The Portuguese parliament has voted to continue the golden visa program leaving aside the real estate and capital transfer routes (1.5 million in bonds, bank deposit) in the final global vote on Jul 19, 2023. The bill will now be sent to the president for signing who has the power to approve, veto or sent to Constitutional court or sent…
Citizens of Saint Lucia who have either held a Canadian visa in the last 10 years or a valid US non-immigrant visa can apply for Canada eTA to travel visa free by Air.
Nationals of Vanuatu and Dominica can apply for Standard Visitor Visa can be used for tourism, business, study for short visits up to 6 months. Applicants can apply up to three months in advance of travel.
On April 14th 2023, the Portuguese government has submitted the final version of the draft law regarding the golden visa program before the Parliament. This draft law (and important to highlight, it’s still a project), will now be discussed in the Parliament (in two stages: general and specific discussions), voted and approved in the Portuguese Parliament, followed by the President…
The St.Kitts & Nevis has published new regulations introducing changes to the CBI programme which comes into effect from Jul 19, 2023. The new policy applies to all applications, including those already received but not yet approved by the Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU). 1. Interviews – All principal applicants, 16 years and older, who apply for SKN Investment (CBI)…
The Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) is a digital travel document that most visa-exempt travellers need in order to travel to or transit through Canada by air. According to Canadian Government, Almost 20.9 million eTAs have been issued since the eTA program was introduced on August 1, 2015. The eTA application is used by Canadian officials to conduct light-touch, pre-travel screening…
Th Samoan Citizenship by Investment scheme is the process of granting of citizenship status to an individual (and immediate family members) contingent upon a specified and quantifiable investment in Samoa. This scheme is administered by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour under the provisions of the Citizenship Investment Act 2016 and its Regulations 2016. The CBI program was officially…
The Government of St Kitts and Nevis is proud to announce that after sustained and meaningful dialogue between itself and the government of Canada, Kittians and Nevisians can now travel visa-free to Canada making it easier for travellers. The policy applies to St Kitts and Nevis nationals who have had a Canadian visa over the past ten (10) years, as…
The Government of Commonwealth of Dominica has announced important measures to strengthen the background checks of applications. From 17 July 2023 onwards, all applicants who apply for citizenship by investment, sixteen years of age or over will be required to attend a mandatory interview. On 25, Feb 2023, a historic round table conference was held by five caribbean nations agreed…
In 2018, OECD has listed many Citizenship by investment (CBI) and Residence by investment (RBI) schemes in blacklist posing a threat to CRS, by avoiding income tax on their offshore financial assets in the CBI/RBI jurisdiction, while spending too little time. The good news is there are countries not listed (excluded) in the OECD blacklist. Here are the list of…
