High Net Worth Immigration Blog

This March, the Cyprus Council of Ministers announced updates to the Cyprus Citizenship by Investment program. These changes are intended to improve the program.

Our clients often ask for clarification regarding the types of investments that qualify for the UK Tier 1 Investor Visa. This is very useful information for any investors looking to secure citizenship in the UK. While the UK Government occasionally alters the requirements, we’ve provided the most up to date information below. This includes:

We’re excited to announce a new and unique investment opportunity for attaining the UK Tier 1 entrepreneur visa. The entrepreneur visa allows investors to stay for 3 years and 4 months, with the opportunity to apply for IRL (indefinite leave to remain) after 5 years in the UK. The government offers this visa as a means to promote business activity and benefit the British economy. For more specific details regarding the terms of the Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa, please read our informational article.

The governments of Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Antigua and Barbuda have made important changes to their Citizenship by Investment programs (CIP.) The changes reflect their desire to increase foreign investment and provide immediate aid to each respective country’s hurricane relief funds.

We’ve provided an overview of the key changes to each program, while the links for each country provide more general information.

Antigua and Barbuda  © Image Credit: Lisa Roos

If you are considering a second citizenship via investment, we strongly advise looking into the below programs as the special incentives will only be available for a limited time.

"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” 
― Charles Dickens

This famous quote quite aptly reflects the message of this year’s Global Citizen Forum in Sveti Stefan, Montenegro.

The Global Citizen Forum is an annual non-profit gathering whose purpose is to create an opportunity for industry leaders and influential global citizens to meet, network, exchange ideas, and explore new ways that global citizens can contribute to the society at large.  

In the wake of the recent hurricanes that devastated the Caribbean, Antigua and Barbuda needs more economic help than ever for re-development, yet its Citizenship by Investment (CIP) applications are at an all-time low.

In order to combat the problem, raise funds for the country, and maintain an edge over other CIPs around the world, the government of Antigua and Barbuda has reduced the donation amount required for citizenship via the National Development Fund (NDF) by half! 

We’ve recently returned from the 2^nd Annual Cyprus Investor’s Summit, which took place on September 11-13^th in Limassol, Cyprus. The summit showcased new investment opportunities in Cyprus’s property, real estate and leisure markets. Attendees included institutional investors, investment firms, real estate agents and lawyers, citizenship specialists, family offices, property/leisure fund providers, and the international media from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe and the USA.

Grenada has added yet another visa-free country to its list of around 120 travel alliances. On September 20^th, Russia and Grenada signed an agreement that waives visa requirements between the two countries for visits lasting up to 90 days. Additionally, The Embassy of Grenada recently opened in Russia, appointing its first Caribbean ambassador.  

The past week has been an exciting one for the St. Kitts and Nevis Citizenship by Investment program, with two important updates announced. The first is a limited-time hurricane relief investment opportunity, and the second is a new agreement for visa-free travel between St. Kitts and Russia.

On Wednesday August 2nd 2017 the Government Cabinet Office approved some important changes to the Antigua and Barbuda Citizenship by Investment Program (CIP). The program’s changes affect citizens of currently-restricted countries, as well as all processing fees for everyone who chooses to invest in both the sustainable aquaculture project or a real estate development project as their route to second citizenship.