Investment Migration Insider

Legal scholars, the IMC, and Malta signal fierce resistance as Brussels aims to seize powers of naturalization from EU member states.

MUST-READ: Prof Kochenov delivers a scathing rebuke of the Commission’s infringement action: “Unquestionably ultra vires and absolutely unacceptable.”

Investment migration people in the news this week include Veronica Cotdemiey of Citizenship Invest Les Khan of the Saint Kitts

To reduce the room for government officials to trade favors, let CBI-applicants invest in open markets, write Petrov, Shoylev, and Bekyarova.

For those RCBI firms that have digitized their services, now is the time to reap the rewards, writes Anatoliy Lyetayev.

Cyprus and Malta must now provide “satisfactory” answers within two months or see the matter referred to the European Court of Justice.

Cyprus’ CIP may yet re-emerge in a more robust form. Steven M. Pepa highlights the two weaknesses the program should tackle first.

“Travel bubbles” are forming between COVID-safe countries. Michael Krakat asks; are we rebuilding international travel from the ground up?

Farzin Yazdi is upset that “a few bad actors see migrants as naïve and an easy catch for a scam,” and admires the work of Bruno L’ecuyer’s IMC.

The Vietnamese government says it wants to prevent its citizens from obtaining other nationalities through real estate investment.

Plenty of governments want to design RCBI programs that help them grow their economies. Few understand what it takes, writes Stephane Tajick.

Tax-saving, transactional schemes lacking genuine links. Michael Krakat explores the oddly familiar-sounding business of ship registries.

Allegations, demonstrations, resignations, and investigations: Cyprus reels from the Al-Jazeera bombshell and heads have begun to roll.

The decision came after an emergency cabinet meeting that followed the publication of an undercover recording of several senior politicians.

The Ministry is targeting “those who are going to grow Australian businesses, create Australian jobs and supercharge our economic recovery.”

Thanks to the technological advances Nicola Mangion explores in her article, forgetting your passport at home may soon be a non-issue.

“Since the start of our fiscal year – April 1st, 2020 – we have already recorded 154 applications received,” writes CIU-boss Nestor Alfred.

Matthew Galati, who got into the industry after processing his wife’s green card, credits Tom Rosenfeld with the overall success of EB-5.

In a historic release prepared exclusively for IMI, Vanuatu shares, for the first time, statistics on all its past and present CBI programs.

On a dollar-basis, revenues from the real estate option already outpace those from NTF contributions; EC$55 million versus EC$46m in 2020.