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  • AIMA Accelerates Efforts to Cut Backlog

    AIMA Accelerates Efforts to Cut Backlog

    The Agency for Integration, Migration, and Asylum (AIMA) accelerated its efforts to cut the backlog of pending applications by opening 20 centers across Portugal, capable of assisting 4,000 immigrants daily, aiming to resolve approximately 400,000 pending cases by June 2025, said Minister António Leitão Amaro. He further criticised the delays and emphasized the need for… Read more >>

  • St.Lucia Received 86 Bond Applications

    St.Lucia Received 86 Bond Applications

    St.Lucia is the only caribbean country offering non-interest bearing government bonds for citizenship by investment. It remains a risk free investment, fully refundable after 5 years, remains attractive to HNWI families seeking alternative citizenship. Since 2023, St Lucia has discontinued Covid bonds replacing with National Action Bonds by increased the bond subscription to USD 300,000… Read more >>

  • Top Countries for Bank Secrecy

    Top Countries for Bank Secrecy

    Discover list of banking jurisdictions providing a veil of bank secrecy, where financial institutions protect client confidentiality under privacy laws. Read more >>

  • Role of Authorized Agents in Dominica

    Role of Authorized Agents in Dominica

    Authorised Agents play a huge role in facilitating Dominica’s CBI Programme. Authorised Agents are licensed by a country’s Citizenship by Investment Unit (CBIU) to perform citizenship services on behalf of applicants for the investment programme, as well as market it internationally. All applications must be processed through Authorised Agents. Basic Eligibility Authorised Agents must be:… Read more >>

  • Nauru Opens Sustainable Citizenship by Investment Program

    Nauru Opens Sustainable Citizenship by Investment Program

    The Government of the Republic of Nauru officially announced launch of Nauru Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Program at the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 29) held in Baku. Nauru is third smallest pacific country (a microstate) in the world (just 21 km2) with a population of under 12,000 people. Economic and Climate… Read more >>

  • Malta Permanent Residence Program: Key Steps Explained

    Malta Permanent Residence Program: Key Steps Explained

    The MPRP is a well crafted residency-by-investment programme based on investments in property and government contributions. The success of the Programme lies in the all-round value it offers individuals and families wishing to make Malta their home away from home.  Residency Malta Agency is the Government entity responsible for managing and promoting Malta’s residency by… Read more >>

  • St Kitts Expands CBI Benefits to Families

    St Kitts Expands CBI Benefits to Families

    The Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis has finely tuned the citizenship by investment program expanding premium benefits to families, marking St. Kitts and Nevis as a World’s Premier Citizenship by Investment Programme.   The SKN Citizenship Unit has laid a robust foundation for a world-class Citizenship by Investment experience to family investors, labelling it a… Read more >>

  • Malta Golden Visa Permits De Facto Partners

    Malta Golden Visa Permits De Facto Partners

    Malta residence program accepts defacto partners from third countries to apply for residence permit through investments under the MPRP program. De facto Relationship A de facto partnership is a relationship between two people (incl same sex) who live together as a couple but are not legally married. Such partners can legally apply as dependent for… Read more >>

  • Dominica CBI Interview Fee is $1000

    Dominica CBI Interview Fee is $1000

    The Government of Dominica has implemented compulsory interviews as an added security measure to strengthen the background checks of citizenship by investment applications. Starting from 17 July 2023, all applicants who apply for citizenship by investment, sixteen years of age or over will be required to attend a mandatory interview. This includes main applicant and family… Read more >>

  • Top 10 Richest Caribbean Islands

    Top 10 Richest Caribbean Islands

    Rich Caribbean countries have been a magnet attracting HNWI and millionaires., Cayman , US Virgin islands, and British virgin islands are among the top 3 richest and wealthiest islands in the Caribbean for 2023, according to the GDP per capita data from Worldbank. GDP per Capita GDP per capita is often considered a good indicator… Read more >>

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