Travel Bubbles: Are We Rebuilding International Travel From the Ground Up?
“Travel bubbles” are forming between COVID-safe countries. Michael Krakat asks; are we rebuilding international travel from the ground up?
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Asia-Pacific
Vietnam Seeks to Prevent Participation in CBI Programs by Banning Int’l Property Investment
The Vietnamese government says it wants to prevent its citizens from obtaining other nationalities through real estate investment.
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Australia to Double Its Investor Visa Quota as Part of Economic Recovery Plan
The Ministry is targeting “those who are going to grow Australian businesses, create Australian jobs and supercharge our economic recovery.”
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IMI EXCLUSIVE: Vanuatu Reveals Historical Data on All CBI Programs Going Back to 2014
In a historic release prepared exclusively for IMI, Vanuatu shares, for the first time, statistics on all its past and present CBI programs.
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Long-Term MM2H Agents Question Program’s Future, Ask If Erratic Govt. Action is Deliberate
Not as advertised: A 15-year veteran MM2H advisor questions whether authorities really want foreigners to make Malaysia their second home.
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Monthly Thai Elite Visa Approvals Double Post-Pandemic
Now, program authorities hope to lure even more applicants with allowing them the right not only to live in Thailand, but to work there too.
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All Citizens “Equal in The Eyes of The Vanuatu Govt.” Assures Chairman Warsal in Response to Media Reports
“Any omissions or ambiguities that may exist […] will be identified and rectified,” states the Commission in response to speculations.
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Lesperance: Vanuatu Govt. Inadvertently Admits Fatal Flaw in Its Honorary CIP
Vanuatu’s deputy PM concedes the country’s CIP investors are still just honorary citizens and that he plans to give them a yellow passport.
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Malaysia Investment & Immigration Report 2020 – From Juwai IQI, in Partnership with IMI
Asia’s biggest prop-tech group, has partnered with IMI Research Unit to produce a special report on immigrating to and investing in Malaysia.
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Vanuatu to Offer Citizenship by Investment to Stateless People – Local Agent Gets Exclusive Deal
Vanuatu’s Development Support Program aims to become the first CIP to allow stateless people to apply for citizenship by investment.
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New Zealand’s Investor Visa Rejects 1 in 3 Applications, Leaving NZ$3 Billion on The Table
While only 16% of Indonesians are turned away, half of Malaysian and South African investor visa applicants get rejection letters.
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Vanuatu Approving 100+ CBI Applications a Month, Setting Revenue-Records in 2020
In the middle of a global pandemic, the citizenship by investment program of COVID-free Vanuatu is experiencing its best year on record.
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Despite Pandemic, A Record-Summer for Hong Kong Overseas Property Expos
UK property exhibitions accounted for more than half of the city’s total in the last two weeks of July, writes Eli McGeever.
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More Than 100 MM2H Agents Face Closure Over Moratorium – Price Hike Likely
When the MM2H relaunches in December, it will likely have a higher price tag. In the meantime, hundreds of agents will struggle to survive.
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Australian COVID-19 Travel Restrictions: Art. 13 of Human Rights Declaration Suspended?
The Universal Declaration on Human Rights states that “Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.”
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Home Office Encourages Hongkongers to Come to the UK Now and Apply for Leave at Border
“Now that China, through its actions, has changed the circumstances that BN(O) citizens find themselves in, it is right that we should change the entitlements which are attached to BN(O) status.” said the Home Secretary.
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After Rejecting Up to 90% of Applications, Malaysia Freezes MM2H, Again
The government says it aims to relaunch by December, adding “it’s not a permanent closure because the program contributes to our economy.”
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Video-Link Ceremonies and Couriered Passport Distribution for Vanuatu DSP Citizens
For agents experiencing fulfillment-challenges, VIMB offers its established channels for providing a delivery solution for their clients.
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Vanuatu’s Dual-CIP Era Drawing to a Close? “Hong Kong-Jimmy” Receives Termination Notice
Vanuatu Govt.: “It clearly shows conflict of interest on your side as you clearly knew there would be a change of government when the contract elapsed.”
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Devastated by Cyclone, Isolated by Pandemic, Vanuatu Provides For Its Own Thanks to Record CBI-Revenue
Vanuatu rakes in record CBI-revenue and spends it on emergency relief. The new chairman hints at the introduction of real estate investment options.
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