The UN Office Geneva is pleased to share with you the 2021 UN Geneva Annual Report: Shaping renewed multilateralism. Please find below a quote from the UNOG Director-General: ‘The world is facing many interrelated problems, including armed conflicts, humanitarian emergencies, economic shocks, climate change and a pandemic. Global challenges of this magnitude require global solutions. […]
Published: 13 May 2022 Investment Migration Forum returns as an in-person event in 2022The popular Investment Migration Forum – the annual ‘Davos’ style get-together of investment migration professionals organised by the Investment Migration Council – will return to its usual in-person format and be held between the 6th and 9th June in Brussels, Belgium. Renowned […]
Source: schengenvisainfo.com Published: 12 May 2022 The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urged its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Sri Lanka due to the recent civil upheaval and its economic problems. In a statement issued on May 11, the Ministry also stressed that this decision comes from ongoing social and political unrest due to […]
Source: fragomen.com Published: 5 May 2022 The European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS) is scheduled to become fully effective by May 2023. The ETIAS travel registration system will require visa-exempt non-EU nationals to pre-register travel for a small fee, similar to the U.S. ESTA system. In addition, the European Commission has reconfirmed that ETIAS will […]
Source: fragomen.com Published: 29 April 2022 The situation A proposal by the European Commission seeks to lift entry visa requirements for short-term stays of Kuwaiti and Qatari citizens in a bid to strengthen business, cultural and social relations between the European Union and more countries in the Gulf region. The proposition would allow visits up to […]
Source: cyprus-mail.com Published: 27 April 2022 Attorney general Giorgos Savvides will be briefed on the course of the investigation centered on the controversial citizenship by investment programme on Friday, it was announced on Wednesday. The investigation is centred on the Al Jazeera expose that implicated top Cypriot politicians in corruption within the programme. Earlier this year […]
Source: malaysianow.com Published: 26 April 2022 Cash-strapped Sri Lanka announced Tuesday it would sell long-term visas to attract desperately needed foreign currency after the island nation ran out of dollars to pay for food and fuel. Foreigners who deposit a minimum of US$100,000 locally will be granted permission to live and work in Sri Lanka for […]
Source: zizonline.com Published: 23 April 2022 Scores of citizens filed into Government Headquarters over two days (April 21- 22, 2022) to view the casket bearing His Excellency Vance Amory. The casket lay in State until 3 pm on Friday, April 22, 2022 – the second and final day in the Capital, Basseterre. Persons also took the […]
Source: klaskolaw.com Published: 16 March 2022 On March 15, 2022, the President signed into law H.R. 2471, which included, among other things, the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022. This Act reauthorizes the EB-5 Regional Center Program, with significant changes; increases the minimum investment amount to $800,000 for investments in a high unemployment area, a […]
Source: caribbean.loopnews.com Published: 17 March 2022 Antigua and Barbuda said it will propose that Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) members create a Regulatory Commission in an effort to protect their lucrative Citizenship by Investment Programs (CIP). The decision to propose the commission was taken at yesterday’s cabinet meeting. The OECS Assembly is due to meet […]
