
St Lucia CIP Registers 85% Growth, Real Estate Claims 70% of Applications
One developer dominates St. Lucia’s CIP: Caribbean Galaxy’s Canelles Resort secured all 751 real estate applications worth US$203M.

One developer dominates St. Lucia’s CIP: Caribbean Galaxy’s Canelles Resort secured all 751 real estate applications worth US$203M.

Antigua & Barbuda’s brinkmanship on MoA implementation, which saw it remain the cheapest Caribbean CIP for a month, appears to have paid off.

Indians sent 2,800% more money abroad in 2024 than in 2014, and more than 200,000 of them are now giving up citizenship each year.

Demand for real estate investment visas in Panama remains buoyant and is on track to break records in 2024.

Grenada collected more CBI revenue in 2023 than in the preceding five years combined but still has a backlog worth over half a billion EC$.

Foreigners bought 384,519 homes in Turkey over the last decade. In recent years, claims one newspaper, three-quarters were CBI investors.

Thailand’s Elite Visa revamp boosts membership amid global unrest, aims for US$1.5bn revenue with a focus on new markets.

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Though the Ministry will only confirm the number in December, Spain likely approved its 13,000th golden visa in the second half of last year.

The golden visas of Ireland and Spain join the fast-growing list of investment migration programs closing its doors to Russians.

The sharp rise in demand from Americans notwithstanding, 2021 was the program’s lowest-grossing year since 2015.

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While Hongkongers are more likely than any other nationality to participate in RCBI programs, the Vietnamese are unrivaled when differences in wealth are taken into account.

The net drop in the number of accredited agents worldwide represents the first significant reduction since we began measuring at the end of 2018.

The 35 Chinese applicants demand an immediate granting of their visas, compensation, and the bringing to justice of the responsible bureaucrats.

Greece’s residence by investment program is raising €23 million a week. Already Europe’s most popular program by far, its application volumes keep growing.

The program’s largest fund manager says that, thanks to non-SIV follow-up investments, total FDI arising from the program may be close to A$50 billion.

2,611 investors and 7,351 dependents have obtained citizenships by investment under Turkey’s CIP since the price cut in September last year.

Questions this week: Can you finance your investment in a CIP or Golden Visa? How many people apply to CIPs globally each year?