The European Court of Justice said last week that the United Kingdom cannot prevent people from non-EU countries, who hold a valid EU residence card based on family membership, from entering Britain without a visa. The ruling was given in a case involving a British-Irish national and his Columbian wife, who have been living in…
The declining economic situation in Russia has caused a sharp increase in the number of wealthy Russians looking to settle in the UK. The UK Home Office has released figures for 2014 that show a 69% increase in Tier 1 investment visas issued to Russian nationals compared to the same period in 2013. A total…
A report by US government’s Citizenship and Immigration Services department has revealed that 85% of the EB-5 visas issued by the US this year were claimed by Chinese nationals. Figures show that the US granted 10,692 EB-5 visas in 2014, of which 9,128 were given to Chinese nationals. Chinese applicants in overall immigration visas have…