Investment migration people in the news this week included:
- Armand Arton of Arton Capital
- Ryan Lin of Bayfront Law
- Manish Tibrewal of Farro Capital
- Savory & Partners
- Global Citizen Solutions
- Bruno L’ecuyer of the Investment Migration Council
- Elena Ruda of Immigrant Invest
- Dominic Jones of Greener Pastures New Zealand
- Charles Avens of Collyer Bristow
- Juerg Steffen, Dominic Volek, and Kwame Amoako of Henley & Partners
- Paul Williams of La Vida
- Henrique Peyssonneau Nunes of CMS Portugal
- Chris Marson of Portugal Pathways
- Ryan Guy of Canada Business Consulting
- Thomas Anthony of IMA Grenada
- Serhan Aysever of Beyond Global Partners
CNBC – One passport isn’t enough for some wealthy Chinese. Here’s where they’re looking next
“We have had some clients who are willing to give up their Chinese citizenship to hold multiple passports,” said Armand Arton, CEO of immigration migration consultancy Arton Capital, who added that the choice of passports depends on their lifestyle and business needs.
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Meanwhile, Ryan Lin, director at Singapore-based legal firm Bayfront Law, said he has seen an increase in wealthy Chinese considering renouncing their nationality since July. That month, Beijing introduced new measures targeting offshore trusts, with certain incomes and transactions potentially subject to a 20% tax. The changes have prompted some families to reassess how they hold and transfer assets overseas.
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Manish Tibrewal, co-founder of multi-family office Farro Capital, also reported growing interest in foreign passports. The wealth advisory firm is helping some Chinese families pursue Caribbean citizenship alongside Singapore permanent residency, with the longer-term possibility of obtaining Singapore citizenship, subject to government approval.
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Inquiries from Chinese clients have risen 33% since July, investment migration firm Savory & Partners said, while Global Citizen Solutions reported an increase of nearly 40% compared with the same period last year.
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“For Chinese HNWIs who are not willing to give up their citizenship, a portfolio of residencies or long-term visas is a more appealing option,” Arton said.
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“Hungary is the one that surprises people,” according to Global Citizen Solutions. “As the larger European golden visa routes have closed or become more expensive, Hungary offers residency in the Schengen area through a regulated fund investment.”
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“It’s important to recognize that exploring overseas residency, building a passport portfolio, and relocating an entire family are very different decisions,” Arton said.
WealthBriefing – ANALYSIS: A New “Golden Visa” – The Argentina Version
“As with any citizenship or residence by investment programme, we believe that its long-term credibility and success will depend on a sound legal foundation, robust due diligence, transparency, good governance, and adherence to internationally recognised standards,” Bruno L’ecuyer, CEO of the Investment Migration Council, told this news service recently. “The announcement of a Citizenship by Investment programme by a country of Argentina’s size and international standing is a significant development for the investment migration sector.”
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“The main driver is hard currency. The Treasury faces around $25 billion in foreign-currency debt payments in 2027, and the government has not yet returned to international bond markets. Advisors to the government estimate the programme could raise up to $2.5 billion,” Elena Ruda, managing partner and co-founder of Immigrant Invest, told this publication.
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“Reputation is a real challenge,” Ruda said. “Argentina scored 36 out of 100 on the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index, below the global average of 42 and its lowest score since 2019.”
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“On paper, the [programme] framework is well designed: funds must go through banks authorised by the central bank; a dedicated agency assesses applications; intelligence, financial and security authorities review each file; and the National Immigration Directorate makes the final decision. However, credibility comes from implementation. Filing procedures, document requirements and processing times are still unpublished, and the operator tender was cancelled in April,” Ruda said.
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Dominic Jones, managing director of Greener Pastures New Zealand, gave his take on the Argentina programme. “The timing also reflects a broader shift in how wealthy families think about citizenship and residency. Increasingly, they are looking beyond their home countries to diversify their options, protect their families and establish a presence in politically and geographically different regions,” Jones said. “Argentina has an opportunity to capitalise on that demand and establish itself as a significant player in Latin America’s investment-migration market.”
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“The toing and froing from the government as to whether a new investor visa for the UK will be released is nothing more than a monumental act of economic self-harm when coupled with a backdrop of wealthy people leaving the UK in their droves, significant UK tax rises, a spluttering economy and non-existent economic growth,” Charles Avens, head of Immigration at Collyer Bristow, told WealthBriefing.
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“As multiple jurisdictions around the world are actively doing everything possible to roll out the red carpet to the wealthiest, the brightest and the best so that they can be at the forefront of the global race for industries like life sciences, pharmaceuticals, technology and AI, the optics for UK Plc could not be worse, by either dithering over the decision or by saying no to a new investor visa, the Government is actively sending a message loud and clear to the global wealthy, the investors, the business creators and industry innovators, that UK Plc is closed for business, please go elsewhere. Trust me, they will,” Avens said.
Yahoo Finance – Political Uncertainty Fuels Demand for Additional Residence and Citizenship Rights
The US trend remains the most pronounced: applications from Americans have risen 52% over the past 18 months compared with the preceding 18-month period, yet only 9% of US applicants actually reside outside of the US.
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Dr. Juerg Steffen, CEO of Henley & Partners, says these patterns are less about conventional relocation and more of a broader shift towards jurisdictional diversification. “Volatility has a way of concentrating minds. Families have long understood the value of diversifying their investments; increasingly, they are applying the same principle to where they have the right to live, work and build their lives.”
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“A sovereign portfolio brings together multiple complementary residence and citizenship rights, investments and personal ties across different countries. No family can predict the next political, social or economic shock. But they can choose not to have every aspect of their future tied to a single jurisdiction.”
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Dominic Volek, Group Head of Private Clients at Henley & Partners, says: “This is increasingly less about a binary decision to stay or leave. Families are looking across jurisdictions and asking what rights and options they should have if circumstances change. For many, acquiring additional residence or citizenship is about preserving choice before it is needed, rather than planning an immediate relocation.”
Fidelity – Political Concerns Drive US Investors to Golden Visas
Political concerns are driving 94.3% of US investors considering a second residency or citizenship, according to La Vida’s 2026 US investor survey.
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Political concerns led by a wide margin at 94.3%, ahead of cost of living at 51.4% and healthcare at 47.1%. Crime and security concerned 25.7% of respondents, down from 33.3% in La Vida’s 2025 US survey. Taxation concerned 22.9% and education 11.4%.
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“Our US clients are looking abroad for very different reasons to those from the UK,” said Paul Williams, CEO of La Vida Golden Visas. “Tax concerns are driving the British market, while politics, healthcare and cost of living are driving the US.”
Essential Business – Golden Visa investment could evolve to support housing and talent, experts say
Henrique Peyssonneau Nunes, immigration and employment partner at CMS Portugal, made the point on a panel about navigating Portugal through cross-border structuring, family structures, succession and government agencies.
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“Imagine we have a problem of construction,” he said. “Well, we could demand that the funds, in order to become eligible for the Golden Visa, have [a percentage] of their investment in affordable housing, in education, in hospitals.”
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Chris Marson, head of private wealth at Portugal Pathways, who sat on the same panel, said investors would welcome the idea. His work with families and investors, he said, shows they are keen to put capital to productive use in the country.
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“What they want to do is bring their money and do good in Portugal,” Marson said. “If doing good in Portugal is building affordable housing, if it’s supporting the tourism agenda, that is what they want. They’re making this their home, their long-term home, so they have absolutely no objection to doing that.”
BusinessDay NG – Nigerian investors seek global mobility as policy risks reshape wealth planning
“Families are able to diversify their wealth into asset classes, industries, international markets,” Kwame Amoako, director Private Clients, Henley & Partners said. “But they always leave out one other aspect which is where they have access to as families or as individuals.”
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Ryan Guy, regional director and programme manager at Canada Business Consulting, said international expansion should be considered in the context of both family security and commercial opportunity. “Nigeria is doing great, but we never know what’s going to happen,” Guy said, drawing on his experience of living and working in multiple countries.
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Thomas Anthony, chief executive officer, IMA Grenada explained that Grenada, whose economy is heavily dependent on tourism, had used its citizenship-by-investment programme as a source of investment alongside the tourism sector.
BusinessDay NG – UK shelves £5m investor visa program ahead of October budget
Serhan Aysever, managing partner at Beyond Global Partners, said repeated changes in the UK’s investor visa policy send the wrong message to international investors, arguing that the country should be seeking more foreign capital, entrepreneurial talent and long-term investment.
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“Repeated changes of direction on the investor visa send the wrong message to international investors. The UK should be looking to attract more foreign capital, entrepreneurial talent and long-term investment. The previous Tier 1 Investor and Entrepreneur visas attracted substantial international investment, encouraged business establishment, supported job creation.”
