In a response to the airing of an investigative report on the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program (QIIP) by Canadian state broadcaster CBC Radio Canada, the CEO of the Investment Migration Council (IMC), Mr. Bruno L’ecuyer, has issued an open letter to all Residency and Citizenship by Investment professionals. In referring all industry players to the […]
As time is running out to reach a Brexit deal fears of a hard exit is causing sleepless nights for British expats in Cyprus. The country has now decided that Britons who have been continuously residents for 5 years in Cyprus will be granted residency rights after Britain leaves. The Interior Ministry has published a guide that […]
The Home Secretary proposed a series of reforms to British citizenship today (Tuesday 2 October). The reforms include tougher English language requirements for people applying for British citizenship and proposals to reform the Life in the UK test to give greater prominence to the British values and principles expected of those wishing to call the […]
Lionel Leong Vai Tac, the Secretary for Economy and Finance, told media on Friday that there was ‘no illegal activities’ found during the investigation of a temporary residence scheme, which was previously criticised in a report by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) in July. Leong however said the Macau SAR Government will continually review laws […]
“I BOUGHT an island” is the simple answer given by Thaksin Shinawatra, former prime minister of Thailand, as to how he became a citizen of Montenegro. Deposed in a coup in 2006, Mr Thaksin was stripped of his Thai passport. Hence his need for another one. At one point he seemed to be collecting them. […]
In a press release, the government of Anguilla states that it has signed an MOU with Latitude Consultancy and Arton Capital to open an agency that will attract investment to the recently announced Anguilla Residence by Investment Programme (ARBI) and, more generally, to attract foreign capital in all its forms to the country. The agreement […]
In the first half of 2018 – after the election of Cyril Ramaphosa to replace Jacob Zuma as ANC president – it recorded a 229% year-on-year increase in applications from South Africans looking to buy their way into foreign citizenship or residency, Henley & Partners says.Henley & Partners is a global citizenship advisory firm, headquartered […]
Financial industry professionals living in the UK are less confident that the country will achieve a “soft” departure from the European Union than they did in 2017, with a slight increase in the number predicting Britain will leave the bloc with no deal. Separately, a UK wealth management lobby welcomed official calls to enable continued […]
On September 17, in an apparent major policy shift, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan promised citizenship to 1.5 million Afghan refugees. In the same speech, he also stated he will provide passports to the parents of the children born in Pakistan. This policy decision, however, is not exclusively for Afghans as Khan has also stated […]
The European Commission plans to issue recommendations to member states selling citizenship in return for investment in November, the EU justice and gender equality commissioner said in Nicosia on Friday, noting also that Cyprus must improve enforcement of anti-money laundering legislation.. “We had a good debate about the need to take all preventative steps not to allow […]
