The Trump administration is preparing to shutter all 21 international offices of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a move that could slow the processing of family visa applications, foreign adoptions and citizenship petitions from members of the military. USCIS Director Francis Cissna said in an email to staffers Tuesday that he is working to transfer […]
A Bahraini refugee soccer player who was jailed and facing deportation arguably got his biggest goal — citizenship in a foreign country. Hakeem al-Araibi, 25, was one of about 200 people who became Australia citizens at a ceremony in Melbourne. Prime Minister Scott Morrison fastened his own Australia flag pin to Araibi’s jacket. “I’ll take […]
Knight Frank has launched the 13th edition of The Wealth Report, providing the global perspective on prime property and wealth. The annual publication includes the Knight Frank City Wealth Index; price movements across 100 luxury residential property markets; the results of Knight Frank’s Luxury Investment Index; and, the Attitudes Survey. Headlines from the report include: […]
Wealthy investors from countries such as Russia who want to settle in Britain face stricter rules on so-called golden visas under a new regime to be announced on Thursday, a crackdown spurred by the Skripal nerve agent attack. However, transparency campaigners have attacked the shake-up to the visa scheme, which has seen rich overseas investors […]
The new law would see jihadis who fight for the terror group kicked out of the country, Deutsche Welle reports. It would apply to adult ISIS militants with dual citizenship who take up arms for any “terrorist militia”. But it would not be retroactive, meaning any fighters who fled the extremist group’s territory in recent […]
The UK Government has proposed fundamental changes to the Tier 1 visa category through a Statement of Changes released today. Changes include: Introduction of new Start-up and Innovator visa categories to replace the Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) and Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) routes, with applicants in these categories assessed by trusted endorsement bodies vetted by the […]
Klasko Immigration Law Partners, LLP is pleased to announce three of its partners have received recognition in the 2018 Top 25 issue of EB5 Investors Magazine: Ron Klasko, Daniel Lundy, and Anu Nair. Each year, the magazine gives recognition to the EB-5 industry’s leading and most influential attorneys and service providers. To be eligible for […]
Individuals naturalized under Vanuatu’s Development and Support Programme (VDSP) – one of two concurrent citizenship by investment programs in the Pacific archipelago state – will no longer be “honorary citizens”. Whether they will now have the right to political participation remains unclear. Speaking to IMI during the Investment Immigration Summit in Dubai today, James E. Harris, Managing […]
The Hon. Prime Minister on February 18, visited the sites of the Georgetown and Cotton Hill Housing Settlements to get a first-hand view of the progress of the project. This is all part of government’s initiative to build comfortable and adequate housing conditions for citizens and also in keeping with the mandate of making Dominica […]
Responding to news that Shamima Begum, who joined the Islamic State group in Syria aged 15, is to lose her UK citizenship, Rachel Logan, Amnesty International UK’s Legal Programme Director, said: “The Home Secretary’s revoking of Shamima Begum’s British citizenship is legally and morally questionable. “Effectively rendering Begum stateless, even if only temporarily, is simply […]
