Crossing Borders 2021 Calendar IMC Streaming presents the Crossing Borders 2021 Calendar The popular Crossing Borders programme is back! Get ready for a series of informative, interesting and interactive sessions, which will bring stakeholders together discussing current affairs and important issues of the day. So sit tight, mark your calendars and make sure you do not miss out! Date Title […]
Jho Low, wanted in connection with $4.5bn theft, tried to buy off-the-shelf citizenship from Cyprus, report states A Malaysian fugitive wanted in connection with one of the biggest frauds in history attempted to buy a “golden passport” that would have granted him unrestricted access to the EU, according to a report. Jho Low, who is sought […]
Global-Migrate accused of promoting access to travel document without the government’s authority, although advertisements ‘not unlawful in themselves’ An international migration firm is being investigated for allegedly promoting access to the Vanuatu’s passports without the government’s authority, in the latest controversy to hit the country’s “citizenship-for-sale” program. Vanuatu’s citizenship commissioner, Ronald Warsal, has placed Global-Migrate […]
Newly inaugurated President Joseph R. Biden wasted no time in his first days in office, launching a sweeping array of immigration-related executive orders, regulatory actions, and legislative proposals. Below is a summary: Executive Orders “Proclamation on Ending Discriminatory Bans on Entry to the United States.” This order revokes a variety of Trump administration orders and […]
The United Arab Emirates has said it will hand out passports to investors, doctors and other foreigners with in-demand skills, in a significant break from past policy. The aim, according to Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, is to attract talent and investment into the country. These days the economy is […]
Move comes after UK says people with status can move to Britain and eventually settle China has announced it will no longer recognise the passports of British national overseas citizens just hours after the UK launched its scheme to give passport holders a path to residency as political freedoms decline in Hong Kong. “From 31 January, […]
The Commonwealth of Dominica, an island of 72,000 in the East Caribbean region, is well on track to meet the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda set by the United Nations in 2015. At the core of the agenda are 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that call all countries to take action for a more developed and […]
The Trump administration lost in federal court and, after four years, companies and foreign-born scientists and engineers finally won. That is the surprising end to the Trump administration’s efforts to increase denials for H-1B petitions. While policies remain that could bedevil companies, the latest available data show H-1B denial rates plummeted near the end of […]
President Nicos Anastasiades believes there are “orchestrated attempts to tarnish” him after the chief editor of a leading newspaper said he was forced to resign after claiming the Cypriot leader’s family law office benefitted immensely from the ‘golden passports’ scheme. Veteran journalist Andreas Paraschos, Managing Editor of the weekly Cyprus edition of Kathimerini since 2008, […]
The committee of inquiry looking into the citizenship-by-investment (CBI) scheme will finally open to the media as of next week, it was announced on Thursday. In a statement, the committee said it had intended for the media to be present from the outset, but due to the coronavirus situation this was not possible. The hearings […]
