The situation The EU Council of Ministers has adopted the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS). The regulation will enter into force after the text is published in the EU Official Journal, which is expected to occur in the coming months, and the system is expected to be operational by 2021. A closer look Registration before […]
St Kitts and Nevis’ government announces that 900 families have benefited from assistance through the Hurricane Relief Fund – the brainchild of Prime Minister Timothy Harris. A cash injection worth $11.5m has so far helped those affected by Hurricane Irma and Maria restore their homes. The funds come from the country’s popular citizenship by investment (CBI) programme – a […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is urging the Dominica government to create a savings fund for natural disasters as it urged Roseau to continue implementing cost effective fiscal policies and reforms to support recovery while containing the expansion of the public debt. A statement issued by the Washington-based financial institution, noted that the IMF’s executive […]
Cryptocurrencies will not be used to purchase citizenship through the Individual Investor Programme (IIP), a spokesperson from the Parliamentary Secretariat for Financial Services has told The Malta Independent on Sunday. The Citizenship by Investment (CBI) Index published by the Financial Times raised concerns that Malta’s intention to be at the frontline of blockchain technology could result in programme […]
In a first for the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the state of Qatar is to offer permanent residency to a limited number of expats each year, it was announced today. The move, announced by Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and passed by decree, allows up to 100 expats per year […]
Thailand Privilege Card Co (TPC), the operator of Thailand Elite Card, is set to offer 105 Elite cards to honour the foreign rescuers of the stranded football team in Tham Luang Cave two months ago. TPC has unveiled a new category of card called Elite Friends of Thailand specifically to reward the rescuers. The granting […]
TWEET SHARE The former chief officer for risk and compliance of Malta’s citizenship-by-investment programme has exited the agency to start an innovative online platform for the multi-millionaires seeking a second passport. Yakof Agius is an IT and risk specialist who spent the bulk of his career with HSBC Malta, before joining Henley & Partners as managing […]
PHARR, Tex. — On paper, he’s a devoted U.S. citizen. His official American birth certificate shows he was delivered by a midwife in Brownsville, at the southern tip of Texas. He spent his life wearing American uniforms: three years as a private in the Army, then as a cadet in the Border Patrol and now as […]
A summary of the latest official long-term international migration statistics for the UK for the year ending March 2018, published by Office for National Statistics (ONS). Data from the Home Office and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are also included. Download Report here Source: ons.gov.uk
The president of St. Paul’s Macalester College said former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan leaves a “powerful” legacy at the school. Annan, who died Saturday at age 80, was born in Ghana and finished his undergraduate work in economics at Macalester, graduating in 1961. From there he went to Geneva, where he began his graduate studies […]
