For those who have yet started to prepare or review their response, what are the key questions they should be asking? What is the consultation about? When the free movement rights of Europeans end with the UK’s departure from the EU, this will be replaced with an entirely new immigration system. Home Office ministers and officials are thinking about […]
The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has announced on Thursday, 12th October 2017, its intention to reduce the investment threshold for the National Development Fund (NDF) option, by 50%; from US$200,000 to US$100,000 for a family of up to four persons, and from US$250,000 to US$125,000 for a family of five and over. This policy […]
The Dutch coalition government are allowing their citizens residing in the UK to take up dual citizenship. The People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy, the Christian Democrats, D66 party and the Christian Union managed to strike an agreement, releasing a blueprint with plans for tax cuts, Brexit negotiations, state-sanctioned cannabis plantations and plans for the Dutch fishing plans for […]
Naturalized citizens of Antigua and Barbuda who are involved in serious crimes face the risk of deportation and loss of their citizenship. This was announced by Attorney General Steadroy “Cutie” Benjamin who noted that changes will be made to the Antigua and Barbuda Citizenship Act. Persons who have resided in Antigua and Barbuda for seven […]
After a wait of seven years, Xiao Duan finally moved to Canada with his father and got a permanent resident card. Duan is one of millions of Chinese families that have realized their “immigration dream” through other countries’ investment immigrant programs. However, compared to the traditional program, Chinese immigrant agencies pointed out that lower costs […]
After years of short-term extensions, the fate of the EB-5 investor visa program is still unknown among local and national experts, but most agree that dramatic changes to the program are more likely than expiration. The EB-5 immigrant investor visa program was designed to create jobs and spur national economic development by incentivizing foreign investment […]
Chief executive officer (CEO) of the St Kitts and Nevis Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU), Les Khan, gave some insight into the current due diligence process of the citizenship by investment (CBI) programme, implemented after 2015. “Due diligence is an area that we take really seriously and more than any of the other islands. We […]
Frequent travellers to the UK from 15 new countries are eligible to apply for membership of the service, which brings the potential for improved trade and tourism links. The new countries to be covered by the service are Andorra, Bahamas, Botswana, Holy See (Vatican City), Macao, Maldives, Monaco, Namibia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Seychelles, […]
Global regulatory and financial crime, risk and compliance firm, Exiger has today announced a partnership with professional services firm KPMG LLP in the UK to help enrich and streamline compliance solutions for its global corporate and financial institution clients. KPMG will enhance Exiger’s artificial intelligence technology by embedding a branded, custom version of the DDIQ platform into its systems to […]
The South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu will accept payments in Bitcoin for its $200,000 citizenship program,becoming the first country to accept the cryptocurrency in return for citizen status. Bitcoin is trading at $4,581 at current market rates, meaning Vanuatu’s citizenship by investment program would cost around 43.64 bitcoin. Vanuatu is a member of the Commonwealth and […]
