The Place of Birth (POB) is probably one of the most important information contained in modern day passports. The Place of Birth (POB) field in passport data and Biometric data in chip stored are immutable does not change, even if a person change their identity or name. There cannot be different places of birth for for one person. It does…
Are Citizenship by investment programs (CIP) more popular than Golden visas ? We looked into the number of applications approved for year 2018 and the results are quite surprising. The CBI industry is growing at a must faster pace than we initially thought. The CBI industry grown from $2 billion to $5 billion in just 5 years adding $3 billion,…
The E-2 investor visa is the easiest route to open a business in the United States with a minimal investment. It is a non-immigrant investor visa with the fastest processing times. This visa is considered one of the best alternatives to EB-5 which has two or three years of waiting times. The backlog for China is far worse. The E-2 visa…
The Kingdom of Bahrain has opened a new golden visa scheme to foreign investors who invested in real estate and businesses in Bahrain. The Golden visa scheme is officially known as Self sponsored visa / residence permit aimed at attracting Significant Foreign investment in the Kingdom. Why Invest in Bahrain? Leading financial center in the Gulf Region offering access to $1.5…
These are the most confused countries and cities on earth. These places may fool you off when you book tickets for travel. Do your research and watch out for typos when you book your travel trip! Widely Confused These cities and countries are confused by many people. Budapest (Hungary capital) should not be confused with Bucharest (Romania capital) Dominica (Commonwealth)…
Montserrat, one of the fourteen british overseas territories in the Caribbean explored the idea of Economic citizenship scheme in 2015 to bring economic developments in to the country with only 4500 people living in the island. The country struggling to revive economy with GDP of only $63 million, one of the lowest in the world. In 1995, the dormant Soufrière Hills…
Bulgaria is a super interesting country to become a citizen by investment. Considering Bulgaria is a EU member state and likely to join schengen area in the future, things get more interesting in Bulgaria. So what you should know about Bulgaria citizenship by investment (BCBI)? Bulgaria has low corporate taxes, easy business formations, low cost of living and cheap property…
Explore the intricacies of extradition law and dual criminality of fugitives. Gain insights into the extradition treaties signed by CBI countries on mutual legal assistance.
Golden visa schemes offer instant residency against investments in real estate, in businesses or buying state debt through bonds or securities. The speed of processing is very important deciding factor when applying for golden visa schemes. Afterall you spend huge sum of money and you dont want to wait for years to get your residence approval. In Europe, the immigration…
The Automatic CRS standard developed by OECD in 2014 allows jurisdictions to automatically exchange bank account information with between tax authorities on a global level, on an annual basis to prevent tax evasion. Currently, there over 100 jurisdictions having committed to exchanging information with each other under the CRS. India, China, Russia joined the CRS implementation in 2018 along with…
