Opinion: A Year of Deception and Discrimination for Retroactively Rejected St. Kitts CBI Applicants
Saint Kitts officials claim the refund-troubles arose from decisions of the former administration. That is not true, writes Maxim Zharkov.
Read moreSaint Kitts officials claim the refund-troubles arose from decisions of the former administration. That is not true, writes Maxim Zharkov.
Read more“We have incontrovertible evidence of corruption, and we are going after everyone,” says Martinez about his plans for suing in US court.
Read moreIn an exclusive interview with IMI, St. Kitts & Nevis CIU boss Michael Martin chalks up the delayed refunds to “budgetary adjustments.”
Read moreIndividuals denied citizenship despite paying for it will finally get their money back.
Read more2023 is, by any measure, already a year of extreme records for Grenada. And that’s before the CIU has processed its backlog worth US$450m.
Read moreTwo-thirds of recent capital projects at Grenada’s Ministry of Social Development and Housing were directly financed by the program.
Read moreDespite gaining approvals and making donations, applicants were retroactively rejected due to their nationalities and are not being refunded.
Read moreWhile it was always assumed Russian applicants had driven the program’s meteoric rise, the extent of their impact is only now becoming known.
Read moreThe remaining Caribbean CIPs have three ways to respond: James Nuveen explores the potential implications of each type of reaction.
Read moreThe question on everyone’s mind is if other Caribbean CIPs will raise prices like Saint Kitts. IMI contacted each to get an answer.
Read moreWith half a year to spare, Grenada’s CIP has already set a new annual revenue record of EC$573m, two-thirds of it in the form of real estate.
Read moreDevelop or get de-certified. That is the message Grenada’s CIU is sending approved real estate developers with this round of culling.
Read moreMinimum investment doubled in most categories; in-person document collection; new limits on marketing methods; all effective immediately.
Read moreOne prime minister of a Caribbean CBI country who had attended the meeting, Gonsalves said, told him that “it’s the end of the road.”
Read moreKittitian PM Terrance Drew reports that during a recent summit in Brussels, the EU agreed to form a committee with OECS on the CBI question.
Read moreAgents with Iranian clients last week scrambled to submit files before Dominica’s introduction of “enhanced due diligence” fees on Monday.
Read moreAntigua & Barbuda has released the first statistical report on its CIP in more than three years. Figures show the program has fallen behind.
Read moreIf the CBI developer itself funds the escrow account, how does the CIU know the CBI applicant actually invested the full amount?
Read moreWhile processing is starting to catch up, Grenada still had a backlog of 1,451 applications worth half a billion (!) USD at the end of Q3.
Read moreMany Saint Lucians, Kittitians, and Antiguans will no longer need apply for visas before visiting Canada – presuming they fly in.
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