New Zealand will double the amount of investment needed for permanent residency, the country’s immigration minister said on Wednesday, while also increasing the number of visas it issues. The ‘Investor 2’ visa will require NZ$3 million (1.68 million pounds) in investment from May next year and 400 places a year will be available, up from […]
The Government of Montenegro has today issued an international public tender notice for the development and implementation of a Special Investor Program under which a person may be granted Montenegrin citizenship. Details available from the Montenegrin Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism website here Details of the tender document and process are available here […]
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — The Antigua Government is reporting a decrease in applications for the Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP). According to Lennox Weston, the minister of state in the Ministry of Finance, this can be attributed to a decrease in demand for the programme but he remains optimistic that this could change in […]
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 […]
