UK government advised to auction off visas

The Migration Advisory Committee has proposed an alternative to the current system, which gives UK visas to migrants who invest £1 million or more.

The Committee has recommended that the minimum investment be doubled to £2 million and that a limited number of visas would be auctioned off with a reserve price of £2.5 million. Any surplus would be directed towards good causes, similar to the National Lottery scheme. The old system, argued the Committee, did not benefit citizens in any significant way.

The report’s recommended changes would only apply to settlement rights and not to citizenship. Investors would still have to have lived in the country for a minimum of five years before they could apply for full citizenship.

If the scheme were approved, it would be the first of its kind in the world and could see more tangible benefits for citizens. The decision rests with Home Secretary Theresa May. 

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The European Union, following the betrayal of Malta by PN's MEPs David Casa and Roberta Metsola, saw it fit that the European Parliament should look into such citizenship schemes/programmes. At this point one asks: Is the European Union going to discuss the scheme/programme proposed by MIGHTY UK as it did in terms of TINY Malta???
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Where are you Simon, Metsola and Casa? Are you going to agian be a JUDAS as you said last Sunday Casa? Are you and Metsola going to present a motion of censure against the British Government?
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Igor P. Shuvalov
... and now let's wait for some English MEP asking the European Parliament to condemn the British Government for auctioning visas!!!
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Se taghmel xi petition Metsola u l-iehor Casa? Tarha titkellem u tosserva il-body language taghha hu bizzejjed biex wiehed isaqsi jekk din hijiex ir-replika feminili ta Austin Gatt: daqsu pompuza u 'konws it all'?