The number of British entrepreneurs looking to “buy” citizenship from countries offering visa-free access to the European Union has risen sharply, investment migration firms say, as prospects of a post-Brexit trade deal between Britain and the bloc darken. Investment immigration firm Astons said it had seen a 50% and 30% year-on-year increase in interest from […]
A crackdown raises questions about citizenship the EU would rather not answer. An EU passport is one of the most desirable documents on the planet. Its bearer can live and work in 27 different countries, all of them prosperous and peaceful. Many have excellent food, too. In the birthright lottery of citizenship, those with a burgundy […]
To establish a working group to assist the IMC with drafting a ‘Code of Standards for Responsible Advertising and Marketing’ Published: 23 September 2020 Deadline: 7 October 2020 Background: The IMC is researching the possibility of establishing a comprehensive set of standards for responsible advertising and marketing of investment migration programmes. Such standards would enhance […]
Many U.S. citizens whose families immigrated from Europe are eligible, and the pandemic has caused an uptick in applications. Growing up in Chicago, Juliana Calistri was surrounded by all things Italian: music, food and language. Ms. Calistri’s grandparents were raised in Bagni di Lucca, Italy, and though her father was born in Chicago, he spoke […]
Vanuatu’s Development Support Program aims to become the first CIP to allow stateless people to apply for citizenship by investment. Vanuatu Lifestyle (the trade name of VAN-LS Ltd), a company that’s also registered as an accredited agent for the Vanuatu Development Support Program (DSP), has obtained a three-year exclusive license to handle applications from people […]
The government of Dominica has announced that it will be launching the Entrepreneur Visa, designed to recognize the government’s interest in providing a unique status to applicants who make a significant financial investment in the country. The visa platform is also designed to ‘add valuable foreign direct investment into the private sector. Moreover, it clearly […]
COVID-19 has shifted the factors people consider when deciding where they live, and many are increasingly looking to establish residence or citizenship for their families in an alternative jurisdiction. This blog looks at their options. The world has faced a series of unexpected challenges in 2020. The coronavirus pandemic continues to have a wide-ranging health […]
A leak of government documents obtained by Al Jazeera has revealed that the Republic of Cyprus sold citizenship to dozens of people, many of whom are linked to crime and corruption, through the Cyprus Investment Program (CIP). These documents are now known as the Cyprus Papers and include over 1,400 approved applications to the CIP. […]
An international fundraising effort has begun in France to fund a legal challenge to lower the cost to Americans of renouncing their US citizenship. For most people who move countries the focus is on obtaining citizenship of their new country, which gives them all sorts of extra rights foreigners do not have. The majority of […]
In terms of mainstream media coverage, the pandemic appears to have had a positive impact on the industry; nary a week now goes by without investment migration practitioners making appearances in heavy-weight publications. Investment migration people in the news this week included: Jean-Francois Harvey of Harvey Law Group Alexander Varnavas of Varnavas Law Georg Chmiel […]
