December 2017

Month: December 2017

  • 41,587 Foreigners Naturalised for Swiss citizenship in 2016

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    41,587 Foreigners Naturalised for Swiss citizenship in 2016

    The State Secretariat for Migration has published new migration statistics of foreigner population in Switzerland. Here are some interesting statistics. As of 2016, there are  2,029,527 legally resident foreigners in Switzerland, 69% were EU/EFTA nationals.  Italians are Switzerland’s largest foreign community, followed by Germans and Portuguese. In 2015, 41,587 persons were granted Swiss citizenship either through the Standard Naturalisation (32 155) Facilitated…

  • Only 149 Indians applied for EB-5 in 2016

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    Only 149 Indians applied for EB-5 in 2016

    The US State Department Report of the Visa Office 2016 has been updated with Table V (Part 3), which gives a breakdown of all EB visas issued by country in fiscal year 2016. A total of 159 Indians applied for the popular EB-5 program to obtain US green cards in 2016, compared over 7000 investors from China. 32…

  • St Kitts Hurricane Relief Fund Scheme will Close on March 30, 2018

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    St Kitts Hurricane Relief Fund Scheme will Close on March 30, 2018

    The Government of St Kitts and Nevis, announced the Hurricane Relief Fund in Sep 2017, as a new contribution option to obtain St Kitts and Nevis Citizenship under the citizenship by investment scheme. The Citizenship by Investment Unit has launched the Hurricane Relief Fund (HRF) Investment Contribution to assist the Government with repairsto publicinfrastruc- tureand private property…