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29/04/2026

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Patriot passport unlocked. 🦅

Limited edition. Stamped for America 250. 🇺🇸

16/02/2026

Celebrating Presidents’ Day with our USA Clients, Families, Colleagues and Ambassadors

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Today we mark Presidents’ Day and reflect on the role and responsibilities of the President of the United States. 🇺🇸

As both Head of State and Head of Government, the President leads the executive branch and represents the American people at home and around the world.

In observance of the holiday, the U.S. Mission to South Africa is closed today and will resume normal operations tomorrow.

06/02/2026

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Malta, a sovereign island nation in the Mediterranean and member of both the European Union and the Schengen Agreement, continues to attract travelers with its rich history, vibrant culture, and stunning coastlines. However, recent changes to EU entry requirements mean visitors should understand new...

08/01/2026

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The Global Life: Where Wealth Moves. Reflections on Freedom, Wealth & Mobility (My weekly update scheduled for every Thursday).

12/12/2025

Great news for our Portugal Golden Visa clients

If you don’t have one if these powerful documents in your hand yet, contact us for more information on expanding your world

In 2026, the validity of the Portuguese passport will change.

25/11/2025

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27/10/2025

The 'best city in the world', with £1.20 beers, is 3 hours from the UK

The European hotspot is known for its Mediterranean sun, as well as fabulous architecture, great food and impressive prices.

27/10/2025

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The change went into effect immediately for those who filed for naturalization on or after Oct. 20.

30/09/2025

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The US State Department on Monday put Brazil and South Africa on a human trafficking watch list, citing what it said were failures of both countries to demonstrate progress on the issue, amid heightened tensions between their governments and the Trump administration.

The annual Trafficking in Persons report assesses efforts to tackle forced labour, s*x trafficking and other forms of modern-day slavery around the world.

It was published on Monday, nearly three months after it was due to be delivered to Congress, after most of the staff in the office that prepares it were laid off.

Brazil and South Africa were moved to the report’s “Tier 2 Watch List,” meaning they must demonstrate greater efforts on the issue or face possible US sanctions.

Failure to address the United States’ concerns could see the countries categorised as Tier 3 countries. Countries in this tier are subject to potential non-humanitarian and non-trade sanctions.

“Governments on Tier 3 may be subject to certain restrictions on foreign assistance, whereby the President may determine not to provide US government nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance,” the report states.

In addition, the President may determine to withhold funding for government official or employee participation in educational and cultural exchange programs in the case of certain Tier 3 countries.

“The President may also determine to instruct the US Executive Director of each multilateral development bank and the International Monetary Fund to vote against and use their best efforts to deny any loans or other uses of the institutions’ funds to a designated Tier 3 country for most purposes—except for humanitarian, trade-related, and certain development-related assistance.”

The US President may waive restrictions if necessary to avoid significant adverse effects on vulnerable populations, including women and children.

Any country that has been ranked Tier 2 Watch List for two consecutive years and that would otherwise be ranked Tier 2 Watch List for the next year will instead be ranked Tier 3 in that third year.

While the human trafficking watch list’s sanctions are nonhumanitarian and nontrade, President Donald Trump has already targeted South Africa, pulling humanitarian aid from the country over what he deemed as human rights grounds, earlier in the year.

Further to this, lawmakers in the Senate and in the House have also launched two proposed bills to fully review the trade relationship between the US and South Africa, including a proposal to sanction government officials and ANC politicians.

PUBLISHED in Businesstech 30/9/25.
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28/09/2025

The Trump administration is warning migrant sponsors to take financial responsibility of them or expect to be slapped with steep fines and possible prosecution.

28/09/2025

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