Opinion: The Dwindling Future of the Quebec IIP – A Shadow of Its Former Self
The French requirement and the $500k walk-away option likely to result from the new rules will cripple the QIIP, laments Nicolas Laurin.
The French requirement and the $500k walk-away option likely to result from the new rules will cripple the QIIP, laments Nicolas Laurin.
The government indicated the sharply rising application volumes had become “unmanageable” and had informed the decision to close the scheme.
The blog (which listed no author and provided no evidence) claimed a former CIU head and the developer he now works for defrauded investors.
Suspended since 2019, the QIIP is likely to reopen by the end of the year with a new set of requirements, writes Patrick McCarthy.
The Global Investor Program costs millions. Entrepass requires VC funding. For entrepreneurs seeking a base in Singapore, the EP Visa still works best.
The French requirement and the $500k walk-away option likely to result from the new rules will cripple the QIIP, laments Nicolas Laurin.
The blog (which listed no author and provided no evidence) claimed a former CIU head and the developer he now works for defrauded investors.
The government indicated the sharply rising application volumes had become “unmanageable” and had informed the decision to close the scheme.
The blog (which listed no author and provided no evidence) claimed a former CIU head and the developer he now works for defrauded investors.
The government indicated the sharply rising application volumes had become “unmanageable” and had informed the decision to close the scheme.
The Global Investor Program costs millions. Entrepass requires VC funding. For entrepreneurs seeking a base in Singapore, the EP Visa still works best.
Suspended since 2019, the QIIP is likely to reopen by the end of the year with a new set of requirements, writes Patrick McCarthy.
Suspended since 2019, the QIIP is likely to reopen by the end of the year with a new set of requirements, writes Patrick McCarthy.
Investors will no longer be able to include parents or in-laws and must show proof of maintained income and investment every year.
Bulgaria no longer has a citizenship by investment program but has just updated its golden visa (which has a path to citizenship).
No retroactivity for post-February 16th applications, 7-days-a-year presence requirement preserved, and cultural investment visas kept.
“This extension relieves the stress of investors,” commented Alexander Varnavas of Athens-based Varnavas Law on the news.
The government will appoint a single Master Agent to market the world’s only sub-US$100,000 (technically speaking) CBI option globally.
“We don’t anticipate any truly scalable offerings in the future here in the UK,” said veteran UK investment migration provider Eric Major.
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The French requirement and the $500k walk-away option likely to result from the new rules will cripple the QIIP, laments Nicolas Laurin.
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Patricia Casaburi points out that it’s ironic that golden visas are blamed for the housing crisis in Lisbon and Porto, where prices have risen sharply since these cities were excluded from the program.
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The government indicated the sharply rising application volumes had become “unmanageable” and had informed the decision to close the scheme.
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Appetite for Panama’s investor visas is dwindling. People of independent means, however, are relocating to the country in record numbers.
“The future of the BIIP is uncertain,” writes James Hall, pointing to new planning levels that will exacerbate the already huge backlog.
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British investors are becoming more numerous and have now appeared in the monthly top-five nationalities list for 6 of the last 8 months.
Respondents also said Portugal’s Golden Visa and St Kitts’ CIP were the best-selling programs in 2022 and expressed high hopes for St Lucia.
Buoyed by fewer competitors and an impending price hike, the program’s application volume has ballooned. So has its backlog of pending cases.
Madalena Monteiro saw a deluge of inquiries about the Italian Dolce Visa after news of Portugal’s closing. Especially from Russians.
Stateless applicants put CIPs in the unique position of assessing whether these individuals should be issued the first passports they have ever held, writes Fabienne de Blois.
“Blaming residency by investment programs [for the lack of affordable housing] is a politically attractive but over-simplistic response.”
Instead of closing the golden visa program, Portugal should reform it and use it to solve the housing crisis, argues Anatoliy Letayev.
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