IMI is a community effort.

As the #1 magazine for the investment migration industry (online or offline), we frequently publish articles contributed by investment migration professionals, as well as laymen. In particular, we receive a lot of contributions to our Opinions section.

If you’d like to contribute an article to IMI, here’s how to proceed:

IMI’s Article Contribution Guidelines

1. You must be an IMI Pro member to contribute articles.

   Become an IMI Pro member now.

2. Send in your topic idea before you start writing.

   Following this simple rule can save you a lot of time and effort. We often receive already-written articles that are not well-suited for IMI. The topic may not be germane, or we may already have covered it extensively. Check with the editor first by emailing him at aa@imidaily.com.

3. Articles should not contain promotional material.

   This includes contact details, company logos, sales pitches, and so on. You will be cited as the author, and your author box can link to a URL of your choosing, but there will be no links in the body text. Should you wish to share commercial content, consider a sponsored feature .

4. We don’t accept contributions from anonymous authors.

   And we generally don’t accept anonymous quotes (with a few exceptions), especially if they are potentially defamatory. The editor of IMI is responsible for its content; in the absence of a natural person as the author of an opinion piece, the editor becomes responsible for any false claims made in the article. The editor of IMI does not want that.

5. Articles should be of interest to a professional audience.

   IMI is a by-the-industry-for-the-industry publication; consequently, our readers are not laymen. The practical implication is that you should compose the content with a knowledgeable audience in mind. “10 Reasons Cyprus is a Great Place to Live” won’t cut it; instead, attempt to tackle a higher-level subject that would interest experienced RCBI practitioners. Consider whether your topic is already covered in IMI and, if it is, whether you can offer a novel take that adds value. If you can’t, pick a different topic.

6. We only accept original content.

   Have you published your article elsewhere online? If so, we cannot publish it on IMI. This is because publishing non-original content can harm our search-engine rankings as well as yours.

The Essential IMI Style Guide

• Punctuation: We use the Oxford comma .
• Foreign terms that a non-negligible segment of readers may not recognize should be italicized (e.g., non sequitur, raison d’être, schadenfreude).
• Limit paragraphs to 2–4 sentences.
• Avoid passive voice unless avoiding it makes the sentence worse.
• Avoid trite expressions, metaphors, and similes where possible.
• Numbers: Spell out one to ten; use numerals for larger numbers. For numbers above one million, spell them out.
• Use either American or British English, not both.
• Abbreviations: Spell out the term first, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses, then use the abbreviation thereafter.
• Use judgment and break rules when appropriate. “Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools,” said Douglas Bader.

Don’t worry if you don’t get it all right. We’ll conduct quality control in any case.