New Record for UK Tier 1 Investment in Q1 as Suspension-Scare Boosts Applications by 42%
Not since the investment requirement was half what it is today has the UK Tier 1 Investor Visa seen more applications than during Q1 2019.
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Moldovan Foreign Minister: By Boosting Development, CBI Shortens Distance to EU
Moldova’s Foreign Minister indicated that the CIP does not interfere with the goal of one day joining the EU – rather the opposite – and that he’s glad to have had private-sector partners to help structure the program.
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Grenada Publishes Sweeping Amendments to its Citizenship by Investment Act
Grenada’s government has just published a wide set of amendments to its Citizenship by Investment Act of 2013. No citizenship
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IMC-Chief on Brussels Meeting: “Commission Deserves Credit for Inclusive Approach”
Attendees expressed optimism following the European Commission’s stakeholder meeting on investment migration in Brussels today
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Moldova Has Granted First Citizenship by Investment, Gazetted Presidential Decree Shows
By presidential decree, Moldova has granted the first citizenship by investment to a main applicant, according to the government’s Gazette.
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Portugal’s Golden Visa on Track to Raise a Record Billion Euros in 2019, Show Q4 Figures
After nothing but decline in the first three months of 2019, the investment volume trend turned upward in April. In the year’s first quarter, the Golden Visa program raised EUR 249 million.
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50 Open Job Positions in the Investment Migration Industry: All Experience Levels, All Over the Globe
Ready for a new opportunity? IMI’s Jobs section currently has 50 active listings from companies in the investment migration industry, ranging from entry level to senior management.
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While EU Worries About Handful of CIP Investors, Millions Get Non-CIP Citizenship Without Vetting
Peter S. Vincent throws the real European security threat into stark relief: The 99.9% of annual new EU citizens that don’t come through CIPs are hardly checked at all.
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Malaysia M2H Residence Program is Back – Financial Requirements to be Reviewed
Malaysia’s MM2H residence program, which has approved more than 40,000 participants in its 16-year history, is back from suspension with tighter security, new requirements, and with a review of the financial requirements in the cards.
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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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New Zealand’s Investor Visa Raises NZ$27 Million a Week, Rejects 1 in 3 Applicants
Over the last ten years, the Kiwis’ high standards have led them to turn down investments worth over NZ$1.7 billion. But they’re still raking in NZ$27m a week.
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Antigua CIP, EB-5 Most Offered Programs Among Investment Migration Firms, Analysis Shows
While half of the firms in our database keep the Antigua & Barbuda CIP on their shelf, only 1% offer that of Jordan. See our statistical analysis to understand which programs are the most commonly offered among the world’s investment migration companies.
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China’s 11 Largest Investment Migration Agencies in 2019
Conservative estimates say there are more than 5,000 investment migration agencies in China. These are the biggest.
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European Countries Dominate Top 10 Passports in Nomad Capitalist’s Index: Individual Freedom Emphasized
“You carry that document around and you’re subject to their government. It says right there in the passport that it’s the property of such and such country. And, in a sense, so are you.”
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Harvey Law Takes Golden Visas Off Shelf, Turns Focus to Startup/Entrepreneur Programs
Harvey Law Group’s global managing partner, Jean-François Harvey, tells IMI his firm is phasing out of the golden visa market, opting instead to focus on startup and entrepreneur visas, a category of immigration that, he points out, adds more value to the destination economy – and his firm.
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3 Crucial Questions the Vanuatu Citizenship Commission Needs to Answer – Yesterday
Why do you have two programs with different prices? Are the citizenships honorary or not? And who is Jimmy from
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Laszlo Kiss: Portuguese Foreign Minister’s Statement Does Not Bode Well For Golden Visa Route to Citizenship
If it turns out Portugal Golden Visa investors who spent 35 days in the country end up NOT qualifying for citizenship, the ramifications for the global IM market will be momentous, writes Laszlo Kiss.
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Industry Largely Welcomes Grenada CIP’s 20% Equity Rule, But Not Everyone is Happy
While prominent industry commentators laud the introduction of a skin-in-the-game requirement, some Grenadian developers say the government’s definition of “skin”
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The Most Powerful CIP-Country Passports by Accessible Sq. Km of Landmass
You already know which CIP-countries’ passports have the highest number of visa-free destinations. But do you know which ones have the most visa-free access when measured by square kilometers?
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Majority of UK Tier 1 Investor Visa Stakeholders Say Program Susceptible to Abuse
Nearly nine in ten respondents favored the introduction of a “pooled investment” provision, in which the government would identify specific projects with a clear benefit to the UK economy, into which applicants would co-invest.
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