For the first time ever, and exclusively in IMI, the Residency Malta Agency shares statistics on Malta’s PRP (and MRVP) going back to 2016.
Secret Bay saw record sales in 2021, sold out phase 1 and 2, distributed investor payments, and completed new villas. Further milestones are in store for 2022.
Though the govt. wants to end the program, comprehensive reform and extension of the program is an equally likely outcome, says Ivan Petrov.
In this comprehensive overview, Sara Sousa Rebolo and Miguel Silva outline what to look out for in Portugal’s immigration system in 2022.
Martin St-Hilaire points to red herrings, straw man arguments, and other deliberate fallacies the European Commission uses against Vanuatu.
The Greek Golden Visa beat its closest EU rivals by a margin of 20% to officially regain the throne as Europe’s biggest golden visa in 2021.
Secret Bay saw record sales in 2021, sold out phase 1 and 2, distributed investor payments, and completed new villas. Further milestones are in store for 2022.
In this comprehensive overview, Sara Sousa Rebolo and Miguel Silva outline what to look out for in Portugal’s immigration system in 2022.
Patricia Casaburi clears up confusion around the criteria for “low-density” and “interior” areas under the Portugal Golden Visa’s new rules.
“We’ve given our clients and their families a lifetime of security, freedom, and opportunity,” says Managing Partner Bashar Daoud.
Though the govt. wants to end the program, comprehensive reform and extension of the program is an equally likely outcome, says Ivan Petrov.
Though the govt. wants to end the program, comprehensive reform and extension of the program is an equally likely outcome, says Ivan Petrov.
Vanuatu appoints international partners and promises retroactive due diligence. Industry observers offer reactions to the EU’s announcement.
Limited economic benefit combined with EU antipathy to CBI leads the Bulgarian government to conclude the program isn’t worth the trouble.
The European Commission has formally proposed that the Council partially suspend visa-free Schengen access for Vanuatu passport holders.
Turkey’s Central Bank wants more foreign currency and effectively plans to buy it from CBI investors by paying them in Turkish Lira.
The Department of Homeland Security will not appeal the Behring ruling after all, confirming $500,000 minimum investments for direct EB5.
Martin St-Hilaire points to red herrings, straw man arguments, and other deliberate fallacies the European Commission uses against Vanuatu.
The last two years have turned the world upside down. And we’re not done yet, according to Ahmet Şener.
Andre Bothma argues that independent means visas – which require physical presence but not investment – are eating golden visas’ lunch.
Following the popularity of our story on Bougainville’s independence movement, David Bonellie considers the potential for a CIP in a sovereign Western Cape.
For the first time ever, and exclusively in IMI, the Residency Malta Agency shares statistics on Malta’s PRP (and MRVP) going back to 2016.
See 300+ graphs, charts, and tables on 30+ investment migration programs and markets in the IMI Data Center
For the first time ever, and exclusively in IMI, the Residency Malta Agency shares statistics on Malta’s PRP (and MRVP) going back to 2016.
The Greek Golden Visa beat its closest EU rivals by a margin of 20% to officially regain the throne as Europe’s biggest golden visa in 2021.
After three years of lackluster application volumes, Italy’s investor visa is finally garnering interest thanks to the reforms of late 2020.
The sharp rise in demand from Americans notwithstanding, 2021 was the program’s lowest-grossing year since 2015.
Vietnamese, Iranian, South African, Indian, and British applicants all saw approvals far above historical norms, even adjusting for the higher quota.
Winners, losers, surprises, and new trends. These are five graphs that characterize the year in golden visa programs.
John Hanafin isn’t worried about IM programs closing because new ones are always around the corner. He also owes David Regueiro a few beers.
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John Hanafin isn’t worried about IM programs closing because new ones are always around the corner. He also owes David Regueiro a few beers.
“Tremendous surge of interest in European residence programs means new opportunities,” says Alexey Nosovsky.
Pedro Catão Pinheiro also says he’ll never forget the gratitude of the family from war-torn Syria that he helped get to Portugal in 2016.
ZiYou Tian, who develops design-driven real estate projects in Portugal, says rising inflation makes budgeting for construction a challenge.
“The Chinese are normally far-sighted, so this change of heart is surprising. At least at this magnitude,” says Philippe May about the market slump.
“The way we are headed globally, I think we will need all hands on deck to keep the world spinning,” Ahmet Şener answers in his interview.
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With Anatoliy Lyetayev
Anatoliy Lyetayev covers topics that help industry professionals be more efficient, do more business, and make more money.
Anatoliy Lyetayev: In a startling turn of events, the US Embassy in Moscow has announced it will limit its services to emergencies only.
In his interview with Anatoliy Lyetayev, Roger Ver says the US government is lying about how many Americans are renouncing their citizenship.
HNWI-population growth shows Kenya is on the path to creating large pools of potential clients. Now, all they need is awareness of RCBI.
Anatoliy Lyetayev offers three reasons you might think twice before sending the next email from a Nigerian prince to your spam folder.
With Luc Lu
A seasoned RCBI-veteran keeps us abreast of trends in the world’s biggest investment migration market.
Getting money and people out of China has never been more fraught with risk than in 2020, writes Luc Lu.
Chinese millennials are now the world’s biggest group of investor migrants. And among them, the most active of all are the “sea turtles”.
In this second installment, Luc Lu illustrates why China’s millennials are hyper-vigilant about health and skeptical about Chinese education.
China’s millennials are nothing like their parents. Now in their 30s and 40s, they are the main cohort of investor migrants. What do they want?
With David Lesperance
A contrarian expert on contingency plans for the wealthy delivers accurate, though not always kind, analysis.
Abramovich recently picked up another citizenship by descent, this time in Portugal. Millions more should do the same, says David Lesperance.
Groups like ICIJ will keep leaking private financial data but, with the right structures, it needn’t be a problem, explains David Lesperance.
Morgan claimed David Lesperance was spreading misinformation and called for “validated facts”. Today, Lesperance delivers just that in spades.
While applying under current rules is possible until the end of the year, in practice, you have until the end of September, writes David Lesperance.
With Kenneth Green
A native of the Caribbean explores what role citizenship by investment has to play in shaping the region’s economic future.
There’s no reason local Caribbean CBI firms should remain the invisible workhorses of slick middlemen from Europe, writes Kenneth Green.
In travel, being invisible is the goal. Using personal anecdotes, Kenneth Green explains the CBI industry’s role in making that possible.
Dual shocks to both the tourism and CBI sectors is far from the only challenge staring the Caribbean in the face in 2020, writes Kenneth Green.
Kenneth Green urges CIP countries not to waste the opportunities the crisis provides by digitizing, taking rainy-day funds seriously, and focusing on value.
With Michael Krakat
Legal Scholar Michael B. Krakat observes investment migration through the lens of international, constitutional, and administrative law.
Michael Krakat argues that the solution RCBI-skepticism is to tie the investor directly and visibly to particular – and commendable – projects.
Part 2 of Michael Krakat’s series on how concepts of nationhood and citizenship are perceived differently in the South Pacific and what that means for CBI planners.
Australia has made it a criminal offense for its citizens to return if they’ve recently been in India. Michael Krakat questions the legality of this move.
In the South Pacific’s small island states, the notion of citizenship doesn’t have the same meaning as in the cultures whence it came.
With Aaron L. Grau
Executive Director of IIUSA, the EB-5 Regional Center Program’s advocacy group, writes about the program’s legislative prospects.
Now that the regional center program has lapsed, maintaining EB-5 capital at-risk through redeployment poses challenges, writes Aaron Grau.
What do “budget reconciliations,” “continuing resolutions,” “omnibuses,” and “minibuses” mean for the future of EB-5? Aaron Grau answers.
Tens of thousands of lawsuits could stem from the Regional Center Program’s lapse, warns IIUSA’s Executive Director Aaron L. Grau.
“The reason for the rule matters when it comes to how the EB-5 program fulfills the policy’s purpose,” writes IIUSA Executive Director Aaron Grau.
With Stephane Tajick
An investment migration researcher shares his observations of the long-term historical trajectories of global programs.
Indebted EU countries could stave off insolvency by selling citizenship. But tact and compromise are required to make that politically feasible, writes Stephane Tajick.
Stephane Tajick laments that Montenegro’s government never gave the country’s CIP a chance to prove its mettle before settling its fate.
As Canada and Quebec battle the COVID-19 pandemic with curfews and travel restrictions, the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program (QIIP) is getting ready for a showdown that will decide its fate.
The pandemic’s shifting of populations away from expensive megacities is an opportunity for investment migration, writes Stephane Tajick.
Which programs have American investor migrants been applying to in 2020 and 2021 YTD? Here’s the data we have confirmed so far.
Barred from leaving the country and with processing for their favorite programs suspended, how have Vietnamese investor migrants fared this year?
Investment migration people in the news this week.
Burak Demirel to Hürriyet: “The global size of the sector is about $25 billion. Turkey gets a big piece of this pie.”
See 300+ graphs, charts, and tables on 30+ investment migration programs and markets in the IMI Data Center
Secret Bay saw record sales in 2021, sold out phase 1 and 2, distributed investor payments, and completed new villas. Further milestones are in store for 2022.
Mohammed Asaria, the only CBI developer in the Caribbean to have brought several five-star resorts to completion, on what it takes to pull off.
Secret Bay investors last week got the news their investment has brought them an unexpected return: Visa-free travel to China.
For the first time ever, and exclusively in IMI, the Residency Malta Agency shares statistics on Malta’s PRP (and MRVP) going back to 2016.
Though the govt. wants to end the program, comprehensive reform and extension of the program is an equally likely outcome, says Ivan Petrov.
In this comprehensive overview, Sara Sousa Rebolo and Miguel Silva outline what to look out for in Portugal’s immigration system in 2022.
It’s not just you. Chinese investor migrants really ARE becoming fewer and farther between, according to the most recent data.
Until recently the world’s undisputedly largest source of investor migrants, China’s IM market has become a shadow of its former self. Why?
China’s investment migration market is in flux for the first time in a generation, presenting a unique incursion opportunity for foreign firms.
The Board of Investments, which raised the proposal, specifically hopes to garner investment interest from HNWIs in neighboring Afghanistan.
As Bodrum shows up on more and more radars, luxury hotel and residence developments are moving in quickly. That makes finding quality properties for $250,000 harder.
More than half of acquisitions took place in Istanbul alone, and only 20% of the sales to foreigners were related to the citizenship program.
Martin St-Hilaire points to red herrings, straw man arguments, and other deliberate fallacies the European Commission uses against Vanuatu.
Vanuatu appoints international partners and promises retroactive due diligence. Industry observers offer reactions to the EU’s announcement.
The European Commission has formally proposed that the Council partially suspend visa-free Schengen access for Vanuatu passport holders.
The Department of Homeland Security will not appeal the Behring ruling after all, confirming $500,000 minimum investments for direct EB5.
Now that the regional center program has lapsed, maintaining EB-5 capital at-risk through redeployment poses challenges, writes Aaron Grau.
David Lesperance says the US govt. is systematically suppressing expatriation and is hiding the true numbers to avoid encouraging more of it.
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