QUICK FACTS Capital city: St. John’sPopulation: 94,816 (2024 estimated)GDP in current prices: USD $1.611 billion (2018)GDP growth: 5.3% (2018)Area: 440 km²Government: Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchyMonarch: King Charles IIIGovernor-General: Sir Rodney WilliamsPrime Minister: Gaston BrowneCurrency: East Caribbean dollar (XCD)HDI: 74th (2018)Time zone: GMT -4Dialling code: 1…
South African HNWIs looking for options
The ongoing deteriorating economic system in South Africa has caused concern amongst the country’s high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) and provided them with more reason to look for an alternative route for economic safety and business opportunities through citizenship by investment. The enquiries from South…
St. Kitts and Nevis strengthens security measure
St. Kitts and Nevis was the first country to introduce a Citizenship by Investment programme back in 1984 and is widely regarded as the platinum standard bearer for all CBI programmes. The country already has one of the strictest due diligence processes and…
UK Tier 1 Visa review underway
The UK Tier 1 Visa application programme has been the focus of many controversial Immigration issues throughout 2018. With the recent potential changes laid out earlier this year, the results of the review will undoubtedly be affected by the outcome of ‘Brexit’ on…
EB-5 Regional Center Program extended until September 30, 2019
After a record-breaking 35 days government shutdown, the EB-5 Regional Center Program re-opened for business on 28 January 2019, initially for three weeks, enabling the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to immediately resume the processing of applications. The 2018/19 US federal…
How does the US Government affect the EB-5 program?
As of today, the US Government is still in partial shutdown after 18 days, with President Trump addressing the US nation from the Oval Office on Tuesday evening. He stopped short of declaring an emergency that would have enabled him to by-pass the…
Citizenship applications to Turkey expected to boom in 2019
Since launching its Citizenship by Investment programme in 2017, Turkey has received over 250 applications worth nearly $100 million by the end of 2018. This number is expected to rise significantly during 2019 after the Turkish Government reduced its minimum investment requirements for…
City Focus: Ahmedabad
Situated on the banks of the Sabarmati River, Ahmedabad has developed into one of the most important economic and industrial hubs within India. It is the largest city in Gujarat State with an urban population of 6,357,693 at the 2011 Census, making it…
Further changes to the Cyprus CBI programme?
The Cypriot Citizenship by Investment programme – more commonly known as its ‘golden passport’ programme – has come under attack from certain international quarters in recent times, with the European Union promising tougher scrutiny from Brussels as part of a wider drive against…
Moldova launches Citizenship by Investment programme
Moldova is the latest country to launch a Citizenship by Investment programme. The Republic of Moldova is a land-locked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north and east. A former member of the Soviet…