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Vanuatu earns $US84m from citizenship sales

The chair of Vanuatu’s Citizenship Commission says revenue collected over the past three months as part of its citizenship programme has skyrocketed to about $US84 million. However Ronald Warsal told the Vanuatu Daily Post the government had tightened security and due diligence measures to ensure that all applicants had clean criminal records. The programme has […]

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IMC Welcomes Council of Europe’s Report on Investment Migration

The implication of the report’s recommendations for regulation and common standards is that investment migration is a legitimate business. A recent report from the Council of Europe (CoE) endeavors to shed an objective light on issues surrounding investment migration in EU states. Adopted by the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons, the report delves […]

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Families Scramble For Citizenship Of The World’s Safest Countries

As travel restrictions between countries start to relax and coronaivurs exposes some countries’ healthcare inadequacies, families and individuals are rushing to become citizens of the safest countries in the world. Switzerland is the world’s safest country, according to a new ranking by Deep Knowledge Analytics, a research company. Already there has been a run on […]

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Premium Passports, including Singapore’s, Lose their Shine in a Post-Pandemic World, says Henley & Partners

As parts of the globe cautiously begin to open up, the focus is on what travel freedom and global mobility will look like in a post–Covid-19 world, notes Henley & Partners, the global leader in residence and citizenship planning. Every two weeks, the EU releases a list of countries whose residents would be allowed entry […]

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Grenada Clamps Down on Real Estate Undercutting

In a bold move to protect the integrity of its Citizenship by Investment (CBI) Programme, Grenada is promising to take action against all agents found to be illegally discounting the investment amount under the approved project arm of its Programme. Intentionally underselling the cost of real estate investments under Caribbean CBI Programmes is a reprehensible […]

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UK reveals details of special Hong Kong visa for overseas nationals

Home secretary Priti Patel says BNO visa changes were ‘proportionate response’ to China’s increasing control over the city. The British government has outlined its pathway to citizenship for millions of overseas nationals in Hong Kong wanting to flee growing control exerted by Beijing over in the semi-autonomous city. The changes allow holders of British National […]

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