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UK Investor Visa Sets Post-Pandemic Record in Q3, Startup Visas at All-Time High

The strong rebound, says Tolstaia, reflects the UK’s persisting status as a “magnet for international UHNWIs.”

Arrows are pointing up for all of the UK’s investment-based visas.

IMI interviews Eric Major and Alex Hopkin about the new Innovisa platform, which matches UK Innovator Visa applicants with eligible startups.

Only 49 main applicants received Tier 1 Investor visas during the Q3 2019, a down from 124 in the preceding quarter.

The Home Office is discontinuing the UK’s Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa, and replacing it with two new visa categories. Saadiya Saadat elaborates.

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“In a couple of years when programme awareness is likely increased, we think the country could attract over 1,000 applicants per year.”

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IMI is launching the CBI Program Transparency Index to encourage program integrity and address a common criticism of the industry.

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As it did in 2021, Montengro’s government says it will end the CIP on new year’s eve. This time, an 11th-hour change of heart is less likely.

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Grenada raised some EC$90m during the first quarter of the year, two-thirds of it from real estate investors, hinting at another record year.

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Foreign investors, retirees, and – in some cases – freelancers and employees can pay a single-digit rate of tax under Greece’s new regimes.

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No Syrians, no Kurds, and no explanation from the Dominica CIU. Iranians, however, are once more welcome to apply for citizenship.

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The top ten residence by investment programs globally approved more than 18,000 applications in 2021. See which they were.