Should Countries That Sell Citizenship Disclose Their National Debt to The Buyer?
The national debt burden is borne by the public. If you are a citizen, you are part of “the public”.
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What If, When Borders Reopen, CBI Citizens Actually Move to Their COVID-Free Island Havens?
How prepared are small CIP countries for a potential deluge of CBI-citizens who want to move to their COVID-free islands when borders reopen?
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Lesperance: Vanuatu Govt. Inadvertently Admits Fatal Flaw in Its Honorary CIP
Vanuatu’s deputy PM concedes the country’s CIP investors are still just honorary citizens and that he plans to give them a yellow passport.
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Investment Migration’s Next Frontier Market: First-World Millionaires?
3 in 4 millionaires live in the “West” and display little interest in alternative residency or citizenship. What if that changed?
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The Case For Citizenship by Investment Is Never Stronger Than During Times of Crisis
Michael B. Krakat argues that, during crises, apprehensions about RCBI tend to diminish, temporarily clearing the path for expansion.
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The Citizenship-Revocation Policies of 9 CBI-Jurisdictions: What it Takes to get “Kicked Out”
In this thoroughly researched analysis, Edwin Morgan considers what it takes to revoke citizenships in nine different CBI programs.
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Where The 52 Biggest International RCBI-Specialist Firms Have Offices
Where the biggest international firms in our industry keep offices says a great deal about the industry’s history – and future.
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8 Questions Hongkongers Must Ask Before Taking Up The UK’s BN(O) Visa Offer
Hong Kong’s BN(O)s thinking of taking up the UK’s visa offer must be ready to burn personal and financial bridges, writes David Lesperance.
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Australian COVID-19 Travel Restrictions: Art. 13 of Human Rights Declaration Suspended?
The Universal Declaration on Human Rights states that “Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.”
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Four Unsung Investment Migration Markets That Deserve Your Attention
Christopher Clowes explores the potential of four fast-growing investment migration markets that don’t get enough attention.
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China’s Millennials: What Does the World’s Largest Investor Migrant Group Want? Part 3
Chinese millennials are now the world’s biggest group of investor migrants. And among them, the most active of all are the “sea turtles”.
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The Pandemic’s Five Silver Linings for the EB-5 Program
Available EB-5 visas in 2021 will most likely be much higher than it has ever been in the past, writes Marko Issever.
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Expert Analysis: What Does Trump’s Suspension of L-Visas Imply for The E2 Program?
Will Trump’s freeze on L-visas sway demand for E-2? We put the question to US immigration attorneys Matthew Galati and Angie Rupert.
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Forget Everything You Thought You Knew About China’s Investment Migration Market
While demand is stronger than ever, the big agencies are closing branches and laying off staff. In 2020, all the rules have changed.
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The Statelessness Dilemma: Legal Responsibility in the Citizenship by Investment Industry
Daniel Twomey’s comprehensive study on statelessness in the context of citizenship by investment is de rigeur reading for policymakers and applicants alike.
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The Passport Throughout History – The Evolution of a Document
Nicola Mangion traces the history of the passport back to 2,500 years ago and finds that the earliest such documents were actually more akin to visas.
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The Coming Sovereign Debt Crisis Will Give Birth to New Investment Migration Programs
COVID-19 may well give rise to the mother of all economic crises. Fortunate, then, that economic crises are the father of investment migration programs.
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The 7 Guiding Principles of Chinese HNWI Overseas Property Investors
Freehold is always preferable to leasehold, leverage is key to mitigating risk and overcoming capital restrictions, and exchange rates are crucial.
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A Tale of Two Citizens: Virtual vs. Functional Freedom of Movement
Can we expect a drop in demand for Caribbean programs? Wayne Hempson-Putt believes so – and especially among expats living in GCC countries.
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How the Pandemic Will Change Investor Migrant Preferences – And How Programs Will Respond
“We wonder: How many economic citizens traveling on their second passports at the height of border closures encountered extreme difficulties?”
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