PM Browne’s October 30 letter to Brussels accepts closure in principle, then asks for two and a half more years and EU compensation.
Antigua and Barbuda’s Cabinet leans toward confirming a 2028 end date for its citizenship program to keep visa-free travel to Europe.
Turkey and Cyprus have revoked in the thousands, four programs in the dozens, and five with the thinnest safeguards not at all.
Vanuatu shuts investor citizens out of the ballot for life. St. Kitts closes parliament to them forever. Turkey draws no line at all.
Philip J. Pierre and Gaston Browne told EU Commissioner Magnus Brunner that citizenship by investment finances development in the Eastern Caribbean. Saint Lucia’s account of the meeting announced no change to the June 2028 phase-out date.
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Turkey, Egypt, and Cambodia pass citizenship down without limit, while three of the five Caribbean programs pass nothing down automatically.
From Athens’ €50,000 Airbnb fines to Dubai’s anything-goes freeholds, what golden visa investors may do with a qualifying property now varies wildly.
In nine of them, the loss happens automatically, with no order issued and no notice served.
If Schengen access goes, Rafael Cintron sees the Caribbean cutting prices and selling harder, Vanuatu-style, not folding.
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A crypto portfolio or contribution qualifies an investor for immigration in only two countries. But the list is growing.
The US more than doubled its visa bond list from 15 to 38 countries. Starting January 21, tourists from Tonga, Antigua, and 23 others must post $15,000 to visit.
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New potential rules could force CBI applicants to stay to play, or risk losing out for failing to prove “genuine links.”
No formal communication echoes across the Caribbean as leaders demand answers after finding their nations on a reported US travel ban list
The question on everyone’s mind is if other Caribbean CIPs will raise prices like Saint Kitts. IMI contacted each to get an answer.
Antigua & Barbuda has released the first statistical report on its CIP in more than three years. Figures show the program has fallen behind.
Russians and Belarusians are excluded again. The suspension, moreover, will have retroactive effect, going back three weeks.
Antigua & Barbuda’s information minister says his government has offered to let the EU audit the citizenship by investment program.
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