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What is happening in the CBI and Golden visa market in 2024? This year turns out to be a ‘game changer’ for the market, where a set of global events and policy changes that shook the $50 billion dollar industry to its core.  The Investment migration market faced dramatic shift, due to rising world tensions,…

The St.Kitts and Nevis CIU led by new chairman, has laid a robust foundation for a world-class Citizenship by Investment experience, effectively accomplishing major initiatives by implementing 10 week(2.5 months) turnaround for a decision on all submitted applications, under the newly reformed citizenship by investment program. Over 1000 CIU staff will be working towards expedited…

To expedite pending backlog of cases, AIMA has already processed 250,000 pending applications on residence visas, family reunification or residence permits for investment (ARI) in one year. In 2024, Portugal Government established a framework to resolve the more than 400 000 pending cases of – mostly – labour migrants, awaiting regularisation by the Portuguese Agency…

Citizenship by investment programs administered governments require setting up Citizenship by investment units (CIU) to oversee proper functioning of the programs. The citizenship by investment regulations require establishment of CIU’s as a separate agency to oversee smooth operations and and functioning of CBI programs. Please see here list of authorities processing golden visas. Role CIU’s play a…

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The St.Kitts and Nevis (SKN) Citizenship by Investment Program has a streamlined and efficient application process for investment applications. Typically upon submission of all documents, a decision is issued by SKN CIU within 4-6 months of approval or refusal.  Application Steps Step 1: Choose Your Agent – Select an Authorised Agent from the official Government…

The St.Kitts and Nevis Government made sweeping changes to the CBI program, has lowered the minimum investment required for investing in real estate under the citizenship by investment program. The Substantial investment amendment regulations (No. 43 of 2024) was gazetted on Oct 25, 2024, now sets the minimum real estate investment to USD 325,000 (reducing…

The most important change in the amended is minimum real estate investment reduced to $350,000 and age limit of parents cut to 55 years. The Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis had made important changes to citizenship by investment program, came into effect from Oct 25, 2024. This change came after consultations with local and…

The Commonwealth citizenship is a supplementary citizenship, acquired by virtue of being a citizen of a Commonwealth member state or, in the United Kingdom, a country listed in Schedule 3 of the British Nationality Act 1981. Acquisition and loss of Commonwealth citizenship is tied to the domestic nationality regulations of each member state The Commonwealth Commonwealth…

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