Application volumes and processing speeds are holding up remarkably well for the program, despite widespread immigration office closures and a global pandemic. The April statistical release from the Portuguese Borders and Immigration Service (SEF) show 53 main applicants (along with 93 of their family members) obtained golden visas in Portugal during the month no the […]
Just as most of the world’s nations were preparing to implement the first-ever comprehensive global agreement on migration, the COVID-19 outbreak fundamentally shifted the way human mobility is managed. Most countries have resorted to migration management tools such as border closures or travel bans to contain the spread of the pandemic, and public-health considerations are […]
The world population is still growing, but ageing at the same time. That is evident in the UN report World Population Prospects 2019. Birth rates are falling and life expectancies are increasing. Migration also has an impact on how individual countries’ populations develop. In 2050, the average global life expectancy will be 77.1 years – […]
Despite the negative economic impact on the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the region still experiences positives, said Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) Dr.Timothy Antoine. “One legacy of the pandemic, I hope, will be stronger health systems because our countries had to invest significant sums in our […]
On March 18, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services temporarily suspended in-person services at its field offices, asylum offices, and application support centers (ASCs) to help slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). USCIS is readying offices to reopen on or after June 4. Employees in these offices are continuing to perform mission-essential services that do not […]
Headline: Demand for EB-5 visas from qualified job creating investors far exceeds the congressional limit of approximately 10,000 immigrant visas per year (including family), resulting in lengthy quota backlogs for most EB-5 investors, and up to 15 years for investors from China. Headline: For a combination of reasons that will be discussed below, despite the […]
In a continued response to COVID-19, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will extend its public closure of local field offices and Application Support Centers (ASCs), suspending in-person services now until at least June 3. The original suspension took effect on March 18 and has been extended twice, most recently through May 3. During the temporary suspension, […]
A closer look According to the State Department’s May Visa Bulletin, cutoff dates for issuance of an immigrant visa will be as follows: EB-1: All countries except for China and India will become current on May 1. China will advance by five weeks to July 15, 2017, while India will advance by three months to August 1, […]
Closing national borders is a natural response to the coronavirus pandemic, and governments stand on firm legal ground when they do so. But the virus was never going to be stopped at national frontiers, and now containment policies pose another menace: a new migration crisis. Recent viral epidemics – SARS in 2003, H1N1 in 2009, […]
The IMIDaily reported that the government of Cyprus had rejected another round of European Commission demands for a “phasing-out” of citizenship by investment programs among EU member states, responding that Cypriots saw “no reason why it should be stopped”. On Friday, the government of Malta, having received the same request, issued a statement politely indicating that, […]
