The Chief Beneficiaries of EU CIPs Could Be The Countries That Don’t Have Them
As professional advisors everywhere fall over themselves to get face-time with UHNWIs, Malta, Cyprus, and the EU itself are playing catch-and-release.
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Opinion
“Migration by Investment” in the Era of Deglobalisation
“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.
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The Virus Will Bring About What The European Commission Couldn’t: Genuine Links
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.
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COVID-19 is an Opportunity for Small-State CIPs to Future-Proof Themselves
Kenneth Green urges CIP countries not to waste the opportunities the crisis provides by digitizing, taking rainy-day funds seriously, and focusing on value.
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Asaria: 6 Characteristics of Citizenship by Investment in the New World Order
“Discretionary spending has been removed from [price-sensitive CBI investors’] vocabulary. The industry will return to the domain of the privileged.”
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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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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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Former AILA President Klasko Lists 16 Factors Making EB-5’s Future “Cloudy”
A former President of the American Immigration Lawyers’ Association thinks we have only seen the contours of the fallout from changes to the EB-5 program.
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Court Impels Portugal’s Govt. to Share Detailed Golden Visa Data (Including Some That Don’t Exist)
Transparency International has won a court case that will compel Portuguese authorities to share more data on the golden visa program.
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Julius Caesar, the Grandfather of Citizenship by Investment, Never Demanded “Genuine Links”
2,000 years ago, the Roman Empire conceptualized citizenship; flexible, obtainable via contributions, and not necessarily linked to residence.
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Inform Your Client: Don’t Wait to Apply for Citizenship Until It’s Too Late
Different trigger events can derail your client’s future citizenship by investment plans. It’s your job to shake them out of their false sense of security.
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Backlogs: An Existential Threat, Not Just to Programs But to Agents as Well
Investment migration firms are taking client fees on the presumption that their applications will be processed in the future. What if that doesn’t happen?
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Who’s to Blame When Investment Migration Programs Have Little Economic Impact?
When governments find the economic benefits of investment migration programs fall short, they should ask themselves who designed them in the first place.
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Quality of Nationality Index Becomes Media Favorite – That’s Good News
No longer is the QNI a matchless oeuvre whose praises go unsung; it is swiftly assuming its rightful place as the pre-eminent ranking of nationalities.
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Politicians, Media Focus on CIP “Backdoor” to Europe; Front Door Barely Guarded
If you want the IM industry to take concerns about the backdoor at face value, come back when you have something more than a windscreen on the front door.
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Investment Migration Advisors Need to Talk to Clients About Health Insurance
A fundamental motive for investment migration applicants is asset protection. Don’t forget to advise on protecting the most valuable asset of all.
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Rogers: Time for RCBI-Firms to Clean up Their Acts Or Be Ruined by the Press
An indiscrete remark during an unguarded moment can bring down your investment migration company when every client is a potential undercover reporter.
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Rogers: Leftist Press Will Come for Your CBI Firm Too – 6 Steps to Prepare Yourself
What happened to Chetcuti Cauchi is but a precursor of things to come. Next up is the theft of internal emails and client records. Be prepared, writes Carlyle Rogers.
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Citizenship by Investment as Insurance Against Statelessness
For a number of ethnic groups, the risk of being rendered stateless is non-negligible. Thousands of those at risk can afford citizenship by investment.
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7 Ways HNWIs Sabotage Their Own Backup Plans – Part II
Making the purchase of a CBI the first step in planning your financial future is like making a visit to Home Depot the first step in planning your dream home, writes David Lesperance.
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