Effective from Jan 1, 2023, The CIP Saint Lucia Unit will be extending CIP government bonds. A new type of bond “National Action Bond” investment will be introduced replacing covid relief bonds The St.Lucia Government has announced that the deadline for covid bond applications for citizenship will not be extended past the cutoff date Dec 31, 2022. The CIP Unit…
Portugal is currently thinking about scrapping the golden visa scheme entirely, after ten years of running the most successful golden visa program in Europe. Update: The proposal of scrapping Golden visa program was rejected in the State Budget 2023 with the voted out by Social Democratic Party during the discussion in Parliament on November 22nd. Portugal is considering giving up…
The Irish stamp permission is issued to non-EU nationals who apply for long term residency status in Ireland. Each stamp indicates your immigration permission to reside in the State, confirming Activities you can do and period you are allowed to stay. The type of stamp you receive in your passport and stated on your Irish Resident Permit (IRP) From Tuesday…
The Economic Citizenship programs have been so popular lately among a number of wealthy families and billionaires who chose to acquire a second nationality for wealth protection and free movement. Infact these so called economic citizenship schemes or ECPs run by small island countries though have been around since forty years, only became popular after 2010. Today this market has…
The Asian country of Laos has opened up its ‘honorary’ citizenship to foreigners investing in the country for economic reasons with outstanding contribution. It will be the second economic citizenship program in Asia after Cambodia’s citizenship scheme. Honorary Citizenship The new Honorary citizen by investment program will inject much needed foreign investment, especially in the property market. To become a…
The main reason for issuing permanent residency is to spend living longer amounts of time growing ties to the country. Many PR holders are not aware how much time they can spend outside the country and the consequences. If you hold permanent resident status, there is a time limit for spending outside the country. Exceeding this limit, your permanent resident…
Becoming a EU long term resident has important benefits for third country nationals and most importantly you have the right to be treated equally with the citizens of the host EU country. You can also bring your family members with you if the family was already joined together in the first country. Benefits Access to employment and self-employment (this may…
The Caribbean nation of Suriname is considering an economic citizenship program to revive its economy, real estate and labour workforce. The new CIP program if approved, Suriname will join other neighbouring five OECS nations in the region. According to latest media reports, President Chan Santokhi gave the country of close to 600,000 a sample of the thinking of his cabinet,…
The Malta Residency to Citizenship Program (MR2C) is one of the most prestigious and attractive Regulations in the world. A Maltese Passport allows applicants to enjoy travel freedom with visa-free access to 182 countries worldwide. Applicants receive a residence card within 3 weeks, which allows investors to reside in Malta and travel visa-free throughout the Schengen area for thirty-six months.…
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