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The Investment Migration Council Appoints Additional Governing Board and Advisory Committee Members

Geneva, 17 August 2017   The Investment Migration Council (IMC), the worldwide association for Investor Migration and Citizenship-by-Investment, has today announced the appointment of additional members to serve on its Governing Board and Advisory Committee. The new appointees include: Nadine Goldfoot, Partner, Fragomen LLP, UK (Governing Board) Ronald Klasko, Managing Partner, Klasko Immigration Law Partners, […]

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Cyprus Leads Other EU States for its Citizenship Scheme

Cyprus ranks 7th out of 12 countries studied in an analysis of citizenship-by-investment programmes by the Financial Times group’s Professional Wealth Management, ahead of Malta, Bulgaria and Austria, the other European Union member states on the list, Cyprus Mail reported. The research group ranked Dominica as the top jurisdiction in scope of the study, scoring an overall […]

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Former Nazi Interpreter Helmut Oberlander Stripped of Canadian Citizenship Again

The federal government has once again stripped Helmut Oberlander of his Canadian citizenship for serving in a Nazi death squad and lying about it to enter Canada. Oberlander, 93, was an interpreter for the Nazis and served in Einsatzkommando 10a, a group of mobile death squads that participated in the systematic extermination of Jews in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe […]

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UK PM Tries to Stamp Out Cabinet Squabbling Over Free Movement

Downing Street has sought to rein in Chancellor Philip Hammondin an apparent attempt to prevent Brexit divisions descending into a cabinet civil war. Theresa May’s official spokesman made clear that freedom of movement will end in March 2019, despite previous indications from Mr Hammond that a similar system could continue after Brexit. The No 10 spokesman said further details of […]

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Clarification on New Cyprus Tax Regs: They’re ‘in addition to’

A new set of tax residency rules that were approved last month in Cyprus are meant to supplement the country’s existing “183-day rule” rather than replacing it, International Investment now understands. They are also deemed to have entered into force on 1 January 2017, rather than being set to go live next year. As reported here yesterday, there […]

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Grenada’s Citizenship by Investment Program Offers Route to US E2 Visa

Citizenship applications for the Caribbean island of Grenada have boomed in the last three years. Reports have emerged that Grenada’s citizenship by investment program, introduced in 2014, is being used to fast-track US E2 visa applications. Grenada is the only Caribbean country with a fast-track citizenship programme, which signed a Commerce and Navigation Treaty with the USA. […]

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