The Big Stories in Investment Migration in 2017 – Price Wars, Hurricanes, Bombings, Passports for Bitcoin
As 2017 draws to a close, it’s time to revisit the year’s biggest stories on Investment Migration Insider. The last 12 months were dramatic, to say the least, characterized by Caribbean hurricanes and a subsequent price war, a car bombing in Malta, political and media attacks on the industry, and the first applications of cryptocurrency payments for citizenship by investment programs.
Below you’ll find, sorted by category and geography, 2017’s most popular stories on Investment Migration Insider.
The Caribbean
Saint Kitts’ Citizenship Program No Longer the Platinum Brand, says Head of Dominica CIU
Antigua Cuts Citizenship Price in Half Following Collapse in Market Share
Dominica CIU Already Back in Business, in Spite of Hurricane Maria Havoc
Come Together, Right Now, Over CIP – Developer Warns of Full-blown Price War
Saint Kitts PM Strikes Back at Critics of SKNCIP Hurricane-Discount
Europe
List of Cyprus CIP Citizens Leaked: Soros-backed Foundation Funded the Articles
EU Calls on Malta to Identify IIP-Citizens, Enforce Physical Residence Requirements
Citizenship by Investment is Turning Limassol into the High-Rise Capital of the Mediterranean
Asia-Pacific
Vanuatu Citizenship Program to Accept Bitcoin Payments, Pilot Block Chain-Based Due Diligence
8 giant Chinese investment migration companies you need to know about
Harvey Takes Dig at Chinese Agencies’ Warnings to Stay Out of Their Territory
Vanuatu Can Rival Caribbean CIPs, But Can’t “Keep Changing Every Few Months” says Arton Capital MD
Harvey Law Group bets big on Southeast Asia investment migration market
North-America
EB-5 Waiting List Reaches a Dizzying 30,000 Applicants, Nearly All Chinese
The new E-2 visa bill and the difference in tax implications between E-2 and EB-5 By Dr. Hussain Farooq
EB-5 Quota Likely to Expand to 24,000 Applicants, Say Industry Leaders
Pressed by EU, Canada Grants Visa-Free Travel to Bulgaria and Romania
Mischief and Vice
Car Bomb Kills Prominent Blogger and Malta IIP Critic Daphne Caruana Galizia
Antiguan Minister Arrested by British Police Upon Arrival in UK, Fired From Cabinet by PM
2ndPassports.com is a scam says anonymous group vowing to expose CBI-fraudsters
“Just Trying to Help Chinese Friends” – Portugal’s Golden Visa Trials Begin
Alleged Scam Company Announces €25,000 Citizenship by Investment in Georgia
Opinion pieces
What the EU’s Blacklisting Means for Saint Lucia and Grenada By Matthew Pajares Yngson
Cryptocurrency Payments Are the Solution to the Caribbean’s Correspondent Banking Problem
The recipe for a successful citizenship by investment program – Suggestions for Montenegro By Stephane Tajick
Tilting at Offshore Windmills: Aim Paradise Papers Anger At Government, Not Rich People
Index Mania: How to interpret the recent deluge of citizenship rankings
6 moronic objections to investment migration (and how CBI/RBI is improving the lives of millions)
Interviews
“We didn’t see it coming” says PM Chastanet about CIP Price War
Investor Legend Jim Rogers: “Only Having One Passport is Very Dangerous”
Malta Should Mentor Caribbean CIPs on Due Diligence, Says Thomson Reuters General Counsel
Get With the Times or Face Extinction, Says Head of Chinese Migration Firm
Analysis
Is Vietnam the next big market for investment migration?
The Truth About Bulgarian Citizenship by Investment – An Expert Panel Comments
What Explains Grenada’s Citizenship by Investment Renaissance?
Tax residency program trend: Why 3 Caribbean CIP-countries have opened them in 2 months
Citizenship by investment is all that stands between GDP growth and brutal recession for Cyprus
Christian Henrik Nesheim is the founder and editor of Investment Migration Insider, the #1 magazine – online or offline – for residency and citizenship by investment. He is an internationally recognized expert, speaker, documentary producer, and writer on the subject of investment migration, whose work is cited in the Economist, Bloomberg, Fortune, Forbes, Newsweek, and Business Insider. Norwegian by birth, Christian has spent the last 16 years in the United States, China, Spain, and Portugal.