Quebec to Reopen QIIP With French Language Requirement and $200,000 Donation, Likely by End of Year
Suspended since 2019, the QIIP is likely to reopen by the end of the year with a new set of requirements, writes Patrick McCarthy.
Read moreSuspended since 2019, the QIIP is likely to reopen by the end of the year with a new set of requirements, writes Patrick McCarthy.
Read moreIn this special feature, Varvara Latyntseva details how the EB-5 program changed last year and the effects on applications and stakeholders.
Read moreE2 country nationals who are not “domiciled” can no longer get E2 visas if they got citizenship by “financial investment”. But what do those terms really mean?
Read moreThe act would make E2 visas available to CBI-origin citizens only if they have been “domiciled” in their new country for minimum three years.
Read moreAs US consular missions resume granting appointments to those unable to expatriate during the COVID years, expatriations are rising again.
Read moreWhile E2 visa appointments are available within days at the US Embassy in, for example, Tokyo, those applying in Paris face a 7-month wait.
Read moreLesperance: “Half of my clients are concerned that the Democrats will keep the House [in November]. The other half are concerned they won’t.”
Read more“I’ve been receiving about a dozen inquiries a day, up from the one or two US-based inquiries I typically get daily,” says Lesperance.
Read moreUSCIS last week shocked the EB5 market by saying all regional centers will need redesignation. That’s not the case, say congressional leaders.
Read moreAll Regional Center designations are now defunct and all entities seeking to recruit RC-based investors must file for designation again.
Read moreCongressmen aiming to end visa-waivers for countries with CIPs learn that 70% of visa-waiver countries have investment migration programs.
Read moreJust as Lesperance foresaw 18 months ago, citizenship renunciations among wealthy Americans are cratering. Here’s what he expects next.
Read moreWhile the regional center program has been reauthorized, individual RCs need authorizations of their own through I-924s, Brian Ostar prompts.
Read more“It’ll take a long time for this new program to be stable,” says Matt Galati. “I don’t know if that gets done before 2027, frankly.”
Read moreThe EB-5 Reform will bring minimum investment levels to $800,000 and $1,050,000 and grandfather in existing regional center investors.
Read moreThe bipartisan bill not only seeks to exclude countries with CIPs from the US visa waiver program, but also from visa-free travel to Europe.
Read moreThe more than 40,000 EB-5 investors left in the lurch by the closure of the Regional Center Program are not going down without a fight.
Read moreStephane Tajick has spent the last year catering to the growing US market for investment migration. Here’s what he’s learned.
Read moreThe Department of Homeland Security will not appeal the Behring ruling after all, confirming $500,000 minimum investments for direct EB5.
Read moreNow that the regional center program has lapsed, maintaining EB-5 capital at-risk through redeployment poses challenges, writes Aaron Grau.
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