UK Revokes Visa-Free Travel for Dominica, Vanuatu Citizens Over “Clear and Evident Abuse” of CBI Programs
The Home Office said the changes would have immediate effect to prevent “a wave of travelers” from the affected countries.
Read moreThe Home Office said the changes would have immediate effect to prevent “a wave of travelers” from the affected countries.
Read moreThe UK Supreme Court settles a nearly four-year-old legal dispute over self-serving UK Tier 1 investment structures.
Read more“We simply cannot have visa waivers with backdoor economies,” said the UK Security Minister, with reference to CBI programs.
Read moreTo qualify for a UK Startup or Innovator Visa, applicants must obtain the endorsement of designated endorsing bodies. John Courtney explains how to get it.
Read moreWhile it plans new provisions for the Innovator visa in the fall, the Home Office says these will not “accommodate would-be Tier 1 investors”.
Read moreThe ILPA, an influential group of lawyers, accuses the Home Secretary of flouting democratic convention by unilaterally closing the program.
Read moreThe decision is reportedly motivated by a desire to cut economic ties to Russia and concerns the program is vulnerable to money laundering.
Read moreAbramovich recently picked up another citizenship by descent, this time in Portugal. Millions more should do the same, says David Lesperance.
Read moreThe strong rebound, says Tolstaia, reflects the UK’s persisting status as a “magnet for international UHNWIs.”
Read moreThough the program closed in December, the Home Office has processed more than 20,000 Turkish Businessperson visas in 2021, rejecting nearly all.
Read moreArrows are pointing up for all of the UK’s investment-based visas.
Read moreLorenz – the man behind Sark Society – calls the island, which has no cars, no paved roads, and practically no taxes, a “secret European micro-state”.
Read moreIMI interviews Eric Major and Alex Hopkin about the new Innovisa platform, which matches UK Innovator Visa applicants with eligible startups.
Read moreUK Tier 1 specialist Dolfin’s special administrators have found a successor service provider for more than half of the firm’s client accounts.
Read moreIn a ruling of some consequence, the UK Court of Appeal has overturned an Upper Tribunal decision that said the Maxwell/Eclectic structure was a rule-violation.
Read more“The UK represents almost one in two exhibitions so far this year,” says Eli McGeever, Vice President of property discovery platform Soho App.
Read more“We expect a significant bounce back in the number visa issuances as 2021 progresses,” said Shard Capital’s Head of Investor Visa, Farzin Yazdi.
Read moreThe FCA said it had “identified a number of serious concerns” about the firm’s conduct, including for Tier 1 investor visa activities.
Read moreThe UK Tier 1 Investor Visa ended 2020 40% below 2019. Farzin Yazdi offers three reasons the market will bounce back in 2021.
Read moreNot since Q3 2008 has the Home Office approved fewer applications for Tier 1 investor visas in the UK.
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