The blog (which listed no author and provided no evidence) claimed a former CIU head and the developer he now works for defrauded investors.
Anthony returns for a second term as head of Grenada’s CIU. His first order of business: Tackling an unprecedented backlog of applications.
The new CIU chief says he plans to assess the status of the CIU, introduce new investment options, and redefine the program’s target clients.
Meanwhile, Dominica’s incumbent DLP won 19 out of 21 seats in this week’s general election, which was boycotted by major opposition parties.
Grenada’s CIU seeks a new CEO, while the Chairman of Vanuatu’s Citizenship Commission has been given leave.
“We, fundamentally, have no issue accepting Russians,” says Saint Lucia CIU head Mc Claude Emmanuel in an exclusive interview with IMI.
No more sibling dependents, age restrictions on older dependents, and education requirements for adult children (unless unmarried daughters).
Russians and Belarusians are excluded again. The suspension, moreover, will have retroactive effect, going back three weeks.
Antigua & Barbuda’s information minister says his government has offered to let the EU audit the citizenship by investment program.
Ukrainians – in a grimly ironic twist – remain excluded from the program because of the very belligerence to which they have fallen prey.
Non-sanctioned Russian and Belarusian investors are officially welcome to apply to Grenada’s citizenship by investment program again.
Applications, approvals, passport issuances, and investment all more than doubled and set all-time highs. US applicant approvals rose 900%.
Russian applicants are now suspended from three Caribbean CIPs, Belarusians from two, and Ukrainians from one.
The CIU has issued a comprehensive list of prohibited promotional behavior, promising to permanently blacklist offenders.
Les Khan says he will allow the LTO introduced in 2020 to expire at the end of the year, raising the minimum donation for families of four.
Les Khan on how he’s tackling illegal discounters and developers that don’t build, as well as about the Saint Kitts CIP’s record 2021.
An email circulated among staff at the Saint Lucia CIU indicates Nestor Alfred’s tenure is coming to a close following a political shake-up.
On whether he worries for the future of the program under the new government: “At this stage, I don’t have that kind of fear, no.”
In our annual survey, industry executives identified the Saint Lucia CIU as the most efficient processing unit last year. CIU-boss Nestor Alfred shares details of the turnaround operation in this interview.
Though costs associated with renegotiations drove a deficit internally in the CIU, Saint Lucia’s CIP has so far raised near US$50m in contributions.