January 2018

Month: January 2018

  • Grenada cuts CBI prices to $150,000 for NTF Single Applicant

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    Grenada cuts CBI prices to $150,000 for NTF Single Applicant

    Grenada becomes the latest country to slash prices for citizenship by investment program, after Antigua and St Kitts reduced the CBI investment amount following the 2017 Hurricane season. St Kitts introduced Hurricane relief fund for $150,000 and Antigua dramatically cut prices to $100,000 for the CBI program. From now on, the NTF contribution to Grenada…

  • Chinese are the largest applying for Antigua CBI program

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    Chinese are the largest applying for Antigua CBI program

    Antigua and Barbuda offers citizenship to investors with minimum NDF contribution of $100,000 or property investment of $400,000. On Oct 17, 2017, Antigua and Barbuda announced officially the reduction of NDF contribution to $100,000, effective from Nov 2017 after being hit by Hurricane, making it cheaper for investors to apply for second passport. About 42% of CBI applications came from Chinese.…

  • Maltese passport ranks first among Citizenship by Investment Passports

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    Maltese passport ranks first among Citizenship by Investment Passports

    Malta and Cyprus are the only two countries in Europe running official citizenship by investment programs. According to the new 2018 Henley passport index, Malta ranks first and Cyprus ranks second, followed by Caribbean countries. Currently only about 8 countries in the world run official CBI programs. CBI Passport Visa free countries  Rank Malta 169…

  • London house prices remain low below UK average

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    London house prices remain low below UK average

    UK house prices grew by 4.5% in the year to October 2017, experiencing a 0.3 percentage point decrease from the previous month, according to HM Land Registry Data The average price of a property in the UK was £223,807, The slowest annual growth was in London at 2.1%, down from 2.9% in September 2017. This is the 11th…

  • Germany Passport ranked No.1 in 2018 Henley Passport Index

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    Germany Passport ranked No.1 in 2018 Henley Passport Index

    Germany secures the top spot in the 2018 Henley Passport Index, while the UK, China, Russia, and the UAE all improve their ranking year-on-year Germany holds on to 1st place on the Henley Passport Index (henleypassportindex.com) for the fifth year running, with its citizens enjoying visa-free access to 177 countries in total, up from 176 countries in 2017.  …