On the 24th January, the European Commission published its third EU Citizenship Report, presenting actions to ensure citizens can fully enjoy their rights when working, travelling, studying or participating in elections. Europeans are more than ever aware of their status as citizens of the Union and the proportion of Europeans wanting to know more about […]
Situated in the middle of the Mediterranean, as a full member of the European Union (EU), Malta is an ideal jurisdiction from which to do business within the EU and also outside the EU. A number of international businesses have established a presence in Malta for this reason, taking full advantage of Malta’s strong […]
Traditionally, citizenship has been a legal status entailing the registration of an individual, including coming from a third country, with the government of a given country and his/her acceptance into that country’s political framework through legal means. Citizenship ‘by exception’ is the citizenship acquired in exceptional circumstances by an individual from another country, whereby the […]
Investors, regional centers, developers and others in the EB-5 industry have raised questions regarding the impact of the U.S. Presidential election on the U.S. EB-5 green card program. The short answer is that the impact on EB-5 is likely to be less than its impact on other areas of U.S. immigration law. At […]
The 28th May 2015 was a proud day for the Caribbean countries of Dominica, Grenada and St Lucia, as it was on this day that they signed visa waiver agreements with the European Union. They joined Antigua and Barbuda and St Kitts and Nevis, who were both granted visa waiver status by the EU […]
High-end investor Residence-by-investment (‘RBI’, in form of Significant- and Premium Investor Visa)[1] have long been but one segment within the overall choice of Australian immigration options: Its main systemic concern is the integration and regulation of the large influx of global migrants, keeping the overall intake under political control, allowing the Minister for Immigration […]
In the United States, the EB5 program allows wealthy foreign national investors to obtain U.S. permanent residency to be able to live and work in the United States, indefinitely. After five years of permanent residency, the foreign national can apply for Naturalization (U.S. Citizenship). The term EB5 means, Employment Based Category 5, and is […]
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With only six months on the job, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU) Chisanga Chekwe has tendered his resignation to Prime Minister Gaston Browne. However, the reasons for the CEO’s resignation remain unclear. When the prime minister was contacted yesterday he declined to give the reasons for the CEO’s […]
Les Khan, CEO of the Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU), announced today that the Cabinet has approved changes to the Citizenship by Investment programme. The changes are being implemented to better integrate applicants into the life of the Federation by supporting applications from families. To this end, the announced changes include the lowering of the […]