The French requirement and the $500k walk-away option likely to result from the new rules will cripple the QIIP, laments Nicolas Laurin.
Governments increasingly balk at passive programs but welcome active investor visas. Ahmad Abbas explains how to successfully pivot to AIVs.
Patricia Casaburi points out that it’s ironic that golden visas are blamed for the housing crisis in Lisbon and Porto, where prices have risen sharply since these cities were excluded from the program.
Inês Costa Moura and Miguel Gomes outline the three possible outcomes of the government’s proposal and what is at stake in terms of jobs.
Martin St-Hilaire and Philippe May suggest Vanuatu give up trying to meet the EU’s ever-shifting demands and focus, instead, on the mass market.
Kemal Nicholson proposes radical measures to prevent the EU from cutting CBI countries off from Schengen.
The Digital Nomad Visa trend is booming but RCBI firms are staying away for a perceived lack of margin. That’s a mistake, argues Saahil Menon.
David Lesperance goes on the record with six falsifiable predictions for events he expects in the investment migration market this year.
As candidate countries come to terms with the improbability of accession, they’ll be less likely to toe the EU line, argues Saahil Menon.
Thomas Anthony, former head of several Caribbean CIUs, outlines the delicate and crucial role the region’s banks play in CBI due diligence.
Georgia could emerge as the biggest beneficiary of the new multipolarity taking hold across investment migration, argues Saahil Menon.
St. Lucia’s recent decision to overturn its blanket ban on Iranian applicants could prompt others to follow suit, writes Saahil Menon.
Caribbean CIPs are forced to fall in line with the demands of the bigger countries or face sanctions themselves, writes Nuri Katz.
David Lesperance outlines the five carefully planned steps crypto investors must take to successfully upgrade to a better tax jurisdiction.
Saahil Menon points out that the program is no path to permanent settlement in the UAE, and questions if settlement there is even desirable.
Wild inflation? Yes. Hot money flows? Sure. Capricious politics? Absolutely. But economic fundamentals? As sound as they come, argues Brian Greco.
Italy as a destination sells itself, argues Dario Montagnese. All RCBI advisors need to do is let investors know it also has a golden visa.
Citizenship by investment, argues Brian Greco, is an unequivocal good for governments, locals, agents, and investors. So, why is it vilified?
Dr. Andrés Solimano, who holds a Ph.D. in Economics from MIT, identifies six global effects of the war and the impact they could have on IM.
Nuri Katz says recent weeks’ events show that “unless something changes drastically, we are closer to the end of the CBI industry than to the beginning of it.”