Most countries in the world offer a deal offering fast-tracked residency permits and, ultimately, citizenship in return for investments in local businesses and property. With the UK voting to leave the European Union, it is becoming more attractive for wealthy Brits to look elsewhere for access to the European single market and the freedom of […]
Representative from at least five Caribbean countries are to meet here later this week to discuss the Citizenship by Investment (CIP). The Coordinator of the Dominica Citizenship by Investment Unit, Emmanuel Nanton said that the countries in the Caribbean with CIPs had agreed to meet every quarter “to discuss where we are in the programme, […]
The Government of Canada is making it faster and easier for Canadians and permanent residents to reunite with their spouses. At the direction of the Minister, earlier this year Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) began a concerted effort to reduce processing times. From the start of 2016 to the fall, processing times were reduced […]
Another move to propel the St. Kitts-Nevis Sugar Industry Diversification Foundation (SIDF) forward is the introduction of the International Marketing Agent Initiative, says Les Khan, CEO of the Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU), while appearing on the government’s radio-television programme “Working for You” on November 30. Mr. Khan explained that the initiative is another proactive […]
New Zealand will double the amount of investment needed for permanent residency, the country’s immigration minister said on Wednesday, while also increasing the number of visas it issues. The ‘Investor 2’ visa will require NZ$3 million (1.68 million pounds) in investment from May next year and 400 places a year will be available, up from […]
Lihua Tian’s lawsuit against government will proceed as she has been granted permission to challenge the revocation of her citizenship and Antigua & Barbuda passport. The High Court judge dealing with the matter has also put halt to the probe by a Committee of Inquiry investigating Lihua’s application and the approval process. […]
The government of Antigua & Barbuda has been advised that the country could be missing out on the chance to add rare professionals to the workforce by not having a “skilled persons” option in the Citizenship by investment Programme (CIP). The advice comes from Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Citizenship by Investment […]
The Hon Prime Minister, Dr. Roosevelt Skerrit is reporting that his recent trip to promote Dominica’s Citizenship by Investment programme was highly successful. Last week, Hon Skerrit led a delegation of nine Dominicans on a series of trips to in the hopes of meeting and attaining prospective investors for Dominica. At a press […]
Former Nationalist minister says Henley & Partners, concessionaires of Malta’s Individual Investor Programme, have reproduced his 2012 foreword for the latest edition of their citizenship manual Henley & Partners’ decision to include a four-year-old foreword by former Nationalist minister Tonio Fenech in their latest edition of the Global Residence and Citizenship Handbook, which was […]
In her speech to the Conservative Party conference in October this year, Theresa May declared that ‘if you believe you’re a citizen of the world, you’re a citizen of nowhere’. In the febrile atmosphere of post-referendum Britain, this statement caused consternation. Here was a top level political rejection of the values of internationalism to […]