Investors will have until next year, at least, to file under the current EUR 250k threshold, and changes will only apply in parts of the country.
Investment migration people in the news this week.
“We, fundamentally, have no issue accepting Russians,” says Saint Lucia CIU head Mc Claude Emmanuel in an exclusive interview with IMI.
“The idea that some magical switch can be pressed to make our economies more palatable [to the West] is a myth,” writes Kenneth Green.
“It is a visa program that I think isn’t adding value to the country,” said the Home Affairs Minister in a recent press conference.
“We, fundamentally, have no issue accepting Russians,” says Saint Lucia CIU head Mc Claude Emmanuel in an exclusive interview with IMI.
“The idea that some magical switch can be pressed to make our economies more palatable [to the West] is a myth,” writes Kenneth Green.
Investors will have until next year, at least, to file under the current EUR 250k threshold, and changes will only apply in parts of the country.
“We, fundamentally, have no issue accepting Russians,” says Saint Lucia CIU head Mc Claude Emmanuel in an exclusive interview with IMI.
Investors will have until next year, at least, to file under the current EUR 250k threshold, and changes will only apply in parts of the country.
“It is a visa program that I think isn’t adding value to the country,” said the Home Affairs Minister in a recent press conference.
While E2 visa appointments are available within days at the US Embassy in, for example, Tokyo, those applying in Paris face a 7-month wait.
Investors will have until next year, at least, to file under the current EUR 250k threshold, and changes will only apply in parts of the country.
The program’s due diligence partners has assured the CIU that they are once more able to conduct adequate due diligence in Iran.
The measure, said Prime Minister Mitsotakis in his speech, would “increase the affordability of real estate for Greeks.”
No more sibling dependents, age restrictions on older dependents, and education requirements for adult children (unless unmarried daughters).
While similar to MM2H in most respects, the new program is less restrictive and also considerably more expensive.
Hoping to reduce 30-month processing times for business investor visas, Australia’s government is drastically restricting new applications.
The country believes placing its asset on a blockchain will transform the economy. The first asset to be sold with Sango Coin is citizenship.
Caribbean CIPs are forced to fall in line with the demands of the bigger countries or face sanctions themselves, writes Nuri Katz.
Italy as a destination sells itself, argues Dario Montagnese. All RCBI advisors need to do is let investors know it also has a golden visa.
Dr. Andrés Solimano, who holds a Ph.D. in Economics from MIT, identifies six global effects of the war and the impact they could have on IM.
Nuri Katz says recent weeks’ events show that “unless something changes drastically, we are closer to the end of the CBI industry than to the beginning of it.”
Unless the program sees an unseasonably low number of approvals in September, 2022 volume will exceed last year’s total already by the end of the month.
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While E2 visa appointments are available within days at the US Embassy in, for example, Tokyo, those applying in Paris face a 7-month wait.
Q2 was the lowest-grossing quarter in four years for citizenship by investment in Vanuatu. And it’s likely to get considerably worse.
And 2022 is poised to be the program’s best year since 2018.
Henderson: Long-haulers see the downturn as” an opportunity to go back to end-of-2020 prices and, essentially, wipe out that tax liability.”
Lesperance: “Half of my clients are concerned that the Democrats will keep the House [in November]. The other half are concerned they won’t.”
See which RCBI firms are expanding and contracting their global office footprints, as well as which countries they are entering and leaving.
Andrew Henderson says many industry practitioners would do well to engage in more direct, authentic communication.
Karl Haddad is incensed about venal Cypriot officials, kept busy all day by his newborn child, and finds solace in the poetry of The Prophet.
Investment migration people in the news this week.
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