In an initiative to make visa processes simpler for Chinese investors, the UK has launched the Select Business Scheme (SBS) which allows Chinese businessmen or their representatives to make a visa application with only three documents – an application form, a letter of employment and an invitation letter. The new simplified scheme is an attempt…
While “buying” citizenship does indeed require one to have millions, it might come as a surprise that renouncing a citizenship and giving up the associated rights may also come at a steep price. This is true of US citizenship, renouncing which can be quite expensive thanks to huge exit taxes and increased renunciation fees. New…
A new study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) covering emigration trends and patterns in the first decade of the new millennium has revealed that around 4% of the population in the Latin American and Caribbean region has emigrated between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, around 26 million emigrants moved…
A new study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) covering emigration trends and patterns in the first decade of the new millennium has revealed that around 4% of the population in the Latin American and Caribbean region has emigrated between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, around 26 million emigrants moved…
The new millionaire migration program to be launched by Canada soon will require applicants to undergo intensive background checks and scrutiny by private-sector forensic accountants and auditors, according to tendering documents on a government procurement website. Although no official announcement has been made about the upcoming Immigrant Investor Venture Capital (IIVC) program, the documents on…