Stung by criticism it has sold too many residency permits in return for lucrative investments, Cyprus is considering cutting back on the program that was begun after a banking and economic crisis hit in 2013. An unnamed Interior Ministry official confirmed the slowdown is under review, the Chinese news agency Xinhua said, after the European […]
Caribbean states devastated by recent hurricanes are selling citizenship to Middle Eastern investors to raise funds to help their recovery. But some officials warn that the islands’ rival schemes have fuelled a “race to the bottom” in which prized passports are being handed out cheaply. Islands badly hit by last month’s storms included Dominica, where 90 percent […]
Got some bitcoin burning a hole in your digital wallet? And paradise on the mind? You may be able to use it to buy a second passport. Fork over 49.3 bitcoins, the equivalent of about $280,000 to a brokering agent, and your family of up to four might be able to receive passports to Vanuatu via so-called investment […]
For those who have yet started to prepare or review their response, what are the key questions they should be asking? What is the consultation about? When the free movement rights of Europeans end with the UK’s departure from the EU, this will be replaced with an entirely new immigration system. Home Office ministers and officials are thinking about […]
The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has announced on Thursday, 12th October 2017, its intention to reduce the investment threshold for the National Development Fund (NDF) option, by 50%; from US$200,000 to US$100,000 for a family of up to four persons, and from US$250,000 to US$125,000 for a family of five and over. This policy […]
The Dutch coalition government are allowing their citizens residing in the UK to take up dual citizenship. The People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy, the Christian Democrats, D66 party and the Christian Union managed to strike an agreement, releasing a blueprint with plans for tax cuts, Brexit negotiations, state-sanctioned cannabis plantations and plans for the Dutch fishing plans for […]
Naturalized citizens of Antigua and Barbuda who are involved in serious crimes face the risk of deportation and loss of their citizenship. This was announced by Attorney General Steadroy “Cutie” Benjamin who noted that changes will be made to the Antigua and Barbuda Citizenship Act. Persons who have resided in Antigua and Barbuda for seven […]
After a wait of seven years, Xiao Duan finally moved to Canada with his father and got a permanent resident card. Duan is one of millions of Chinese families that have realized their “immigration dream” through other countries’ investment immigrant programs. However, compared to the traditional program, Chinese immigrant agencies pointed out that lower costs […]
After years of short-term extensions, the fate of the EB-5 investor visa program is still unknown among local and national experts, but most agree that dramatic changes to the program are more likely than expiration. The EB-5 immigrant investor visa program was designed to create jobs and spur national economic development by incentivizing foreign investment […]
Chief executive officer (CEO) of the St Kitts and Nevis Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU), Les Khan, gave some insight into the current due diligence process of the citizenship by investment (CBI) programme, implemented after 2015. “Due diligence is an area that we take really seriously and more than any of the other islands. We […]
