As it often happens in life, bad news can draw more attention than good news, and criticism gets to linger longer than compliments — a conundrum officials working in the investment migration field are closely familiar with. Investment migration — a $21.4 billion global industry — helps create jobs, protect climate-vulnerable nations, boost infrastructure investments, […]
Essential foreign workers in America are not only a key to an orderly life under the conditions created by the Covid-19 virus, but also could be a key to a robust recovery once the country overcomes the pandemic. Passing an immigration initiative to recruit and keep the critical personnel that have helped the economy function […]
New arrivals will be offered help accessing work, schools, health services, housing and even setting up businesses, ministers say. Hong Kong citizens arriving in the UK under the British National Overseas (BNO) Passport scheme will receive a £43m support package to help them settle, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick has said. The programme will help new […]
Migrant rights networks, advocates and allies in Canada are calling for status for all. And this call is not new. It is time to ask why status for all is essential for mitigating social inequalities laid bare by the pandemic. Status for all means permanent residency for all temporary migrant workers and their families who […]
Response from the passport brokerage to the revelations about Malta’s cash-for-passports scheme “Henley & Partners is proud of the service that it has provided to Malta and its people. We assisted the Maltese government in the creation of a remarkably successful sovereign financing and economic innovation platform, raising hundreds of millions of euros in debt-free capital without which healthcare, […]
The Immigrant Investor Program, known by its abbreviated moniker EB-5, has over its three-decade existence grown into a critical source of investment in U.S. development projects. It has generated more than $41 billion in capital investment, saving and creating more than 820,000 U.S. jobs. This powerhouse of an economic development program is capable of immensely […]
At a Glance The Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship announced new pathways to permanent residence for essential workers and international graduates who are currently in Canada and actively contributing to the Canadian economy.Eligible applicants will be able to submit applications from May 6, 2021 through November 5, 2021 or until all spots are filled, […]
Chinese investors dominated the Portuguese golden visa during the early years before falling to a record-low in 2020. In 2021, they are returning in force. Between the program’s opening in 2012 and the end of 2016, Chinese applicants accounted for an absolute majority of golden visas in Portugal, reaching a peak of 81% of the […]
The island of Dominica has a reputation for being the ‘nature island of the Caribbean’ and very soon, it will be open to digital nomads who want to live and work in a place where migrating sperm whales are a major visual feature of day-to-day life. The government has launched a way to lure working […]
India’s wealthy have topped a list of people seeking to relocate abroad through visa programmes that offer citizenship or right of residence in other countries in return for investments. There was very little Rahul (name changed) didn’t have going for him, when he made the tough call to leave India six years ago. He is […]
