Malta RVP’s Financing Option Shows Why the RCBI Market is About to Get 10 Times Bigger
Investment financing has the potential to catapult investment migration from UHNWI luxury product status to the much greater mass affluent market.
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Industry Trends
Complete Your Profile in the New RCBI Company Directory – Add Photos, Description
Nearly a thousand firms are now registered in the Residence & Citizenship by Investment Company Directory. Is yours?
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Turkey is Giving Grenada a Run For Its E2 Money, Three More Competitors Waiting in The Wings
Turkey surprised many by becoming the world’s most popular CIP. None more so than Grenadians, who are finding their cozy corner of the market contested.
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4 Potential Countries For Europe’s Next Citizenship by Investment Program
These four countries have the necessary economic, demographic, and political ingredients to open Europe’s next citizenship by investment program, writes Ahmad Abbas.
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Investor Migrants Becoming More Sophisticated, Favoring Fund Investment Over Real Estate
Portugal’s recent focus on private equity investment funds for Golden Visas reveal investor migrants are now sensitive to sound tax and exit strategies.
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City-Specific Citizenship by Investment: Practicable or Pipe-Dream?
Could we soon see the rise of CIPs that apply to cities, rather than to whole countries? One progressive European city provides a template.
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E2-Shortcut to the US: The New Must-Have for Citizenship by Investment Programs?
Why is the Turkey CIP the world’s most popular despite its lack of Schengen-access? Why are 98% of Grenada CIP-applicants Chinese? Answer: E2.
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IMC’s Investment Migration Certification Program Gaining Momentum
The IMC hopes the promulgation of best practices through its course will serve to reduce cases of malpractice and scandals in the future.
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As Hong Kong Impasse Intensifies, Investment Migration Firms Report Surge in Inquiries
As anti-Beijing protests enter their third month in Hong Kong, service providers say inquiries about investment migration are surging.
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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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Most Investment Migration Firms Have Fewer Than 10 Employees
An analysis of the more than 600 firms registered in the Residence and Citizenship by Investment Company Directory shows that some 60% of companies are tiny.
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The Crisis in China’s Investment Migration Market: Part 1
Deregulation took away the big companies’ competitive edge. To regain margins, many are turning to deceptive practices, writes Luc Lu.
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OECS: Caribbean CIPs to Get Uniform Legislation and Application Forms
Skerrit said OECS member states have agreed to implement policies that will further unify the region’s citizenship by investment programs.
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L’ecuyer: The Industry Is at an Inflexion Point and Inaction Will Cost Us
Addressing industry stakeholders yesterday, Bruno L’ecuyer stressed the need for coordinated action vis-a-vis European institutions, highlighted the IMC’s new education program, and urged politicians to avoid uninformed decision-making.
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Improving Applicant Approval Rates With a Standardized DD Framework
“Something as important as due diligence within our industry, should not be kept under wraps,” Agius tells IMI.
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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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Investment Migration Stakeholders Surveyed Ahead of European Commission Meeting on RCBI
Civiquo are calling on industry stakeholders to share their views ahead of next week’s European Commission stakeholder meeting on investment migration.
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Approved CIP Agents Nears 1,000 Globally, But One Program Just Disqualified 38% of Its Licensees
The number of companies and individuals licensed to submit citizenship by investment applications – among the ten CIPs that require
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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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Paul Girodo: Golden Visas May Be On Their Way Out – Here’s What Will Replace Them
By this time next year, EU golden visa programs will have changed so much that they will have effectively ended. But exciting new programs are coming online to replace them, writes Paul Girodo.
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