More South Africans are applying for a secondary passport, as they look for a possible ‘plan B’ outside of the country. Residence and citizenship planning firm, Henley & Partners, said that it received a 125% increase in the number of enquiries in the second half of 2018 – compared to the same period in 2017. […]
The country has put together Portugal IN, a temporary Brexit taskforce to help UK businesses navigate through the changes that will come after the UK leaves the European Union on Halloween. The taskforce is working together with the Portuguese Trade and Investment Agency (AICEP), Turismo de Portugal and other public entities to ensure that UK […]
Visa applicants to the United States are required to submit any information about social media accounts they have used in the past five years under a State Department policy that started on Friday. Such account information would give the government access to photos, locations, dates of birth, dates of milestones and other personal data commonly […]
As the Investment Migration Council prepares to gather in Geneva for its annual Forum, it is worth inquiring into the legitimacy of the burgeoning industry of investment migration. Given that the idea relates primarily to some of the world’s wealthiest people, some have been skeptical. But is it wrong to sell citizenship to high bidders? An answer […]
While in Tokyo earlier this month, I couldn’t help but notice how the city has changed. Where once it was rare to hear any language other than Japanese spoken on the street, now it happens constantly. Most of this is due to the huge tourism boom — more than 30 million people now visit Japan every year. […]
The number of Chinese millionaires coming to the U.K. has gone up by nearly 50%, latest figures from the U.K. Home Office show. With £2 million ($2.5 million) needed to secure a Tier 1 Investment visa, only millionaires need apply to the scheme that enables residency in the U.K. In recent years, the Tier 1 […]
Visitors from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and the United States will be able to use ePassport gates at ports across the UK and juxtaposed controls in a move designed to speed up border controls for low-risk countries. There were over 10 million arrivals in the UK by nationals from these countries […]
The creation of a new residency permit scheme for qualified international expatriates in Saudi Arabia is expected to attract leading global entrepreneurs, innovators and investors to the kingdom, a senior official has said. Engineer Ibrahim Al Omar, Governor of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA), said: “Our aim is to attract innovators from across […]
The Bahamian government has introduced a 90-day qualifying period for permanent residents who wish to take advantage of its low tax regime. The change was made in response to criticism by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that its residence-by-investment scheme was being used by money launderers and tax evaders to dodge Common […]
The United Arab Emirates said it had launched a “Golden Card” permanent residency program, granting 6,800 permits to foreigners who together had invested 100 billion dirhams ($27 billion). While the residencies announced on Tuesday were given to investors, people with “exceptional skills” in medicine, engineering, science and arts can also be eligible, Prime Minister Sheikh […]
