7 Principles Investment Migration Professionals Must Grasp to Succeed in the MENA Region
Principle #3 – Listing the number of dependents is a complicated affair in Polygamous societies.
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Italy’s Investor Visa Could be Europe’s Most Popular if Only it Didn’t Ignore Market Realities
The Italian Investor Visa (IIV) has been around for almost three years without gaining any meaningful traction. Why?
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How Different Countries Deal With the Renouncing of Citizenship
Ed Kennedy explores how countries as different as China, the US, Australia, South Africa, and Japan deal with the question of how to give up citizenships.
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Investment Migration Programs by Revenue-per-Immigrant: New Zealand IV Tops Ranking
How much do the world’s investment migration programs bring in per immigrant, i.e., when counting the total number of passports/visas, including dependents?
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Turkey is Giving Grenada a Run For Its E2 Money, Three More Competitors Waiting in The Wings
Turkey surprised many by becoming the world’s most popular CIP. None more so than Grenadians, who are finding their cozy corner of the market contested.
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82% of China’s Immigration Agencies Are Under Five Years Old – Deregulation Sets off Deluge in Openings
In Shanghai, 44% of immigration intermediaries have yet to celebrate their first anniversary and fully 91% have yet to mark their fifth.
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Reader Mailbox #3: Why Isn’t Latin America a Bigger Market for Investment Migration?
Two chief explanations exist as to why Latin-America, home to some 600,000 HNWIs, is not a region of focus for most big investment migration firms.
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The 12 Biggest Investment Migration Markets in 2023
Where will investor migrants come from in 2023? We’ve attempted to answer that question by analyzing push- and pull-factors, supply
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EB-5 vs E-2 Part 2: Which Offers More Business, Work, and Travel Flexibility?
Angie Rupert compares the EB-5 and E-2 visas on which gives clients more flexibility in terms of work, running a business, and traveling.
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Will Passports Exist in 20 Years?
Ed Kennedy argues that the advance of facial recognition tech, AI, and blockchain could send passports the way of the dodo. What does that imply for the CIP industry?
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NBLO: Bulgaria’s Investigation of Improperly Obtained CBI Citizenships a Welcome Development
The investigations show Bulgaria isn’t the soft underbelly of Europe and improves the value of the country’s citizenship, writes Ivan Petrov of NBLO.
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What All RCBI-Professionals Need to Know About ETIAS, Europe’s Upcoming Travel Authorization System
ETIAS, currently under development and slated to debut in 2021, will have implications for the investment migration market. Here’s what you need to know.
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Publication of New Citizens’ Personal Data: A Welcome Europe-wide Trend towards Restriction
While Malta publishes all the names of new citizens as is required by law, Cyprus prohibits such publication. Who is right?
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EB-5 vs E-2 Part 1: Which Meets More Immigration Goals For Your Clients?
Angie Rupert delves into the differences between the EB-5 and E-2 visas: Time frames, immigration status, cost, child dependents, and investment flexibility.
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Golden Visas: A Mechanism For Moving People From Unfree Countries to Free Ones, Analysis Shows
Investor migrants are voting with their feet and with their dollars. That they cast their ballots in favor of freedom is incontrovertible.
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Moldova Update: Too Soon to Call CIP’s Future; Next Week Will Be Critical
Confusion about the Moldova CIP has been widespread this week. IMI explains what’s really going on and what the possible outcomes are for the program.
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The 10 Most Popular Golden Visas in The World Last Year, According to Statistics
Momentous changes in fortune took place among golden visas last year; while one Asian investor visa saw approvals drop by 46%, a European one shot up 111%.
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The Generation Game – Can CIP-Investors Really Pass Citizenship On To Their Descendants?
Gareth Brookes analyzes the degree to which citizenships acquired through investment can be passed on to future generations.
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The #1 Mistake You’re Making When Marketing Investment Migration Programs in India
An Indian immigration attorney with more than 20 years of experience points to a common mistake investment migration firms make when courting Indian clients, and explains what to do instead.
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10 Reasons Indian HNWIs Have Been Slow to Embrace Investment Migration
Indian immigration attorney Prashant Ajmera explores the ten factors that have held the Indian investment migration market back, until now.
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