Australia’s New Home Minister Hints She May Close Significant Investor Visa Program
“It is a visa program that I think isn’t adding value to the country,” said the Home Affairs Minister in a recent press conference.
Read More“It is a visa program that I think isn’t adding value to the country,” said the Home Affairs Minister in a recent press conference.
Read MoreIndustry insiders, however, are not buying the figure, calling it “misinformation” and a practical impossibility.
Read MoreHNWIs under 50 will have to make a careful cost-benefit analysis when choosing between the Long Term Resident and Elite Residence visas.
Read MoreCambodia enters the Southeast Asian golden visa market: A $100,000 property investment and eligibility for citizenship in five years.
Read More2021-22 results brought the program’s performance from nadir to zenith within a year in which it raised NZ$1 billion from just 100 investors.
Read MoreThe program’s applicant nationality profile is decidedly Western: Among the top 10 source countries are the US, Germany, France, and the UK.
Read MoreSri Lanka is sorely in need of foreign currency to pay for food and energy imports. Now, the government hopes a golden visa can bring cash.
Read MoreAfter two years of falling approvals and investments, all arrows finally point in the right direction for New Zealand’s investor visas.
Read MoreBy attacking CIPs in small, defenseless countries with no allies, EU politicians rack up PR points at zero cost, writes Martin St-Hilaire.
Read More“I do not see any way to please the EU other than stopping the whole program,” says St-Hilaire, while Harris thinks it’s not over yet.
Read MorePhilippe May and Martin St-Hilaire ask: Would it be the end of CBI in Vanuatu? Would a price cut be in order? Where would demand come from?
Read MoreThe Attorney General and the FIU objected to the contract. Lack of unified messaging undermines the program, indicates Micha-Rose Emmett.
Read MoreMartin St-Hilaire points to red herrings, straw man arguments, and other deliberate fallacies the European Commission uses against Vanuatu.
Read MoreVanuatu appoints international partners and promises retroactive due diligence. Industry observers offer reactions to the EU’s announcement.
Read MoreThe European Commission has formally proposed that the Council partially suspend visa-free Schengen access for Vanuatu passport holders.
Read MoreVietnamese, Iranian, South African, Indian, and British applicants all saw approvals far above historical norms, even adjusting for the higher quota.
Read MoreThe REO will be a separate program from the other two and will have a minimum (joint) investment of US$100,000. Additional fees will apply.
Read MoreLeading the race to become the world’s newest independent state, Bougainville sorely needs capital. Could a CIP be the answer?
Read MoreFollowing fervent feedback from stakeholders, Malaysia decides to grandfather in existing MM2Hers under the old rules, with two exceptions.
Read MoreNew Zealand’s Investor Visa, which but a few years ago raised more than a billion NZ dollars a year, remains virtually dead 19 months after the onset of the pandemic.
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