Ruling Against EU CIPs Unlikely, Would Have “Very Serious Secondary Consequences” Says IMC
Risks related to investment migration had been the subject of “significant exaggeration” and were “primarily theoretical in nature.”
Read MoreRisks related to investment migration had been the subject of “significant exaggeration” and were “primarily theoretical in nature.”
Read MoreGiegold openly denounced von der Leyen in the European Parliament, accusing her of “extending an open invitation to criminals.”
Read MoreSee requirements and forms, procedures, the code of conduct, the licensing requirements, the policy handbook, and analysis of the MEIN here.
Read More“Malta is willing to take all legal paths to ensure nationality and […] will defend this position even if the case is taken to the ECJ,”
Read MoreIMC-boss Bruno L’ecuyer explains how infringement procedures work, how common they are, and what they will mean for Malta and Cyprus.
Read MoreSecretary Muscat is annoyed at comparisons to Cyprus and that he can find no legal reasons to end citizenship by investment in Malta.
Read MoreRoderick Cutajar asks: International banks are used for money laundering. Will the European Commission demand a “phase-out” of banking?
Read MoreLegal scholars, the IMC, and Malta signal fierce resistance as Brussels aims to seize powers of naturalization from EU member states.
Read MoreMUST-READ: Prof Kochenov delivers a scathing rebuke of the Commission’s infringement action: “Unquestionably ultra vires and absolutely unacceptable.”
Read MoreCyprus and Malta must now provide “satisfactory” answers within two months or see the matter referred to the European Court of Justice.
Read MoreThe Commission wants genuine links in the form of several years of residency. That is precisely what a CIP cannot ask of its participants.
Read MoreMaltese government: “The importance of such a programme for an economy that has suffered from a devastating pandemic is growing, rather than diminishing.”
Read MoreYou can tick all the boxes they ask you to and comply with all their demands but, come next year, the goalposts will have been moved and new boxes added.
Read MoreThe 35 Chinese applicants demand an immediate granting of their visas, compensation, and the bringing to justice of the responsible bureaucrats.
Read MoreTransparency International has won a court case that will compel Portuguese authorities to share more data on the golden visa program.
Read More“The Commission monitors investor citizenship schemes in the context of the EU accession process,” said Jourova during an interview with the Albanian press.
Read MoreThe Cypriot government says it will revoke 26 citizenships granted before 2018. Among the individuals affected are eight Cambodians and one Malaysian.
Read MoreThe IMC expresses chagrin at being excluded from consultations on a report it says was “hijacked by ill-informed, unaccountable third party organizations.”
Read MoreMP George Perdikis has tabled a bill that would see CIP-applicants’ names published. Data Protection Commissioner Loizidou is again compelled to intervene.
Read MoreETIAS, currently under development and slated to debut in 2021, will have implications for the investment migration market. Here’s what you need to know.
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