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 […]
To access the data sheet on the Portugal’s Golden Residence Programme (GRP) results as of the 30th September 2016, please click here
Launched in October 2014, the Investment Migration Council (IMC) is the only global association for professionals involved in investor migration and citizenship-by-investment. The IMC has been growing rapidly under the leadership of its Chief Executive, Bruno L’ecuyer. It has recently reported that its membership has grown to nearly 300, with members from over 30 countries […]
Pafilia Cyprus Property Developers has been fined €100,000 for mis-leading home buyers in a case that focused on the commercial practices that the company used in 2007 when selling apartments to them. The complaint was filed with (CCPS) by home buyers in December 2013. The case focused on the commercial practices which Pafilia Cyprus Property […]
On September 26th, EB5 Economist, an economic research firm specializing in analyzing the economic impact of EB5 projects, launched a newly developed, proprietary EB-5 Job Calculator. This calculator is a tool to help EB-5 project developers and professionals quickly estimate the number of EB-5 eligible jobs their project creates. The tool utilizes RIMS II data […]
To access the data sheet on the Portugal’s Golden Residence Programme (GRP) results as of the 31st August 2016, please click here
As the EB-5 visa backlog for natives of China continues to increase, parents looking to use the EB-5 program to obtain U.S. permanent residence for their children are faced with the prospect of their children reaching the age of 21 prior to an EB-5 visa becoming available to them and their families. As a result, […]
To access the data sheet on the Portugal (GRP) program results as of 31st July 2016, please click here.
