Source: bbc.com Published: 17 February 2022 Visas offering foreign investors fast-track residency in the UK are being scrapped with immediate effect, the home secretary has confirmed. Priti Patel said ending Tier 1 investor visas, for those spending at least £2m, was the start of a “renewed crackdown on illicit finance and fraud”. The scheme was introduced […]
Source: imf.org Published: 14 February 2022 Dominica has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, with an estimated decline in GDP of 11 percent in 2020 underpinned by a sharp reduction in tourism receipts that affected connected sectors and by lockdown measures to limit virus contagion. The output decline was contained by health spending, social transfers, […]
Source: schengenvisainfo.com Published: 7 February 2022 Bulgaria’s Golden Visa Program may no longer be available for internationals after the country’s Prime Minister Kiril Petkov pledged on Friday that the scheme that attracts a large number of internationals would be abolished. This is not the first time that authorities in Bulgaria have attempted to do so. Last […]
Source: gulfbusiness.com Published: 8 February 2022 On Monday, Bahrain launched a new Golden Residency Visa programme for residents and non-residents, as well as their families. Golden Residency Visa holders can have their visas renewed indefinitely, provided they continue to meet the eligibility criteria. The visa grants them the right to work in Bahrain, allows them multiple […]
Published: 7 February 2022 The Investment Migration Council (IMC) and RIF Trust is pleased to announce that its Dubai office has been chosen to be the IMC Regional Representative Office for the Middle East region. This office will join regional offices in London, New York, Hong Kong, and the Caribbean. The fully staffed office is […]
Source: caribbean.loopnews.com Published: 3 February 2022 Antigua and Barbuda’s economy made a complete turnaround in 2021 as Prime Minister Gaston Browne revealed that economic activity increased by 5.3 per cent. Browne, who is also the finance minister, presented the country’s 2022-2023 fiscal package under the theme “Setting the stage for economic rejuvenation.” The prime minister said […]
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We know that there are many misconceptions about investment migration, so we will be busting six of the most common myths about the sector. Use the facts, figures and insight provided in this article to reframe the conversation and highlight the positive evolution of IM. This is essential learning for agents, policy-makers, regulators and anyone […]
The article was written by Prof. Dimitry Kochenov We live in a world of passport apartheid and its key tool – citizenship – has been very effective in its mission to exclude its victims, argues Prof. Dimitry Kochenov in his book ‘Citizenship’. The lotteryDistributed like prizes in a lottery where four-fifths of the world’s population […]
The article was written by Karen Kelly From Panama to the Pandora Papers – Exiger’s Karen Kelly describes the measures investment migration programmes should implement in the face of investigative reports and data leaks. The recent Pandora Papers leak and subsequent analysis of approximately 12 million documents by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) […]
