A confluence of events in many treaty countries will see the E2 visa emerge as one of the most popular visa options in the next 12-18 months.
The number of investors choosing the EUR 350,000 Investment Fund option is up 400% since last year, even with five months left in 2020.
Mohammed Asaria says UHNWIs, after the pandemic, are far more willing to physically move their business, capital, and families.
Available EB-5 visas in 2021 will most likely be much higher than it has ever been in the past, writes Marko Issever.
Now is the time for advisors to talk to clients about diversification of their residency and citizenship portfolios, writes Tatiana Tolstaia.
Major also comments on the reasons he believes the Montenegro CIP has underperformed so far and, as of last week, had only issued ten passports.
Thomas Anthony: Time has come for programs to collaborate with due diligence providers in redesigning their due diligence methodology from the ground up.
Watch: Andrew Henderson thinks CBI programs have little room to maneuver on price and warns citizenship-based taxation is on the European agenda.
“We are looking closely at actions that are taken and actions being contemplated by the EU and also by the OECD,” said Ambassador Colin Murdoch.
“No amount of discounts or special offers will re-create the demand enjoyed over the past period until globalisation returns to the crease,” writes Mohammed Asaria.
COVID-19 may well give rise to the mother of all economic crises. Fortunate, then, that economic crises are the father of investment migration programs.
Where paper-only immigration for increased visa-free travel was once the norm, the crisis will drive more HNWIs to invoke their Plan B and physically move.
What can Google search trends tell us about how the pandemic is affecting demand for RCBI and which programs will win and lose after it’s over?
“Discretionary spending has been removed from [price-sensitive CBI investors’] vocabulary. The industry will return to the domain of the privileged.”
Can we expect a drop in demand for Caribbean programs? Wayne Hempson-Putt believes so – and especially among expats living in GCC countries.
You don’t have to spend tens of thousands on headhunting firms that don’t understand the specialized skills needed for the investment migration industry.
As the pandemic spreads despair and concern, Gareth Brookes has a message of optimism and confidence to share with industry partners and competitors alike.
The COVID-19 outbreak has put health front and center among investor migrant concerns. How does your RCBI-country stack up in the health security index?
In 2019, international schools raised ten times as much in fees as they did in 2000. That figure is expected to double by 2030. What does it mean for RCBI?
The money-for-rights model of investment migration – while economically successful – is a hard sell, politically. Canada’s model offers a compromise.