》报道称，目前在英国，投资人可以投资100万英镑,500万英镑，或1000到金边债券,政府债券或英国企业中，作为交换，投资者将被允许在五年后，三年后或两年后申请在英国永久居留。然后可以申请公民身份和出售国债??这个过程很像贷款。

The new proposals will be published next month as part of a report by the Government’s Migration Advisory Committee.

新方案将于下月公布，届时移民顾问委员会将发出一份报告，新方案将是其中一部分内容。

However they have been criticised for allowing people to apply for visas without any long term investment.

尽管他们也曾遭到一些非议说这些人没有进行长期投资就被允许申请签证了。

Professor Sir David Metcalf, chairman of the committee, said: “It may very well be that we should be sanctioning some of these slots.

委员会主席David Metcalf教授说 “这是很有可能的,我们应该设置相应的时段。

“There should be proper discussion about it.

“Equally it may very well be that we should be letting people in if they endow a Cambridge college, a major teaching hospital or the London School of Economics with ?10 million.”

“应该经过适当的讨论才可”。

“同样地，如果这些人捐赠剑桥大学，主要教学医院或伦敦经济学院1000万英镑，我们就应该让他们进来”。

He said most people on the investor route bought gilts Britain doesn’t actually need.

他说，多数选择购买英国国债路线的投资者实际上并不需要。

Since 2008 rich Russians, Chinese and Americans have topped the applications list for investor visas.

自2008年以来，富裕的俄罗斯人，中国人和美国人占据了投资者签证申请人数的前三甲。

Keith Vaz, chairman of the Home Affairs committee, said the whole process needs to be examined.

内政事务委员会主席Keith Vaz说到，整个过程需要进行检查。

“This is a way in which those who have money available to buy gilts, get citizenship and then sell them at personal gain. There is no benefit to the citizens of this country,” he said.