The Compromise That Reduces Political and Popular Opposition to CBI
Indebted EU countries could stave off insolvency by selling citizenship. But tact and compromise are required to make that politically feasible, writes Stephane Tajick.
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Montenegro CIP, We Hardly Knew Ye
Stephane Tajick laments that Montenegro’s government never gave the country’s CIP a chance to prove its mettle before settling its fate.
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Quebec IIP’s Future Hangs in the Balance as Govt. to Decide its Fate in March
As 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.
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Investment Migration Has a Crucial Role to Play in the Post-Pandemic Urban Exodus
The pandemic’s shifting of populations away from expensive megacities is an opportunity for investment migration, writes Stephane Tajick.
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Helping Governments Design RCBI Programs: The 6 Recurring Problems
Plenty of governments want to design RCBI programs that help them grow their economies. Few understand what it takes, writes Stephane Tajick.
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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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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
Applicants to golden visa programs around the world are made to wait years for approval. That puts an unnecessary damper on demand, writes Stephane Tajick.
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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
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 Residence Program has
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Remembering the Dead Part 2 – Citizenship by Investment Programs of Yesteryear
This is the second in a two-part series on now-defunct residence and citizenship by investment programs. This week, we look
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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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