If, as many say, Brexit represents a risk to Britain trade and access to the customs union, then no-one has told the world’s wealthy, who have never been so keen to come to this country and capitalise on its financial infrastructure. In the third quarter of last year the Home Office issued 114 Tier 1 […]
The UAE has approved a new long-term visa system aimed at attracting international investors and high-skilled professional workers. In a major announcement, the UAE cabinet also approved 100% foreign ownership of companies in the country, which has previously been limited to those companies based in freezones. The ten-year visa will be made available to investors in […]
The Board of Directors of Invest in the USA (IIUSA) announced on Thursday, May 17 the departure of Peter Joseph as Executive Director of IIUSA – the national trade association for the EB-5 Regional Center Program. Mr. Joseph said, “I am proud of the 10 plus years I have spent serving the EB-5 industry during […]
An IMF mission visited St. Lucia during April 23-May 4, 2018, for the annual Article IV consultation discussions on economic developments and macroeconomic policies. At the end of the discussions, the mission issued the following statement: “Favorable external conditions and a mild fiscal stimulus sustained growth in 2017. The outlook remains benign, but is subject to […]
A Bahrain court on Tuesday revoked the citizenship of 115 people at a mass terrorism trial, the most to lose their nationality at any one time, amid a yearslong crackdown on all dissent in the island kingdom. Bahrain’s Sunni-rule government increasingly has wielded denaturalization as a hammer to beat back dissent on the Shiite-majority island […]
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Episode 1 of the documentary series Caribbean Citizenship by Investment, the first-ever documentary on all five citizenship by investment programs (CIPs) in the Caribbean, is now available. In the series, we visit each country to learn more about the respective citizenship by investment programs and life on the ground on the islands. The first episode covers the […]
Canada and Ontario are strengthening their partnership and collaboration to increase francophone immigration in support of a strong and prosperous economy. The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, and the Honourable Laura Albanese, Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, today announced the signing of the annexes to the Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement (COIA). The 3 annexes set out Canada–Ontario collaboration on […]
The Trump administration said on Friday it will end temporary protections for immigrants in the United States from Honduras on Jan. 5, 2020, leaving potentially 57,000 people vulnerable to deportation. It is the latest in a series of decisions by President Donald Trump to shut down temporary protected status (TPS) granted to immigrants after natural […]
In light of recent changes made to the regulations of the Citizenship by Investment (CIP) , opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Ernest Hilaire is calling for the programme to be immediately discontinued. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, the former CIP chairman argued that the new changes places Saint Lucia as a cheap island […]
