Cyprus Citizenship Program Raises Mininum Investment, Reports €6.6 Billion Revenue Since 2013
Christian NesheimEditor Having lowered the minimum investment requirement for its citizenship by investment program in 2016, from €2.5 million to
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Cyprus’ CIP Has More Agents Than All Others Combined, But Saint Kitts Has Twice as Many on Per Capita Basis
With 562 registered service providers, the Cypriot CIP has more accredited agents than all other citizenship by investment programs combined, but walk past a thousand Kittitians on the street and you’ll run into at least one licensee.
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Cyprus CIP Could Reach 700 Naturalizations Limit This Year
Christian NesheimEditor In the first seven months of 2018, Cyprus had already received 521 applications for citizenship by investment. Unless
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Cypriot President Responds to “Targeting” of Citizenship Program in European Parliament
Christian NesheimEditor During a debate among members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, earlier this week, President Nicos Anastasiades of
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Astons announces the opening of its new Cyprus office in Limassol
by AstonsSponsor Due to the growing demand for the Cyprus Investment Scheme (citizenship by investment program), Astons felt the time
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Cyprus CIP Seeking DD-Partner, May Raise Program Price to Fund Housing Subsidies
Christian NesheimEditor The Cypriot government says it may raise the Cyprus citizenship program’s minimum investment requirement by EUR 50,000 to
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EU Committee Calls for Golden Visas and CIPs to be “Phased Out as Soon as Possible”
Christian NesheimEditor In a draft report published yesterday, the European Parliament’s Financial Crimes, Tax Evasion, and Tax Avoidance Committee is
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CIP Doesn’t Reduce Tax Transparency in Cyprus Says Head of CPA Institute
by Ahmed Khalilcontributor Cyprus is preparing a response to the OECD, in an attempt to remove its citizenship programme (the
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EU to Use “All Legal and Psychological Tools” to Force CIP-Country Compliance With New Guidelines
by Ahmed Khalilcontributor Vera Jourova, the European Commissioner for Justice, visited Cyprus on Friday as part of a “fact-finding mission”
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Cyprus MP: Boost Transparency in Citizenship Program to Avoid Foreign Criticism
Christian NesheimEditor Giorgos Perdikis, a Green Party MP in Cyprus, has stated he plans to introduce a bill to increase
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A History of Citizenship by Investment – Infographic (Updated)
From Saint Kitts & Nevis in 1984 to Jordan, Moldova, and Montenegro in 2018; we’ve made a step-by-step guide to the
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Cyprus’ CIP Service Provider Registry Out Now – Developers Included Despite Protestations
Cyprus’ Committee of Supervision and Control for the Cyprus Investment Programme yesterday published the official list of licensed service providers.
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Arton VP: Granting Advisor-Licenses to Cyprus Developers Would be “Huge Blow” to CIP’s Reputation
The new Cypriot regulations are ambiguous as to whether the companies selling investments under the Cypriot Investor Scheme – mainly
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3 Reasons the EU Could Learn to Love Citizenship by Investment – By Stephane Tajick
This article was contributed by regular columnist Stephane Tajick. For more articles by Stephane, see the “Tajick’s Take” column. The
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Application Deadline for Cyprus CIP Service Provider Accreditation is a Month Away
Cyprus is standardizing the operation of its citizenship by investment program, the Cypriot Investment Scheme (CIS), and is increasingly taking
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The Times and Portuguese Marxists Slander Investment Migration Industry
Opinion of the editor: I have a dream. I have a dream that one day, I will be able to
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Cyprus Application Cap “Imposed to Satisfy European Union” Says Local CIP-Attorney
During the Cyprus Citizenship and Residence by Investment Conference in Limassol last month, Investment Migration Insider asked two Cyprus-based lawyers specializing
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Euro-Parliamentarians Call for Brussels to Regulate, Close Down CIPs, Ignoring National Sovereignty
Note: This article is sprinkled throughout with comments in bold. They represent the personal opinions of the editor only. Several
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Cyprus CIP Caps Applications, Implements Tougher DD, Changes Official Name
Cyprus’ Council of Ministers yesterday announced several significant amendments to the country’s Citizenship by Investment Programme. The changes include capping
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Cyprus Parliament Votes in Favor of CIP-Participant Confidentiality
This article was contributed by Demetris Demetriades Few were surprised when the Cypriot Parliament last Friday rejected a Green Party
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