
Many “Clients Lost Interest in the [MM2H] Program”: Investment Migration People in the News This Week
Anthony Liew on new MM2H regulations: “Only 30% to 40% of the current MM2H holders would buy property in Malaysia.”

Anthony Liew on new MM2H regulations: “Only 30% to 40% of the current MM2H holders would buy property in Malaysia.”

David Lesperance: “I have had previously hesitating clients go into panic mode, [Sunak} pulled the pin on the election grenade.”

If the Supreme Court outlaws tax on unrealized capital gains, the major barrier to Americans leaving disappears, says Lesperance.

Armand Arton: “Stop using our industry as political football […] the hurt is not only done to the program but to the image of the country.”

Jean-François Harvey: RCBI to become a “$100 billion industry by 2025 and at least one new Caribbean CIP is expected to open.”

Mathieu Duez: “All property transactions [in Mauritius] are CRS-checked. […] There’s no funny money here.”

David Lincoln: “Golden visas are getting more expensive and complex, but they’re not disappearing […] there are still plenty of options.”

Eric Major on what will happen If Trump wins the election in November: “Simple, I’ll have the business year of my career.”

Mehdi Kadiri highlights growing “political divisions and societal tensions” as the main reasons Americans increasingly pursue RCBI.

“As long as one has enough money and the right connections, it is possible to negotiate citizenship in many places.”

After 225 years of helping Britain attract global wealth, the non-dom regime will end next year – ironically, thanks to the Tories.

The authoritative guide on how you or your client can move to the United States while avoiding unnecessary tax consequences.

If the court says taxing unrealized capital gains is constitutional, more Americans will give up their citizenship. Ditto if it goes the other way, says David Lesperance.

Jeremy Savory: “There was brief talk of North Macedonia, but thankfully, we trod carefully while others rushed in and got burnt.”

David Lesperance makes three predictions for the investment migration market in 2024, and takes stock of how his predictions for 2023 did.

The onerous ultimate beneficial ownership reporting requirements under which Europeans have long labored are now coming to America too.

Marco Cerrato […] says the scrapping of Portugal’s special tax regime “plays in favour for Italy and other countries”.

“Before, they would stay because they were making a ton of money in China. Now they’re not making as much money. So they’re like, why am I staying again?”

“Every time governments threaten to shut these programs down, there’s a surge of people trying to get through the door,” said Katz.

Melvin Warshaw and David Lesperance consider the intersection of tax and immigration law and strategies for those relocating to the US.