Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
money is not everything but it can get you in the UK and settlement in a couple of years

Foreign millionaires are flocking to use a little-known immigration scheme that allows wealthy individuals to jump to the top of the queue for permanent residency.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/g...n-Britain.html

As it says it's been in place for a long while - threshold obviously needs ramping up - I'm pretty sure a similar set up applies in Oz, NZ etc