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 […]
As concessionaire of the Moldova Citizenship-by-Investment (MCBI) program, Henley & Partners is pleased to note the successful completion of the first citizenship-by-investment application in the country. Henley & Partners has over 20 years of experience in strategic consulting, working with sovereign states around the globe in the design, set-up, and operation of the world’s most respected investment […]
he European Commission, from 2021 onwards will enforce the ETIAS on those citizens coming from a visa waiver jurisdiction. On the 5th September 2018, the ETIAS system was adopted by the Council, and it can be defined as an electronic travel authorisation system, such as the ETA (which is applicable in the US and Canada), rather than […]
A Chinese national applying today for a U.S. immigrant investor visa may not get one until 2035 at the earliest. With more than 34,000 applicants in line for the roughly 10,000 EB-5 visas available each year—not counting the nearly 39,000 whose applications haven’t yet been approved—the average wait isn’t much better for the handful of […]
Klasko Immigration Law Partners, LLP, home to some of the world’s leading investment immigration attorneys, is pleased to offer immigration evaluation services for individuals wishing to immigrate to the United States and seeking alternatives to the EB-5 investment visa. This evaluation service is especially beneficial for foreign nationals who don’t have a clear path to immigrating to the […]
The UK and Irish governments signed a Memorandum of Understanding reaffirming their commitment to the Common Travel Area. Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Ireland Joint statement of 8 May 2019 between the UK Government and Government of Ireland […]
