Investment achieved through the Portugal’s Golden Visa scheme, which offers residency permits to investors, reached €3bn in March, according to figures published on Friday by the Immigration and Borders authority, SEF. By the end of March, investment resulting from the Residency Authorisation for Investment Activity (ARI) programme, also known as the Golden Visa scheme, […]
The Citizenship by Investment Unit (CBIU) in Saint Lucia has attempted to counter a pledge by the opposition St Lucia Labour Party (SLP) to review every citizenship granted by the current government under the country’s citizenship by investment programme (CIP). The SLP statement followed a walk out last week by all opposition parliamentarians after a […]
It seems that the Trump administration may bring in further restriction for the H1B specialty worker visa and L1 visa programs (includes the L1A intra-company transfer visa for executives and managers and L1B intra-company transfer visa for specialized knowledge workers). There are also concerns that the EB5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program may become much more […]
Minister for health and environment Dr Kenneth Darroux has stressed that any myths being spread about Dominica’s citizenship by investment (CBI) programme should be dispelled. “I’ve said before and I’ll say it again, that we make no apologies for this program. We would have taken note of some of the concerns raised by our citizens […]
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced major changes to citizenship laws, making it tougher for foreign nationals to become Australian citizens. Aspiring citizens will have to undergo tougher tests on their English language skills and ability to demonstrate “Australian values”, Turnbull said. He unveiled the tighter requirements on Thursday. As part of the new measure, […]
As Brexit puts a question mark over the rights of EU nationals in Britain, Lithuania is rushing to let its citizens keep their Baltic passports if they opt to become British. A bill tabled in the 141-seat parliament would allow dual citizenship for Lithuanians living in fellow EU and NATO countries at a time […]
Known as a favourite tourist destination with its idyllic beaches and crystal-clear Mediterranean waters, Cyprus has also attracted attention for its citizenship-by-investment programme, which fits well with the property sector there. In a nutshell, the Cypriot government in the past has established a number of investment incentives for foreigners, but the citizenship programme is especially […]
More than 1,500 residency permits for Greece immigration have been granted since the introduction of the Golden Visa Investor Program. Chinese and Russian candidates dominate the visa holders, as is the case with the majority of the world’s residency-by-investment programs. Some 664 five-year Greece visas have been given to Chinese applicants, with 348 visas going […]
A Defense Department official says that the U.S. military will continue to welcome noncitizen recruits and that the Trump administration also will continue a long-standing policy that allows members of the military and their families a pathway to citizenship for their service. “Today’s service members are eligible for expedited citizenship under a July 2002 executive […]
Following a walk out on Tuesday by all opposition parliamentarians after a motion to reverse changes to the citizenship by investment programme (CIP) was removed from the order paper, the opposition St Lucia Labour Party (SLP) has pledged to review every citizenship granted by the current government under the CIP. The SLP strongly condemned the […]
