More than 1,500 residency permits for Greece immigration have been granted since the introduction of the Golden Visa Investor Program. Chinese and Russian candidates dominate the visa holders, as is the case with the majority of the world’s residency-by-investment programs. Some 664 five-year Greece visas have been given to Chinese applicants, with 348 visas going […]
A Defense Department official says that the U.S. military will continue to welcome noncitizen recruits and that the Trump administration also will continue a long-standing policy that allows members of the military and their families a pathway to citizenship for their service. “Today’s service members are eligible for expedited citizenship under a July 2002 executive […]
Following a walk out on Tuesday by all opposition parliamentarians after a motion to reverse changes to the citizenship by investment programme (CIP) was removed from the order paper, the opposition St Lucia Labour Party (SLP) has pledged to review every citizenship granted by the current government under the CIP. The SLP strongly condemned the […]
The Quebec Immigrant Investor Program (QIIP), a Canadian immigration program that allows international investors to obtain Canadian permanent residence by investing CAD $800,000 risk-free, will reopen in less than two months. The QIIP is Canada’s only passive investor immigration program, and is one of the most popular investor immigration programs globally, offering a number of advantages over […]
A number of companies from European countries such as Spain, Portugal, Malta, Greece and Cyprus will be at the upcoming International Property Show (IPS) in Dubai, UAE, to woo regional investors with Golden Visa programmes. A show focused on B2B and B2C meetings with an international reach that explores new real estate destinations with investment […]
Germany has retained its position at the top of the Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index in the 2017 edition of the annual travel freedom ranking. Global residence and citizenship advisory firm Henley & Partners produces its index in partnership with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which claims to maintain the world’s largest database of […]
Singapore has kept its top spot amidst Southeast Asia as the country with the highest visa-free access, revealed the 2017 Visa Restrictions Index, an annual travel freedom ranking published by the global residence and citizenship advisory firm, Henley & Partners. The index is produced in partnership with the International Air Transport Association(IATA), which maintains the […]
While the United States has welcomed the efforts made by St Kitts and Nevis to tighten its citizenship by investment programme, and is working with the federation to make the programme a model one, according to US Ambassador Linda Taglialatela, a May 2014 FINCEN advisory from the US Treasury that targeted Basseterre over its CBI […]
The Acting CEO of the Antigua & Barbuda Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU) Thomas Anthony has resigned from the post. His resignation comes after his boss the CEO Chisanga Chekwe also resigned from the post. Educated in the United Kingdom, Thomas Anthony has been a banker for over 26 years. He has worked in Antigua, […]
The government of Antigua and Barbuda has announced the appointment of the first national of Antigua and Barbuda, Charmaine Quinland-Donovan, to head the country’s important Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU). Quinland-Donovan’s appointment takes effect from March 27. Prime Minister Gaston Browne said: “I am delighted to announce the appointment of a qualified and capable national […]
