Throughout the report, FATF suggests corrective measures that are already in place in most RBI and nearly all CBI programs, writes Ahmad Abbas.
A modest investment at flexible terms enables residency and a path to citizenship in a highly livable country with a tiger economy.
Immediate PR, citizenship in 3 years, free movement in most of South America, and birthright citizenship make for an interesting proposition.
Two weeks after Dominica’s CIP became the first in the Caribbean to suspend Russians and Belarusians, Saint Lucia becomes the 5th and final.
In this first installment of a new series about less-known investment migration programs, Ahmad Abbas evaluates Andorra’s golden visa.
As an IM service provider, you might be tempted to offer every program under the sun. That’s a mistake, argues Ahmad Abbas.
As a 780-page report on the inquiry concludes more than half of naturalizations were illegal, Ahmad Abbas summarizes the Cyprus CIP debacle so far.
From real estate to bonds and shares, global investors are spoilt for choice when it comes to investing in residencies. Except in Canada.
David Lesperance says many US embassies refuse to take renunciation appointments, and that the backlog runs into the tens of thousands.
Crunch time for EB-5, the North Macedonian surprise, why Canada makes immigration so hard, business as usual in the Caribbean, and much more.
IMI finally has its own podcast: The Mobility Standard. Listen to Episode 1 today: The Rise of Western Investor Migrants.
As the Cypriot program comes to an end, hundreds of applications remain outstanding.
Jordan this week reported its citizenship by investment program has raised US$1.38bn from just 200 investors. Now, they’re cutting prices.
Cypriot authorities react to what they consider an injustice; pointing out procedural weaknesses long-since acknowledged and dealt with.
“Now that China, through its actions, has changed the circumstances that BN(O) citizens find themselves in, it is right that we should change the entitlements which are attached to BN(O) status.” said the Home Secretary.
Irani, Sudanese, and North Korean nationals who haven’t spent the last ten years outside their home countries are now ineligible to apply for Dominica’s CIP.
A comprehensive report from the EU’s anti-money laundering watchdog gives cause for both optimism and concern. The IMC largely echoes the sentiment.
The viral epidemic is a black swan event that will materially reconfigure the investment migration industry. And not just within China.
The money-for-rights model of investment migration – while economically successful – is a hard sell, politically. Canada’s model offers a compromise.
Principle #3 – Listing the number of dependents is a complicated affair in Polygamous societies.
