Tajick’s Take: New Quebec IIP – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
QIIP may never be the belle of the ball again, but with a bit of makeup and dim lights, she can still find suitors, writes Stephane Tajick.
Read moreQIIP may never be the belle of the ball again, but with a bit of makeup and dim lights, she can still find suitors, writes Stephane Tajick.
Read moreInvestment migration can fill specific economic gaps. Keeping family businesses from dying with the owner is one way, writes Stephane Tajick.
Read moreQuebec’s Immigrant Investor Program recently saw its suspension extended. But the program still has a future, argues Stephane Tajick.
Read moreStephane Tajick asks what the industry might have done to prevent EU antagonism, what we can expect next, and whether GVs have a future in Europe.
Read moreStephane Tajick provides an in-depth overview of the EU’s legislative procedures around investment migration. What are the potential outcomes? At which junctures can the industry influence the process? And what timeline are we working with?
Read moreStephane Tajick believes it’s time we start thinking about how to adapt to a world without citizenship by investment.
Read moreStephane Tajick has spent the last year catering to the growing US market for investment migration. Here’s what he’s learned.
Read moreIndebted EU countries could stave off insolvency by selling citizenship. But tact and compromise are required to make that politically feasible, writes Stephane Tajick.
Read moreStephane Tajick laments that Montenegro’s government never gave the country’s CIP a chance to prove its mettle before settling its fate.
Read moreAs Canada and Quebec battle the COVID-19 pandemic with curfews and travel restrictions, the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program (QIIP) is getting ready for a showdown that will decide its fate.
Read moreThe pandemic’s shifting of populations away from expensive megacities is an opportunity for investment migration, writes Stephane Tajick.
Read morePlenty of governments want to design RCBI programs that help them grow their economies. Few understand what it takes, writes Stephane Tajick.
Read moreInvestment migration firms are taking client fees on the presumption that their applications will be processed in the future. What if that doesn’t happen?
Read moreWhen governments find the economic benefits of investment migration programs fall short, they should ask themselves who designed them in the first place.
Read moreApplicants to golden visa programs around the world are made to wait years for approval. That puts an unnecessary damper on demand, writes Stephane Tajick.
Read moreStartup visas are too customized, risky, hands-on, and low-margin to catch on at a grand scale, argues Stephane Tajick.
Read moreInterest in the Thailand Elite Residence Program is growing at a ferocious pace. Permit issuances are up 64% on the year, and have grown by a factor of eleven in just four years. The Thailand Elite Residence Program has
Read moreThis is the second in a two-part series on now-defunct residence and citizenship by investment programs. This week, we look
Read moreThis is the first in a two-part series on now-defunct residence and citizenship by investment programs. This week, we look
Read moreAs part of its plan to reduce overall immigration to the province, the government of Quebec is cutting the number
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