Following the announcement of the Greek citizenship-by-investment programme (GCBI) that will be coming out in the first quarter of 2020, there are certain potential requirements that will come in place for real estate investment. The eligibility requirements are temporarily reported to be as…
Shortage Occupation List to include Architects, Veterinarians and Web Designers
The Shortage Occupation list changes on 6 October to include web design and development professionals, veterinarians and architects. Jobs on the shortage occupation list score additional points in the visa application process, to give the professions priorities over other applications. This will facilitate…
EB5 – Technology vs Real Estate Investments
Recently some emerging technology companies have turned to EB5 capital raise to execute their growth strategy. Many investors do not realize that technology companies are offering a much better job creation opportunity and has a much higher overall value return potential. Technology traditionally…
USA Senator Petitions Under the Congressional Review Act Against the New EB-5 Regulations
With the new regulations coming into effect on 21 November 2019, the Senator Rand Paul is looking to make use of the Congressional Review Act to petition against the new rules. This Act will give the senator a 60-day period to obtain support…
Why You Should Consider PropMix for Your EB-5 Investment
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…