The Pandemic’s Five Silver Linings for the EB-5 Program
Available EB-5 visas in 2021 will most likely be much higher than it has ever been in the past, writes Marko Issever.
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The “Bachelor Tax” Some CIPs Charge on Single Applicants
Governments offering CIPs need to start treating their CBI citizens as real citizens, and not life-long piggy-banks, writes Justin Donovan.
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The 8 Iron-Clad Rules for Investors Who Don’t Want to Lose Money on Caribbean CBI Hotel Projects
Investors in Caribbean CBI hotels must follow these eight rules or risk owning in a stake in an empty box that will never be completed.
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Asset Allocation for Citizenship Portfolios: Maximize Yield, Hedge Against Black Swans
Now is the time for advisors to talk to clients about diversification of their residency and citizenship portfolios, writes Tatiana Tolstaia.
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Investor Immigrants Are Dream Immigrants: The Case for Proactive Naturalization Policies
Sovereign countries are free to choose whom they naturalize. If you want the crème de la crème of immigrants, all you have to do is ask.
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It’s Time CIPs Worked With Due Diligence Firms to Redesign Applicant Vetting Procedures
Thomas Anthony: Time has come for programs to collaborate with due diligence providers in redesigning their due diligence methodology from the ground up.
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The Chief Beneficiaries of EU CIPs Could Be The Countries That Don’t Have Them
As professional advisors everywhere fall over themselves to get face-time with UHNWIs, Malta, Cyprus, and the EU itself are playing catch-and-release.
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COVID-19 is the Final Nail in the Coffin of the Caribbean CIP-Harmonization Dream
Promises not to undercut each other are all well and good but, when things get rough, they are the first commitments to go out the window.
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“Migration by Investment” in the Era of Deglobalisation
“No amount of discounts or special offers will re-create the demand enjoyed over the past period until globalisation returns to the crease,” writes Mohammed Asaria.
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The Virus Will Bring About What The European Commission Couldn’t: Genuine Links
Where paper-only immigration for increased visa-free travel was once the norm, the crisis will drive more HNWIs to invoke their Plan B and physically move.
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COVID-19 is an Opportunity for Small-State CIPs to Future-Proof Themselves
Kenneth Green urges CIP countries not to waste the opportunities the crisis provides by digitizing, taking rainy-day funds seriously, and focusing on value.
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Asaria: 6 Characteristics of Citizenship by Investment in the New World Order
“Discretionary spending has been removed from [price-sensitive CBI investors’] vocabulary. The industry will return to the domain of the privileged.”
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A Tale of Two Citizens: Virtual vs. Functional Freedom of Movement
Can we expect a drop in demand for Caribbean programs? Wayne Hempson-Putt believes so – and especially among expats living in GCC countries.
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How the Pandemic Will Change Investor Migrant Preferences – And How Programs Will Respond
“We wonder: How many economic citizens traveling on their second passports at the height of border closures encountered extreme difficulties?”
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Where Will Investment Migration Be When the Virus-Dust Settles?
As we stand on the precipice of what may be the biggest economic shake-up of the modern era, Chris Willis asks; what’s next for the RCBI market?
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Lesperance: Vanuatu’s So-Called CBI Program is a Ticking Time Bomb
“Honorary citizenship is like being honorarily pregnant; it does not produce the desired result,” writes David Lesperance in his critique of Vanuatu’s CBI.
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Former AILA President Klasko Lists 16 Factors Making EB-5’s Future “Cloudy”
A former President of the American Immigration Lawyers’ Association thinks we have only seen the contours of the fallout from changes to the EB-5 program.
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Court Impels Portugal’s Govt. to Share Detailed Golden Visa Data (Including Some That Don’t Exist)
Transparency International has won a court case that will compel Portuguese authorities to share more data on the golden visa program.
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Programs Mulling Price-Hikes in 2020: What is the Optimal Min. Investment Requirement?
A handful of investment migration programs are weighing the introduction of higher investment thresholds this year. How can they price it correctly?
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Diplomatic Passports Have Nothing to Do With CBI (Or At Least They Shouldn’t)
Two in-principle unrelated matters – diplomatic passports and CBI programs – are being conflated to the detriment of the Caribbean, writes Carlyle Rogers.
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