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The Government of the Virgin Islands is set to host a two day conference on FinTech Immersion at the Eileene L. Parsons Auditorium at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) on 23 and 24 July.

Member firm Harneys is pleased to announce the publication of the fourth edition of its British Virgin Islands Commercial Law, the leading legal textbook on the laws of the British Virgin Islands, with royalties being donated to hurricane recovery efforts.

Nationals of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have been granted access to enter and remain in the Virgin Islands for business and tourism related matters only, for a period of less than six months without the need for a visa. This augments further the decision made on September 1, 2016, when the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Visa Exemption Policy went into effect.

The 2018 BVI Asia Trade Mission to five Asian cities completed its successful and productive two-week roadshow on Friday 15th June, with BVI hosting a trade conference in Shanghai with the theme “BVI: Asia’s International Partner in the Digital Era” held at the Ritz-Carlton Pudong.

The 2018 BVI Asia Trade Mission to five Asian cities continued its successful and productive road show today, carrying the theme “BVI: Asia’s International Partner in the Digital Era” into its fourth BVI Asia Conference held at the Sofitel Hangzhou Hotel and attended by more than 100 industry and business leaders.

Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE, will attend meetings in Beijing this week to promote the interests of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and has asked the Deputy Premier to stand in for high level political meetings in the UK.