Five confirmed cases of CBI passport holders have been denied entry into the country because their “investment passports” are “not valid” in the eyes of Norway.
Muscat Azzopardi, Major, Willis, and Aysever agree that Malta’s CBM model won’t rest on fixed-value donations or one-off payments.
“Major believes renewed interest in the wake of geopolitical alliances, trade tensions and economic uncertainty could put pressure on Ottawa to re-enter the space.”
Major advocates for a “light-touch” approach, while Arton labels St Kitts residency requirements a “vacation obligation.”
From golden visa closures to crypto source of funds to new programs, the first half of 2025 brought a lot of change to investment migration.
At IMI Connect Athens, industry veterans James Muscat Azzopardi and Eric G. Major weighed in on the ECJ’s Malta ruling.
Saint Kitts & Nevis CIU blacklists two major firms for marketing citizenship “below statutory minimums.”
Like picking a car: “You could choose a Toyota for certain reasons or a Mercedes for other reasons. Each country has a different attraction.”
Cotdemiey, whose peers called her achievement “a giant leap for investment migration,” says she now looks forward to being a full-time mother.
Eric Major on what will happen If Trump wins the election in November: “Simple, I’ll have the business year of my career.”
One client who paid thousands for a “not publicly listed” program had his passport severed upon landing and was stuck in Turkey for months.
Mimoun Assraoui and Eric Major have big plans for Latitude and aim to unite the industry by making the Investment Migration Council more inclusive.
“We don’t anticipate any truly scalable offerings in the future here in the UK,” said veteran UK investment migration provider Eric Major.
“Two big doors to the outside world closed this week. This just means that we need to open more doors – or make the small doors wider.”
“They are interested in having complete control over their population, including those who reside in HK.”
Volek said the volume of American clients at London-based Henley & Partners makes it the company’s largest market by far.
“High net worth individuals think the situation is so bad in America right now that it actually sounds worse than it is in Russia.”
“I’ve been receiving about a dozen inquiries a day, up from the one or two US-based inquiries I typically get daily,” says Lesperance.
“In a couple of years when programme awareness is likely increased, we think the country could attract over 1,000 applicants per year.”
Latitude’s Eric Major and Charles Russell Speechlys’ Kelvin Tanner question the Home Office’s justifications for scrapping the Investor visa.