PropMix builds automation solutions for the real estate industry using technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, and AR/VR applied to millions of records of real estate data that they have been gathering over the past 4 years. PropMix is building the…
Greece plan for Citizenship-by-Investment programme in 2020
It has been reported that the new Greek Government, under Kyriacos Mitsotakis, are considering launching a CBI programme in 2020 which, if confirmed, would provide direct competition to the successful Cypriot citizenship programme. Currently, Greece only has a Residency-by-Investment programme. The plans are…
Ending Free Movement
What happens on 31 October in the event of no-deal? The UK Government has said that EU free movement rules will cease to apply immediately if there is a no-deal Brexit on 31 October. Whilst much has been made of this in the…
Citizenships Still Issued After Moldova’s Citizenship-by-Investment (MCBI) Application Pause
Following Moldova’s four-month moratorium on their Citizenship-by-Investment programme for government review on 19 July 2019, applications that were submitted before July are still being processed. From the date of suspension of the programme, two applicants (including their dependants) have received citizenship in Moldova….
South Africa’s New National Health Insurance (NHI) prompts the Emigration of Doctors
With ANC’s success from the SA election in 2019, they have brought in new ideas that have faced a lot of criticism and opposition. The new bill (NHI) that was passed this week has prompted a lot of doctors to immigrate out of…
E-GATES
IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR EMPLOYERS REGARDING LEGAL RIGHT TO WORK DOCUMENTS Since 20 May 2019, migrants from the following countries have been eligible to use automated ePassport gates (“e-gates”) to enter the UK where they hold a valid UK entry clearance (visa): Australia Canada…
City Focus: Bengaluru
Bengaluru quick facts State: Karnataka Area (City): 709 km² Area (Metropolitan): 8,005 km² Location: 12.59°N, 77.35°E Altitude: 920 metres Average high °C: Apr 34°, Nov 27° Population: 13.958 million (2019 estimate) Languages: Kannada (official), Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Hindi, English Religion: Hindu (79%), Muslim (14%) Main industries: IT, Biotechnology, Electronics City GDP: $83 billion…
The Turkish Citizenship Investment Programme Approves Several Applications
From the opening of the programme in 2017 up to June 2019, it has been published in the official report of the official government newspaper that 981 applications were have been successful. Most of these applications came from countries such as US, Russia,…
EB-5 Programme Changes and Increase of Minimum Investment Costs
There are new rule changes that will be brought to the EB-5 program, which are going to officially come into effect on 21st November 2019. These changes include priority date retention to certain EB-5 investors, increase to the required minimum investment amounts, reforms…
Migration Advisory Committee to Review Points Based System
The new Prime Minister will commission a further review of the Points Based System. In his first statement to Parliament today, the new Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed that he will ask the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to undertake a review of the…