Political gridlock and years of Brexit drama haven’t dampened demand from wealthy Chinese for U.K. investor visas. Chinese applications for Tier 1 investor visas rose 19 percent to 144 in 2018 from a year earlier, according to data obtained from the Home Office by private equity firm Growthdeck. The number applying has almost doubled since […]
If anyone can stir Japanese national pride at the moment, it is Naomi Osaka. The world’s No. 1-ranked player in women’s tennis, Ms. Osaka is among the biggest stars in Japan, splashed across television programs and advertisements for Nissan cars and Citizen watches. As a mixed-race person, she has also helped prompt a discussion about how […]
Chinese investors led the so-called Golden Visa boom in Greece, where residence permits issued to non-E.U countries citizens grew 46 per cent last year. Other crisis-hit countries like Portugal and Spain have used the scheme for years to lure investors in a bid to stoke an economic recovery. Spending a minimum of 250,000 euros on […]
Hungary’s prime minister on Friday launched his party’s campaign for the European Parliamentary elections in May by presenting a seven-point plan against immigration. Prime Minister Viktor Orban called for migration to be controlled by national governments, not European Union bureaucrats and repeated his view that no country should be forced to accept immigrants against its […]
It could take the US government up to two years to identify potentially thousands of children who were separated from their parents by the authorities at the southern border, the government said in a court filing. The filing late on Friday outlined for the first time the Trump administration’s plan for identifying which family members […]
The expansion of Saint Lucia’s Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP) could very well become a concern of the United States Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. This much was gleaned from the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Volume II Money Laundering of March 2019 on Saint Lucia, now in the […]
The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score edged down by a point to 451 as Canada immigration authorities conducted a new Express Entry draw. Invitations to Apply were issued to 3,350 candidates in the draw, which took place on April 3, 2019. The draw saw a tie-breaking rule cut-off of January 9, 2019 at just before 3.35am EST. If more than […]
A Dubai-based immigration firm has been terminated by Saint Kitts and Nevis as their registered International Marketing Agent (IMA) and can no longer submit applications to the Caribbean nation’s much sought after Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programme. In a notice circulated on March 20, the Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU) of Saint Kitts & Nevis […]
Wealthy Chinese mainlanders are taking a shine to Europe as a potential emigration destination, as they seek out alternatives to the United States, where long processing times and policy uncertainty have put a damper on the appeal of citizenship in the world’s largest economy. Data from the US State Department shows visas issued to China-born […]
British passports are being issued without the words “European Union” on the cover, despite the delay to Brexit. The new burgundy passports were introduced from 30 March, the day after the UK was supposed to leave the EU, but some people may still receive the old version until stocks run out. One recipient said she […]
