After announcing the launch of its St. Lucia’s investment immigration program in October 2015, St. Lucia has become yet another Caribbean nation offering economic citizenship to wealthy international applicants. St. Lucia requires applicants to have a minimum net worth of $3 million. Further, they must fulfill one out of the three investment options—$200,000 in a sovereign…
The UK government is set to approve higher fee limits for the Tier 1 Investor visa for the year 2016-17. The new rules will come up for Parliamentary approval in April 2016. The new rules will determine the maximum fees that the Home Office can charge for visa, immigration, and citizenship applications for the next…
The Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis revealed that around 15,000 passport holders were affected by the decision of the Canadian government to revoke visa-free travel privileges to SKN passport holders in November 2014. The decision was taken primarily due to security concerns arising out of issue of passports to foreigners who would otherwise…
Introduced to attract foreign investment and facilitate job creation in the US economy, the program has become very popular among affluent investors since the recent global recession. Recently, the US Congress has extended the investment immigration program till September 30, 2016. There are many myths and misconception surrounding the US EB-5 program. The EB-5 Visa…
Australia’s revamped Significant Investor Visa program that sought to discourage investment immigrants from investing in Australia’s real estate sector has completely fallen out of favor among affluent immigrants. As opposed to 50 applications per month under the old rules, the revised SIV has received just 47 applications between July and December 2015. The biggest deterrent…