President Announces Cyprus Will Join Schengen in 2025, US Visa Waiver Talks Advance
Fewer than two weeks after Romania and Bulgaria joined, Cyprus announces its plan to join the Schengen Zone in 2025
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EU Commission Proposes Permanent Suspension of Vanuatu’s Visa-Free Schengen
After two years of temporary suspension, the European Commission believes Vanuatu hasn’t adequately addressed its security concerns.
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EU Moves One Step Closer to Being Able to Cut Visa-Free Access for CBI Countries
If the European Council and Parliament agree on the proposal, the EU will have a mandate to suspend visa-free access for CBI countries.
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Is the UK About to Push Over the First Domino Leading to the End of Small-Country CIPs?
The UK may restrict visa-free access for countries where “Chinese spies” can buy citizenship. This may start a domino effect, says David Lesperance.
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Vanuatu Doesn’t Need EU Approval to Manage its Citizenship by Investment Program
Martin St-Hilaire and Philippe May suggest Vanuatu give up trying to meet the EU’s ever-shifting demands and focus, instead, on the mass market.
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Europe’s ETIAS Keeps Getting Postponed: Good News for CBI Countries?
Initially slated for introduction almost two years ago, ETIAS – flagged as a potential threat to CBI – has been postponed many times.
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Vanuatu CBI Revenue Falls 48.7% Short of Budget in First Half of 2022
Q2 was the lowest-grossing quarter in four years for citizenship by investment in Vanuatu. And it’s likely to get considerably worse.
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Switzerland Follows EU to Suspend Visa-Free Entry for Vanuatu Passport Holders
It now remains to be seen whether the remaining non-EU Schengen countries – Norway, Lichtenstein, and Iceland – will follow suit.
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Vanuatu Citizenship Program Without Schengen-Access: What Happens Next?
“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.
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European Council Suspends Vanuatu’s Visa-Free Travel to Schengen for Post-2015 Passport Holders
Vanuatu’s worst-case scenario becomes a reality as the European Council decides to revoke visa-free travel to the EU.
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Greco: What’s So Great About The Schengen Area?
Brian Greco questions the conventional industry doctrine that sees Schengen-access as the holy grail of RCBI-program selling points.
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Turkey Moves Closer to Visa-Free Schengen Travel Following High-Level Talks
Turkey has met all the prerequisites the EU set in 2016 to enable a visa-waiver agreement. The ball is now in the EU’s court.
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Keep Your Friends Close and Your MEPs Closer
Opinion of the editor: “We, Members of the European Parliament, are writing to express our concern about the visa waiver
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