Uncertainty and fear over a United States governed by a Donald Trump administration appears to be pushing wealthy Americans to look for alternative citizenships – and the Caribbean just might benefit. The Republican’s upset win over Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton was announced early yesterday after Tuesday’s elections, following a divisive campaign that featured controversial statements […]
The number of people looking to get a second passport has increased after Donald Trump won the race for the White House, sources have said. Henley & Partners, which has an office in Dubai that also helps wealthy individuals acquire alternative citizenships, have been swamped with queries from potential customers, particularly those from the United […]
International citizenship and residence advisory firm, Henley & Partners, has been appointed by the Government of Grenada to restructure its citizenship-by-investment program. The mandate of the firm’s Government Advisory Team is to work hand in hand with the Citizenship by Investment Unit and other government officials to revitalize the program. Grenada’s Citizenship-by-Investment program is the […]
The government of Antigua & Barbuda has not jumped at the opportunity to salvage Iraqi investor Ahmed Abbas Oleiwi Al-Hassani’s US $1.5 billion condominium project at Pensioner’s Beach or in arranging for it to go ahead elsewhere. Instead, Minister of Information Melford Nicholas said, “We are at the stage where there are multiple interest in […]
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – The main opposition St Lucia Labour Party (SLP) on Monday called on Prime Minister Allen Chastanet to be open and transparent with the population regarding the Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP). The SLP said it also wanted the new government to provide the public with all the proposed changes to […]
PORT OF SPAIN, St Kitts (WINN) — Revenues earned from the sale of citizenship are supporting the economic recovery being experienced in the Eastern Caribbean countries. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) country report on the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) published on Tuesday, the region’s economic recovery is gaining ground, supported not only […]
October 31, 2016 — Ottawa, Ontario – The Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced today the Government of Canada’s intention to lift the visa requirements for Romanian and Bulgarian citizens on December 1, 2017. It demonstrates the importance that the Government of Canada places on its relationship with both countries and […]
BASSETERRE, St Kitts — The chief executive officer at the St Kitts and Nevis Sugar Industry Diversification Foundation (SIDF), Terrance Crossman, has been terminated. Crossman was handed a termination letter on Friday. The reasons for his dismissal are unclear. The dismissal comes days after Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris indicated during his most recent press […]
Since taking up his post as the new CEO of the St Kitts and Nevis Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU), Les Khan has been working hard to implement reforms that will define the citizenship by investment (CBI) program as innovative and an international leader once again. He achieved this at a two-day CBI conference that […]
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