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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