Quebec to Reopen QIIP With French Language Requirement and $200,000 Donation, Likely by End of Year
Suspended since 2019, the QIIP is likely to reopen by the end of the year with a new set of requirements, writes Patrick McCarthy.
Read moreSuspended since 2019, the QIIP is likely to reopen by the end of the year with a new set of requirements, writes Patrick McCarthy.
Read moreIn this special feature, Varvara Latyntseva details how the EB-5 program changed last year and the effects on applications and stakeholders.
Read moreIn this final installment, Mel Warshaw and David Lesperance discuss issues around using Portugal as part of a plan to expatriate from the US.
Read moreThe act would make E2 visas available to CBI-origin citizens only if they have been “domiciled” in their new country for minimum three years.
Read moreLesperance: “Half of my clients are concerned that the Democrats will keep the House [in November]. The other half are concerned they won’t.”
Read more“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.
Read moreAll Regional Center designations are now defunct and all entities seeking to recruit RC-based investors must file for designation again.
Read moreJust as Lesperance foresaw 18 months ago, citizenship renunciations among wealthy Americans are cratering. Here’s what he expects next.
Read moreThe EB-5 Reform will bring minimum investment levels to $800,000 and $1,050,000 and grandfather in existing regional center investors.
Read moreThe bipartisan bill not only seeks to exclude countries with CIPs from the US visa waiver program, but also from visa-free travel to Europe.
Read moreStephane Tajick has spent the last year catering to the growing US market for investment migration. Here’s what he’s learned.
Read moreThe Department of Homeland Security will not appeal the Behring ruling after all, confirming $500,000 minimum investments for direct EB5.
Read moreNow that the regional center program has lapsed, maintaining EB-5 capital at-risk through redeployment poses challenges, writes Aaron Grau.
Read moreDavid Lesperance says the US govt. is systematically suppressing expatriation and is hiding the true numbers to avoid encouraging more of it.
Read moreThe US govt. is making renunciation practically impossible. That violates the constitution, says the association now suing the State Dept.
Read more“By filing numerous lawsuits because the agency wasn’t doing anything in 2019, we finally got the agency moving again,” says Matt Galati.
Read moreIn 2019, says Bastien Trelcat, “some consultants started abusing loopholes in the program, such as by selling it as a passive investment,” which has resulted in lower approval rates.
Read moreTens of thousands of lawsuits could stem from the Regional Center Program’s lapse, warns IIUSA’s Executive Director Aaron L. Grau.
Read moreThe Investor Program Office at the USCIS had three jobs to do. With the regional center closed, they have only one. So, what’s the hold-up with I-829s?
Read moreThousands of Americans who wish to renounce their citizenship – a fundamental right – are barred from doing so under the pretext of COVID-measures.
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