Investment Migration Insider

The world’s largest collection of investment migration statistics, radically expanded and improved. Welcome to the new IMI Data Center.

Though costs associated with renegotiations drove a deficit internally in the CIU, Saint Lucia’s CIP has so far raised near US$50m in contributions.

Pablo Ostrick says Jeffrey Henseler inspired him to join the IM industry, and most admires David Regueiro (but not because he is Spanish).

Despite a flurry of program-enhancing policy changes, the Greek golden visa’s performance in 2020 was lackluster compared to Portugal’s. Why?

The children of Ireland IIP investors may pursue their studies in the UK or Ireland without the hassle of dealing with student visas.

The heads of Harvey Law Group and CS Global outline what effects they expect the pandemic to have on the investment migration market in 2021 and beyond.

In the first video in a three-part series, we talk about yellow passports, honorary citizenship, and the new chairman’s plans for international engagement.

Training has already led to over 100 graduates and, notably, certificate attainment has doubled over the last six months of 2020.

The new rules mean a single applicant, choosing to rent on Gozo, could obtain a residence permit in Malta for a non-refundable EUR 150,000.

Chairman Warsal is cracking down on inappropriate marketing, starting with a Dubai-firm, but says many others are guilty of the same, and worse.

Malta’s new citizenship by investment policy comes with a new set of vetting procedures (that will continue for years after approval).

“India is home to over 2.6 million millionaires, many of whom are beginning to appreciate the benefits of acquiring alternative residency and citizenship,” says Latitude’s CEO, Eric Major.

Laboring under a pandemic, Greek bureaucrats might have been excused were it not for the starkly contrasting performance of Portuguese peers.

The new regulations would, at once, both make the MRVP more economical for the applicant and more profitable for the government of Malta.

“For some, it is dissatisfaction with Trump; for others, it’s apprehensions about Biden,” says Lisbon-based lawyer Patricia Valadas Coriel.

Though poorly managed and structured, the CIP was a boon to the Cypriot economy. Michel de Martigny and David Lesperance offer a recipe for how to build back better.

Argentinean native Andrés Gutierrez says that while his friends in LatAm are hoping to relocate to the US, Americans are hoping to get out.

China’s investment migration market is in flux for the first time in a generation, presenting a unique incursion opportunity for foreign firms.

Legal scholar Michael Krakat outlines the five legal consistencies that must exist for an investment migration program to remain sustainable.

“The system will not return to what it was: Nationality will not suffice to guarantee safe passage,” Dr. Khanna writes.

The world’s largest collection of investment migration statistics, radically expanded and improved. Welcome to the new IMI Data Center.

Though costs associated with renegotiations drove a deficit internally in the CIU, Saint Lucia’s CIP has so far raised near US$50m in contributions.

Laboring under a pandemic, Greek bureaucrats might have been excused were it not for the starkly contrasting performance of Portuguese peers.

“For some, it is dissatisfaction with Trump; for others, it’s apprehensions about Biden,” says Lisbon-based lawyer Patricia Valadas Coriel.