Yakof Agius may be digitally revolutionizing the way investment migration operates, but his true obsession is the legend behind the Knights Templar.
Where paper-only immigration for increased visa-free travel was once the norm, the crisis will drive more HNWIs to invoke their Plan B and physically move.
President Trump has now signed that executive order. The phrasing makes it clear that neither E2 nor EB-5 applicants will be affected.
You can tick all the boxes they ask you to and comply with all their demands but, come next year, the goalposts will have been moved and new boxes added.
Malta, with only three deaths, 444 cases, and fourth in the world in terms of tests-per-million, is clearly setting an example for others to follow.
IIUSA’s Bob Kraft: “This is in line with other actions taken by the US Government to protect its citizens in a period of unprecedented challenge.”
Lawmakers say they expect the liberalized policy to bring Russia as many as 10 million new citizens, chiefly from former Soviet countries.
Dr. Hussain Farooq thinks Turkey’s CIP will be a winner after the pandemic but worries about the “strange correlation” between Transatlantic recessions and conflict in the Middle East.
Despite the pandemic, The Residences at Secret Bay has reached the 50% sold milestone of its built villas, with the most recent sale transacting last week.
As part of a broader plan to raise emergency funds, the Cypriot government wants to open for the processing of applications slated for next year right away.
What can Google search trends tell us about how the pandemic is affecting demand for RCBI and which programs will win and lose after it’s over?
Having himself recently survived COVID-19, Peter Macfarlane thinks the pandemic will lead to Caribbean CIP discounts – but not to their demise altogether.
Can we expect a drop in demand for Caribbean programs? Wayne Hempson-Putt believes so – and especially among expats living in GCC countries.
Q1 figures show Greece – where China has been the source of four-fifths of applicants over the last year – have been disproportionately slammed.
But the upward trend of applicants choosing alternative investments was once more confirmed in March, rising to a record 28% of the total.
“We wonder: How many economic citizens traveling on their second passports at the height of border closures encountered extreme difficulties?”
Survey respondents also thought EU residence programs stood to benefit the most from the pandemic fallout, while more than half said inquiries had dropped.
Alexander Varnavas has worked with golden visas since before it was cool and is surprised that industry leaders think startup visas are the next big thing.
Food-, energy-, and health-security – in addition to mobility – are quickly becoming crucial factors in alternative residence and citizenship decisions.
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