March 17, 2019
The Citizenship by Funding Unit (CIU) shall after consultation with the Antigua and Barbuda Funding Authority (ABIA) approve businesses, whether or not current or proposed, for the purposes of funding in enterprise under the Citizenship by Funding Program. Funding corporations licensed beneath Section 301(d) of the act, known as Specialised Small Enterprise Investment Firms (SSBICs), concentrate on offering financing to small business entrepreneurs “whose participation in the free enterprise system is hampered due to social or financial disadvantage.” 12 Section 301(d) was repealed by P.L. 104-208 , the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997 (Title II of Division D, the Small … Read More..