What is the Residence Permit program for Activity Investment? It is a legal program that allows citizens who are third-country nationals to obtain authorised temporary residence for investment activity with the residence visa waiver. What are the advantages? (a) Enter Portugal without a…
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…
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…
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…
Post-Brexit Mobility of Talent and Capital
There are two reasons for optimism in respect of future international mobility of talent and capital. Firstly, Theresa May was committed to a restrictive immigration regime, both as Home Secretary and Prime Minister, with a clear focus on reducing net migration to the…
Is Britain open for business?
Over the last few years the United Kingdom has been engulfed in political uncertainty; the 2017 election produced a hung parliament and the House of Commons rejected the Withdrawal Agreement from the EU three times and in spectacular fashion. As we enter a…
Breaking The Deadlock – New Innovator and Start-Up Scheme
At the end of March 2019, the Government presented a Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules (House of Commons paper 1919) which, inter alia, introduced two new routes of entry to the UK for foreign nationals wishing to establish…
Pacesetters: how the Caribbean is creating opportunity out of adversity
Author: Micha Emmett Amid one of the most challenging hurricane seasons the world has ever faced, hurricanes Maria and Irma also created distinct ripples through the citizenship by investment industry, causing many countries to re-evaluate their approach and accordingly adjust to the new…