Eric Major on Investment Migration After COVID: “Phone Rings The Most During Times of Turmoil”
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.
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Interviews
Andrew Henderson on Investment Migration After COVID: “It’s Going to Be a Reset”
Watch: Andrew Henderson thinks CBI programs have little room to maneuver on price and warns citizenship-based taxation is on the European agenda.
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Exclusive Interview Series: Investment Migration After COVID-19 – What Next?
A brand new series of interviews with senior investment migration experts on what they think will change for the RCBI-market after the pandemic.
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15 Million Stateless Individuals – An Interview With Kristy A. Belton
Statelessness showed up on the CIP-world’s radar as Antigua & Barbuda’s CIP explores the possibility of making such people eligible. How big is the issue?
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UK Tier 1 Investor Visa Reform: “Not Much Has Really Changed,” Says Yazdi
Confusion regarding the recent UK Tier 1 reforms had led to a surge in applications but practical consequences for investors were limited, said Yazdi.
Read MoreMalta’s Golden Visa Has Received 1,600 Applications, But Backlog is Growing Due to Agents’ Sloppy Filing
Some 1,000 applications remain unprocessed due to missing documentation. To tackle the backlog, the MRVA will no longer accept incomplete applications.
Read MoreL’ecuyer: “Shocked and Alarmed” at MEPs’ Misconceptions of IM Industry
The IMC’s chief executive says “there is a very big misunderstanding of what this industry is all about” but thinks the reshuffling of the European Parliament is a unique chance to set the record straight.
Read MoreAsaria: Caribbean CIPs Should Adopt EB-5-Style Employment Requirements
Asaria says the EB-5 program was able to create 276,000 jobs during the credit crunch thanks to its employment requirement, and that Caribbean CIPs should do the same.
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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.
Read MoreCaribbean Prime Ministers’ Relationships With Some CIP-Consultancies “Too Close” Says Carlyle Rogers
“Only when something goes wrong do you see how dangerous these practices can be,” says Carlyle Rogers.
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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.
Read MoreAntigua PM: Crypto-Payments Will be “Very Important” for Overcoming Banking Issues in Caribbean
Cryptocurrency will be “very important” for overcoming banking issues, lack of progress on harmonization may be due to inertia, and new CIP competition from Europe is ultimately a good thing, Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua & Barbuda told Investment Migration Insider in Davos.
Read More“We Agree With Most of What’s in It,” Says MIIP-Boss Cardona About EC Report
Speaking to IMI in Davos last week, CEO of the Malta Individual Investor Programme Agency, the entity charged with managing
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Sophia the Robot: “Benefits of Investment Migration Are Clear”
In an interview with Investment Migration Insider, Sophia, the AI-sensation from Hanson Robotics and the first ever robot to obtain
Read More“Malta’s Due Diligence Will Become the Global Standard” – Interview with Chris Kälin, Part 2
In this second part of an interview with Investment Migration Insider, Dr. Christian H. Kälin, CEO and Chairman of Henley
Read MoreSaint Kitts CIU-Boss’ Walks Us Through His Due Diligence Process Step by Step
During February’s recording of the upcoming documentary series Caribbean Citizenship by Investment, we recorded an interview with Les Khan, head
Read MoreSeveral Successful Cases of Citizenships for Bitcoin Already, Says Vanuatu Information Centre Boss Harris
During an exclusive interview with Investment Migration Insider, head of the Vanuatu Information Centre, James Harris, revealed three separate pieces of
Read MoreEB-5 Re-Authorization Without Increase in Quota “Would Kill the Program” Says Regional Center CEO
CEO and Chief Counsel of Manhattan Regional Center, Winnie Ng, says she was relieved the proposed EB-5 legislation ultimately did
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“Mostly Fabricated and Poorly Researched Stories” says Kalin About Bad Press Against Industry
Commenting on recent accusations of collusion with the government of Malta, Kalin – during an interview with Investment Migration Insider
Read MorePM Skerrit in Interview: CIP-Countries Working on Price Agreement, Deeper Integration
Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit sat down with Investment Migration Insider to talk about how instrumental the Citizenship by Investment
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