St. Kitts and Nevis Citizenship By Investment Programs Extends Limited Time Offer
St. Kitts & Nevis government extends the limited time offer for their renewed Citizenship by Investment program until the end of 2021 with a special time offer of $150.000, which guarantees many benefits for the applicants, like visa-free travel and citizenship valid for life and for the future generations.
Changes to the Malta Residence and Visa Program (MRVP) In Discussion
Today, the 12th of January 2021, a stakeholder meeting was held to discuss changes going forward with the Malta Residence and Visa Program, also known as the MRVP. The briefing session among stakeholders and authorized agents discussed updates to the MRVP’s regulations - bringing attention to the potential future of the program.
New 2020 Maltese Citizenship by Naturalization for Exceptional Services by Direct Investment (MEIN) Policy
On the 20th of November 2020, the new and improved Maltese Exceptional Investor Naturalization (MEIN) policy was officially announced, after the Malta CBI IIP was terminated due to reaching its maximum quota. Under this new policy, high-net-worth individuals and their family dependents are granted citizenship in Malta by a certificate of naturalization through a direct investment into Malta’s economic development.
St. Kitts and Nevis Citizenship by Investment Program (CBI) Applications Now Include Dependent Siblings
St. Kitts and Nevis has now become the fifth Caribbean country to include siblings in its CIP, following Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Dominica, and St. Lucia. The St. Kitts and Nevis Citizenship by Investment program is renowned for being the oldest and one of the most well-established and respectable in the world for foreign, high-net-worth individuals seeking a second citizenship.
Citizen Lane preparing applications for clients in the Austrian Residence Program for Persons of Independent Means
The Austrian Residence Program for Persons of Independent Means is a program that has a yearly quota published annually by parliament with only about 450 applications approved per year. Citizen Lane is now coming to the final stage of accepting applications for next year’s quota which begins on the 1st of January 2021.
Austria amends its Citizenship Act for Victims of the Nazi Persecution and their Direct Descendants to Apply for Austrian Citizenship
After decades post-World War 2, Austria has amended its Citizenship Act to allow Holocaust survivors and their direct descendants, who fled Austria during the Nazi National Socialist Regime persecution, to apply for Austrian Citizenship. The changes came into force on the 1st of September 2020.
St. Kitts and Nevis Citizenship: COVID-19 Limited Discount for Families in 2020
Contribution to the St. Kitts and Nevis Citizenship By Investment Programme has been reduced from $195,000 to $150,000 for families on a limited time offer until 31st December 2020 as announced by Timothy Harris, Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis in July 2020.
Cyprus Investment Programme CIP Suspended
Citizenship by Investment Programmes support globalisation as a whole, including the tourism market, the construction industry and the general business sector in small EU jurisdictions by assisting wealthy foreign individuals to gain a European passport and travel throughout the European Union without a visa through means of investment. Apart from this, individuals will also be able to work and live freely in the EU and purchase property if required.
What Do Canada’s New Visa Requirements Mean For Caribbean Citizens?
Canada has introduced new visa requirements for Antiguan citizens. For some, this may come surprisingly, nevertheless the government of Antigua & Barbuda have been in discussion for some time. The reasons for this act are not clearly comprehensible seen from the Antiguan perspective.
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