The Investment Migration Knowledge Platform
Despite a flurry of program-enhancing policy changes, the Greek golden visa’s performance in 2020 was lackluster compared to Portugal’s. Why?
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Though poorly managed and structured, the CIP was a boon to the Cypriot economy. Michel de Martigny and David Lesperance offer a recipe for how to build back better.
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Legal scholar Michael Krakat outlines the five legal consistencies that must exist for an investment migration program to remain sustainable.
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The pandemic’s shifting of populations away from expensive megacities is an opportunity for investment migration, writes Stephane Tajick.
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History is replete with examples of wealthy families who lost everything for lack of a comprehensive backup plan, writes David Lesperance.
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Characterized by rapid growth, strong demand, and only modest RCBI-firm competition, Pakistan’s investment migration market warrants consideration.
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Long-term but temporary stay visas for people who can work from anywhere are in vogue. Michael Krakat evaluates their merits.
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Getting money and people out of China has never been more fraught with risk than in 2020, writes Luc Lu.
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To reduce the room for government officials to trade favors, let CBI-applicants invest in open markets, write Petrov, Shoylev, and Bekyarova.
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Tax-saving, transactional schemes lacking genuine links. Michael Krakat explores the oddly familiar-sounding business of ship registries.
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Exiger’s James Swenson, one of the world’s leading experts on RCBI due diligence, identifies six red flags of sub-par vetting standards.
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The national debt burden is borne by the public. If you are a citizen, you are part of “the public”.
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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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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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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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Michael B. Krakat argues that, during crises, apprehensions about RCBI tend to diminish, temporarily clearing the path for expansion.
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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 biggest international firms in our industry keep offices says a great deal about the industry’s history – and future.
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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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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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