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OPEN LETTER
Apr 20, 2020 - Dear Valued Partner,
First and foremost, we extend our warmest wishes to you and your families during these uncertain times. We trust you and your families are well and continue to remain so.
We see signs of hope as some countries begin to ease lockdown restrictions. Viral curves are flattening in the markets in which we operate. The foresight of the Eastern European governments with early closure of borders (which was no doubt a difficult decision) ensured the pandemic was contained. Corona cases have been restricted to low double digits across the East Europe like Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro etc.
All eyes will soon turn to the economic restart of the East Europe economies. Once travel restrictions are lifted, there could be a record rebound in terms of stay over tourist . We foresee an increase in arrivals from People all over the world, special to invest in there Countries of Ex Yogoslavia (Balkan) with the cheapest Tax in Europe.
All jurisdictions have implemented remote working processes for their Citizenship by Investment Units to ensure continuity in processing.
In the Post Covid era, our outlook for the citizenship by investment industry remains strong. We have experienced an increase in interest over the past few weeks. This demand is concentrated in citizenship by investment jurisdictions that offer more than just visa free travel. Citizenship by investment programs which provide investors the flexibility to invest and reside in more in rising markets such as economies (such Serbia and North Macedonia) will see their popularity grow. Spezial Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia has been the beneficiary of this increased demand as economic citizens are able also, to live and reside in the US through the E2 visa treaty – this is especially the case with citizenship seekers who reside in emerging markets.
Our Board Member, Mr Uwe Zirbes, recently shared his views on the citizenship through Business investment industry in the Business Newspaper Economica and his opinion piece
GCI - Gloal Citizenship by Investment and his Team has seamlessly embraced home working and offers our clients & partners, support through online interactions (through a variety of platforms). Please do not hesitate to contact us if we are able to provide you with any assistance at this juncture.
We appreciate your continued support and look forward to our continued co-operation
Yours faithfully,
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A GREEK CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT PROGRAM COULD ARRIVE SOON
A GREEK CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT PROGRAM COULD ARRIVE SOON
Apr 02, 2020 - Greece Golden Visa has been quite popular with the foreign investors for quite some time now. The program ultimately awarded its investors with a Greek residence permit but not a citizenship. It is known that Greece is one of the harder countries to get an actual citizenship from. However, things are likely about to change as the newly elected Greek government may be working on a Greek citizenship by investment program.
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Turkey lift Visa Regime for five Schengen Countries and UK!
Turkey lift Visa Regime for
five Schengen Countries and UK!
Mar 03, 2020 - Last Thursday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry opened its doors to grant
visa-free travel to six more European countries; Austria, Belgium,
Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and the UK. Has this anything to do with the
visa liberalization program that was prepared in 2013, to prepare a
route for Turkish citizens to gain visa-free access to the Schengen zone?
Mr. Erdogan has expressed his wish to finalize this process as soon as
possible.
Whilst the above step was taken to improve tourism, trade, and relations
between Turkey, the EU, and the UK – it must also be looked at as
another step closer to the visa liberalization agreement with the EU,
allowing Turkish passport holders to travel visa free throughout Europe.
The process to attain a Turkish passport via their new immigration
program starts at only $250k into Turkish real estate.
To find out more, please see this link
Moldovan Parliament Extended the MCBI Moratorium Until 1 September 2020
Moldovan Parliament Extended the MCBI Moratorium Until
1 September 2020
Mar 01, 2020 - After a long public debate, the Parliament has extended the moratorium on new MCBI applications by six additional months. The moratorium will expire on 1 September 2020. 76 MPs out of 101 members of the Parliament have supported the idea of the new moratorium. In the meantime, the executive authorities will be expected to verify and amend the due diligence procedures in order to minimize risks for the national security. The members of the Parliament also spoke at length about the need to cancel the anonymity of MCBI applicants. We may expect amendments to the MCBI legislation providing for the publication of names of MCBI citizens.
Serbia ranks first in 2016 greenfield FDI Performance Index
Serbia ranks first in 2016 greenfield FDI Performance Index
Feb 29, 2020 - Serbia has topped the 2016 Performance Index for greenfield FDI. The south-eastern European country is ranked number one in the annual study by fDi Intelligence, a Financial Times data division, which looked at inbound greenfield investment in 2016 relative to the size of each country’s economy. Serbia scored 12.02 in the index, closely followed by Cambodia (11.24) in second and Macedonia (9.18) in third.
Three Years now, Serbia is on the Top of the world for direct Investments!
Three Years now, Serbia is on the Top of the world for direct Investments!
Feb 25, 2020 - Our intensive and persistent work for the search for investors, the worldwide marketing and the belief in the Balkans countries like Serbia, Montenegro, Albania and North Macedonia has in the end been honored and proven, according to Uwe Zirbes, board member of GCI UNIT.
Greenfield FDI Performance Index 2019: Serbia storms to top
Greenfield FDI Performance Index 2019: Serbia storms to top
Jan 25, 2020 - Serbia tops the Greenfield FDI Performance Index 2019. The south-east European country is ranked number one in the annual study by fDi Intelligence, a Financial Times data division of which fDi Magazine is also a part, which looked at inbound greenfield investment in 2018 relative to the size of each country’s economy. Serbia scores 11.92 in the index, closely followed by Montenegro (11.49) in second place and Cambodia (10.82) in third.
From 2020 there will be the immediate Greek EU passport for investment of 2 million!
From 2020 there will be the immediate Greek EU passport for investment of 2 million!
Dec 25, 2019 - This is limited to 200 passes per year! GCI UNIT GREECE, with its direct and exclusive access to the right real estate, for this new investment program, can help you get the second citizenship as fast as possible! More info on Citizenship Greece
THE BALKANS LIKE A MAGNET FOR FOREIGN INVESTORS
THE BALKANS LIKE A MAGNET FOR FOREIGN INVESTORS
Nov 25, 2019 - Serbia has been at the top of the world for several years when it comes to attracting foreign direct investment. Our intense and persistent efforts to seek investors, global marketing and faith in Balkan countries such as Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, and Northern Macedonia have proven to be very successful, according to Uve Cirbes, Chairman of the Board of GCI UNIT. This German by origin, who in the opinion of his clients is known as a real "magnet" for attracting foreign direct investment, stresses in an interview for our magazine that he will not overdo it if he says that Serbia is, on many issues, developing even faster than its native Germany. Many people will wonder whence in Serbia because many of the investors go West. -I came to Belgrade for the first time in 2016 and was impressed with the city's beauty, as well as the people who live together, regardless of their different nationalities. If it wasn't for a special reason, and I'll explain to you, I probably would never have come to Belgrade because of negative prejudices and bad marketing about your country. But everything I heard through the media, everything that was written and said about this country over the years, everything negative, in the very short term, was completely transformed into a positive one. Read more: [DOWNLOAD BROCHURE]
The Wait is finally Over: Montenegro Citizenship investment program Opens for Applications, First Submissions is already in procedure!
The Wait is finally Over: Montenegro Citizenship investment program Opens for Applications, First Submissions is already in procedure!
Oct 5, 2019 - More than two years since it was first announced, Montenegro’s new Citizenship by Investment Program is now officially open. Yesterday saw the first official applications submitted. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced on Tuesday the invitation to acquire Montenegrin citizenship through investment, after being done by the tourism sector earlier this year. According to the criteria set out by the line headed by Milutin Simovic in the invitation, the Montenegrin passport will be eligible for investments of at least two million euros. Namely, the Ministry of Agriculture invited interested investors to submit proposals for development projects in the field of agriculture and wood processing by the end of 2021 in order to draw up a list of projects on the basis of which Montenegrin citizenship can be acquired. It is stipulated that the list of development projects, determined by the Government, can only include those in which investment in primary agricultural production amounts to at least two million euros, in the processing of agricultural and fishery products at least three and a half million and in wood processing at least four million - said from ministries.
Greenfield FDI Performance Index 2019: Serbia storms to top!
Greenfield FDI Performance Index 2019: Serbia storms to top!
Aug 13, 2019 - Serbia tops the Greenfield FDI Performance Index 2019. The south-east European country is ranked number one in the annual study by fDi Intelligence, a Financial Times data division of which fDi Magazine is also a part, which looked at inbound greenfield investment in 2018 relative to the size of each country’s economy. Serbia scores 11.92 in the index, closely followed by Montenegro (11.49) in second place and Cambodia (10.82) in third.
Vanuatu to upgrade passport security from August 2019!
Vanuatu to upgrade passport security from August 2019!
Jul 17, 2019 - Vanuatu will improve the security of his passports just days after a group of Chinese nationals were deprived of Vanuatu citizenship and deported. The new passport of Vanuatu will be valid for 10 years instead of 5 years.
Minister of Economy’s Statements on Moldova CIP Give Rise to Cautious Optimism
Minister of Economy’s Statements on Moldova CIP Give Rise to Cautious Optimism
Jun 28, 2019 - The Moldova Citizenship by Investment Program is on hold at the moment!
G.O.D. Awards UN Geneva event on 11th and 12th July, 2019.
G.O.D. Awards UN Geneva event on 11th and 12th July, 2019.
Jun 4, 2019 - Coming this July, top-level and important people from across the globe will travel to celebrate humanitarian efforts at the very place that fosters unity in nations - The United Nations Geneva in Switzerland, where "We Care for Humanity" (WCH), a 501c3 non-profit organization from United States. The Permanent Mission of Vanuatu to the United Nations will host one of the biggest collaborations in the history of philanthropy; the 7th Global Order of Dignitaries and Philanthropists (G.O.D.) Awards and the WCH Humanitarian Summit on 11th and 12th July, 2019.
What are the odds of gaining Portugal Citizenship by investment?
Portugal Residency Program
Jun 4, 2019 - We are really curious to see how many of the current 6000 applicants, who have invested in the yearning of the Portuguese citizenship, actually receive them.
To this day, we have not seen anyone who has received, or heard from any agency, that he has been granted a Portuguese citizenship.
Will there be any at all - if so, how much?
In our opinion, it will be a maximum of, with some luck - 15%.
And these are precisely the applicants, who have actually lived there for longer, and have learned at the very least a basic knowledge of the language.
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MEPs Urge Cutting St Kitts’ Visa-Free Access to Schengen
Citizenship from Caribbean Islands
Jun 4, 2019 - We had fears years ago that the reputation of these islands will suffer eventually. Last year, Canada issued a press release, which states that the Caribbean Islands no longer has visa-free entry. Last week (Mail 2019) came the message that MEPs urge citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis to cancel the visa-free travel to Schengen countries. It remains to be seen how long one can still enter Schengen with this passport. And if that will be the case, it will remain exciting, if it generally affects all other Caribbean islands.
Montenegro: Expect First CIP Applications by End of 2019, Program “Fully in Place” by 2020
Montenegro: Expect First CIP Applications by End of 2019, Program “Fully in Place” by 2020
May 23, 2019 - Head of Montenegro’s Secretariat for Development Projects, Dejan Medojević, says he expects to begin receiving applications for the country’s CIP “by the end of this year” and that the program itself will be “fully in place” by 2020.
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March 4, 2019 - GCI department from TCME is a professional international investment and advisory firm for foreign trade relations and work directly together with Governments. We offer you opportunities that can only be obtained through GCI, as we have a very close and trusted network in the governments in Europe, Africa, Pacific and Asia. Gladly we are at any time, after sending a copy of your passport / identity card in compliance with the strictest discretion, in advance for any questions. Our outstanding team of professional consultants has been carefully selected and works towards our company ethos: Focused on you - our Client. – YOUR CHANCE FOR A BETTER LIFE -
CYPRUS INVESTMENT PROGRAM - AMENDMENTS TO THE SCHEME
Feb. 15. 2019 - Based on the decision number 81.292, 84.068 and 84.957 dated 13/09/2016, 09/01/2018 and 21/05/2018, the Council of Ministers approved the following amendments to the Scheme, effective as of 13/02/2019:
Montenegro Citizenship Program will be started later
Feb. 11. 2019 - Until we can present the first clients of the government, Montenegro still has to do its homework in the field of project list, selection of agencies, selection of the due diligence agency, forms for application and much more. According to Uwe Zirbes, GCI Board Advisor, the process is likely to be delayed until the end of June, beginning of July 2019.
Turkey is optimizing ECONOMIC Citizenship regulations through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Jan., 7, 2019 - With the decision published on 19.09.2018 on the Turkish Official Gazette, some regulations regarding the transition of foreigners to Turkish citizenship changed. Turkish citizenship will be given directly to foreigners who buy at least 250.000 USD real estate in Turkey. Or deposited 500.000 USD in Turkish banks. Both transactions will keep it for three years. People who have invested at least 500.000 USD in fixed capital in one of the Turkish Banks. -
European Countries Which Will Not Automatically Exchange Information (OECD)
Dec. 20, 2018 - Although a lot of European countries made a commitment to start the automatic exchange of information, there are several countries will not exchange the information automatically: Montenegro, Serbia, Moldova, (North) - Macedonia, Vanuatu and others.
Vanuatu Sets Up the First Blockchain Stock Exchange in The Southern Hemisphere
Sep.28, 2018 - Blockchain technology has compelling ability to transform numerous industries. The establishment and operation of the Vanuatu National Digital Stock Exchange will help Vanuatu build an efficient and low-cost inclusive financial system and bring more...
Vanuatu Plans to Issue Volcano Coin to Promote Local Tourism and Economic Development
Sep.27, 2018 Vanuatu will issue its digital currency "Volcano Coin" to promote Vanuatu's tourism and tourism-related business globally. The project will be launched in the near future. The development of digital currencies and blockchain technology has attracted worldwide attention...
Montenegro to launch Citizenship-by-Investment Program in October 2018
Jul.28, 2018 The Montenegro Citizenship-by-Investment Program will be limited to only 2,000 applicants over a three-year period. The processing time takes around 6 months....
Molodova to launch Citizenship-by-Investment Program in November 2018
Jul.27, 2018 The Moldova Citizenship-by-Investment Program will be limited to only 5,000 applicants. The processing time takes around 2-6 months...
Citizenship Program Serbia - Best for Business Investors
Jun.20, 2018 Serbian Citizenship by Investment Program is not quite the right expression for our idea, as our program is significantly different from the well-known Citizenship by Investment programs. That’s why we prefer to call our idea Serbian Very Important Investor Program (VIIP) which is best for business investment...
Vanuatu Citizenship Sale – Vanuatu has officially cut prices by 30%
May.02, 2018 Vanuatu has officially cut prices by 30% for its Citizenship Program. According to the DSP Regulation order No. 45 and 46 under Citizenship Act by the Prime Minister of Vanuatu, the official prices for Vanuatu Honorary Citizenship have been reduced, as officially announced by Government....
Antigua & Barbuda – Cost of citizenship reduced to 100K USD
Dec.10, 2017 The cost for Antigua and Barbuda’s citizenship under the National Development Fund (NDF) has been reduced to US $100,000. The previous price was US $200,000...
Steven Seagal gets Serbian citizenship
Jan.12, 2016 American action hero Steven Seagal has been granted Serbian citizenship, the country’s official state newspaper reported on Monday. A decree granting Seagal Serbian citizenship was signed by the country’s Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on January 8.....
