Pandemic Reveals Disparities in Processing System Robustness Among RCBI Programs
The Dominica CIU, accustomed to processing during hurricanes, finds that maintaining operations amid a pandemic is, relatively speaking, a breeze.
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Investment Migration in the Post Visa-Free Travel World
In a world where visa-free travel is suspended indefinitely – in some cases permanently – what happens to investment migration? Peter Macfarlane is back.
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A Brief Guide for Foreign Investment Migration Firms Entering the Chinese Market
Foreign investment migration firms have principally three ways to enter the Chinese market, each with its own pros and cons. Choose wisely, writes Luc Lu.
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Where Will Investment Migration Be When the Virus-Dust Settles?
As we stand on the precipice of what may be the biggest economic shake-up of the modern era, Chris Willis asks; what’s next for the RCBI market?
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Citizenship Investor Fund Gives Malta Cushion Against Covid-19, But Govt. Reluctant To Use It
“We cannot expect businesses to keep all their profits when things were going well and now expect taxpayers to completely make good for them.”
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As EU Citizens Lose Settlement Rights in UK, Tier 1 Visa’s Future Looks Bright
Next year, EU citizens will no longer have automatic settlement-rights in the UK. This widens the Tier 1 visa’s target demographic by 11m European HNWIs.
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The 9-Passport Combo That Gives You Worldwide Visa-Free Travel
What is the lowest number of passports that, combined, give you visa-free travel to all the world’s countries? We’ve done the math.
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Citizenship Investors Now Raise $250m a Month for Turkey, According to Ministry of Interior
Application data for Turkey’s citizenship by investment program, as reported by the government, defy belief; nearly 25,000 new citizens in 17 months.
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The 4 Reasons Chinese Investor Migrants Don’t Physically Relocate
China’s HNWIs have historically kept only one foot out the door; hoping to reap China’s economic benefits while insulating themselves from its drawbacks.
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Lesperance: Vanuatu’s So-Called CBI Program is a Ticking Time Bomb
“Honorary citizenship is like being honorarily pregnant; it does not produce the desired result,” writes David Lesperance in his critique of Vanuatu’s CBI.
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How Spain Became a Golden Visa Powerhouse Without Even Trying
While stakeholders in other investment migration countries promote their programs actively, the Spaniards don’t. Why, then, are they still so succcessful?
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Coronavirus Will Radically Impact the Investment Migration Market
The viral epidemic is a black swan event that will materially reconfigure the investment migration industry. And not just within China.
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Portugal GV-Reforms “Not in Force Yet” – Key Questions Unanswered After Parliamentary Session
“We need to be prudent and see what – if anything – happens and then take appropriate measures,” a senior attorney specializing in the program tells IMI.
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Kremlin’s Lifting of Restrictions on Dual Citizenship Could Pave Way for Russian CIP
A change in the citizenship law could have a significant impact on the investment migration market, but not in the way you might think.
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2019 a Record Year for Grenada CIP: Real Estate Outpaces Donations For the First Time in 4 Years
A sharp uptick in real estate investment and drastically improved processing saw the program raise EC$166 million in 2019, 13% more than its 2018 record.
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Portuguese Govt. Moves to End Golden Visas for Lisbon and Porto
Mendes, leader of the Socialist bench, said her party would do away with golden visas for hotspots Lisbon and Porto in favor of less developed regions.
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French Court Orders TV-Channel to Share Raw Footage From Chetcuti “Sting”
A French criminal court has forced France’s M6, under penalty of daily fines, to share the raw footage, which plainly reveals deceptive editing.
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After Record 2019, Thailand Elite Visa Eyes 10,000-Member Milestone in 2020
Thailand’s Elite Residence Program again broke records in 2019, growing its member-base by 2,149 individuals, or 28% more than the 1,679 it added last year.
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Greek Golden Visa Has Raised Some €2 Billion From Almost 19k Participants
Having already beaten all European records in 2018, there was little left for Greece to outperform in 2019 but its own achievements, which it did by 34%.
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1 in 4 Portugal Residence Investors Now Opt for Alternative Assets
The share of investors who pick options other than the conventional EUR 500,000 property purchase has more than tripled in the last three years.
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