Backlogs: An Existential Threat, Not Just to Programs But to Agents as Well
Investment migration firms are taking client fees on the presumption that their applications will be processed in the future. What if that doesn’t happen?
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Author: Stephane Tajick
Who’s to Blame When Investment Migration Programs Have Little Economic Impact?
When governments find the economic benefits of investment migration programs fall short, they should ask themselves who designed them in the first place.
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Long Processing Times Among Golden Visas is an Unnecessary Curb on RCBI-Demand
A decade ago, the Canadian Immigrant Investor programs (CIIP) and the Hong Kong Capital Investment Scheme (HK CIS) dominated the
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Startup Visas: Governments Want Them, But Your Clients Don’t
Startup visas are too customized, risky, hands-on, and low-margin to catch on at a grand scale, argues Stephane Tajick.
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Thailand Elite Residence Visa Applications Up 11x in Four Years
Stephane TajickMontreal Interest 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
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Remembering the Dead Part 2 – Citizenship by Investment Programs of Yesteryear
Stephane TajickMontreal This is the second in a two-part series on now-defunct residence and citizenship by investment programs. This
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Tajick: Remembering the Dead Part 1 – Residence by Investment Programs of Yore
This is the first in a two-part series on now-defunct residence and citizenship by investment programs. This week, we look
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Quebec to Cut QIIP Selection by Up to 65% in 2019, CSQ Wait-Time to Double
As part of its plan to reduce overall immigration to the province, the government of Quebec is cutting the number
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Tajick: 50+ Misleading, False and Biased Statements Found in EU Report on RCBI
Recently, the EU Parliament published a draft report on financial crimes, tax evasion, and tax avoidance. This draft report “Concludes that
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Tajick: The RCBI-Industry’s Role in Shaping the New Global Economy
Researcher Stephane Tajick explores the near-to-medium term future of the RCBI-market, and tries to predict the industry’s role in the
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Tajick: Public Broadcaster Investigation Rocks Québec IIP
On the 20th of September, the whole investment migration industry in Canada was holding its breath before the airing of
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3 Reasons the EU Could Learn to Love Citizenship by Investment – By Stephane Tajick
This article was contributed by regular columnist Stephane Tajick. For more articles by Stephane, see the “Tajick’s Take” column. The
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10 Major Changes That Impacted the Investment Migration Market During the Last Year
This article was contributed by regular columnist Stephane Tajick. Every year at STC, we review some of the main immigration
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Where Will the Next Citizenship by Investment Program Emerge? – by Stephane Tajick
Regular contributor and CIP-researcher Stephane Tajick offers a detailed analysis to attempt to forecast where we may expect new citizenship
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Tajick: 3 Common Myths Canadian Media Uses to Demonize Investor Immigrants
Whereas questioning the degree to which unskilled refugees – tens of thousands of which Canada welcomes annually – sufficiently contribute
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Canadian Immigrant Investor Myth #2: The Chinese Are Driving Up Property Prices
By Stephane Tajick Is there a form of discrimination in our targeting of wealthy Chinese looking people in Canada? Are
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Canadian Immigrant Investor Myth #1: They Pay Less Tax Than Refugees
By Stephane Tajick Since the end of Canada’s Federal Immigrant Investor program a few years ago by the Conservative Party,
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5 Ways the US Tax Reform Will Impact EB-5 – by Stephane Tajick
Contributed by Stephane Tajick Congress has given its final approval to the House and Senate conference committee agreement on tax
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The Cost of Hurricanes – Why Now is the Best Time for Caribbean CIPs to Form a Cartel, by Stephane Tajick
Contributed by Stephane Tajick This year has been particularly destructive for the Caribbean, with two devastating Category 5 hurricanes sweeping
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Opinion: Rich Chinese driving up Canadian property prices – Myth or reality?
By Stephane Tajick In recent decades, property prices have been surging to record heights in both Vancouver and Toronto. Inhabitants
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