Julius Caesar, the Grandfather of Citizenship by Investment, Never Demanded “Genuine Links”
2,000 years ago, the Roman Empire conceptualized citizenship; flexible, obtainable via contributions, and not necessarily linked to residence.
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Inform Your Client: Don’t Wait to Apply for Citizenship Until It’s Too Late
Different trigger events can derail your client’s future citizenship by investment plans. It’s your job to shake them out of their false sense of security.
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Backlogs: An Existential Threat, Not Just to Programs But to Agents as Well
Investment migration firms are taking client fees on the presumption that their applications will be processed in the future. What if that doesn’t happen?
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Who’s to Blame When Investment Migration Programs Have Little Economic Impact?
When governments find the economic benefits of investment migration programs fall short, they should ask themselves who designed them in the first place.
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Quality of Nationality Index Becomes Media Favorite – That’s Good News
No longer is the QNI a matchless oeuvre whose praises go unsung; it is swiftly assuming its rightful place as the pre-eminent ranking of nationalities.
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Politicians, Media Focus on CIP “Backdoor” to Europe; Front Door Barely Guarded
If you want the IM industry to take concerns about the backdoor at face value, come back when you have something more than a windscreen on the front door.
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Investment Migration Advisors Need to Talk to Clients About Health Insurance
A fundamental motive for investment migration applicants is asset protection. Don’t forget to advise on protecting the most valuable asset of all.
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Rogers: Time for RCBI-Firms to Clean up Their Acts Or Be Ruined by the Press
An indiscrete remark during an unguarded moment can bring down your investment migration company when every client is a potential undercover reporter.
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Rogers: Leftist Press Will Come for Your CBI Firm Too – 6 Steps to Prepare Yourself
What happened to Chetcuti Cauchi is but a precursor of things to come. Next up is the theft of internal emails and client records. Be prepared, writes Carlyle Rogers.
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Saint Kitts’ Real Estate Scrape Has Blown Over – What Has Changed to Prevent Future Ones?
The troubles that came to light in Saint Kitts’ CBI real estate sector this year appear to have subsided. What’s been done to prevent future instances?
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Citizenship: From Ancient to Modern Times, Individual to Corporate, and the Rise of Ius Pecuniae
Dr. Farooq traces the history of citizenship to see how eligibility for it has evolved, starting in ancient Greece and ending in modern Europe.
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7 Ways HNWIs Sabotage Their Own Backup Plans – Part II
Making the purchase of a CBI the first step in planning your financial future is like making a visit to Home Depot the first step in planning your dream home, writes David Lesperance.
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7 Ways HNWIs Sabotage Their Own Backup Plans – Part I
When planning citizenship, visas, and tax residency, trying to do it yourself can be worse than doing nothing at all, writes David Lesperance.
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Warnings to Caribbean Politicians Who Seek to Make CIPs Political Footballs During Elections
Burning down a citizenship by investment program to become king of the ashes is not credible nor effective, writes Carlyle Rogers.
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The Crisis in China’s Investment Immigration Market: Part 2
The platform model is tranforming the Chinese migration market by reducing the distance between clients and overseas agents. It’s also planted a time-bomb.
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Publication of New Citizens’ Personal Data: A Welcome Europe-wide Trend towards Restriction
While Malta publishes all the names of new citizens as is required by law, Cyprus prohibits such publication. Who is right?
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CBI’s Caribbean Banking Problem and Three Easy Ways to Fix It, by Peter Macfarlane
As Caribbean banks and governments struggle to receive CIP-funds, Macfarlane writes that he is amazed they don’t implement simple workarounds.
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Long Processing Times Among Golden Visas is an Unnecessary Curb on RCBI-Demand
A decade ago, the Canadian Immigrant Investor programs (CIIP) and the Hong Kong Capital Investment Scheme (HK CIS) dominated the
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On Japanese Citizenship and Naturalization Policies and How They May Change
Hyong-Jin KWON Paris An estimated 700,000 dual citizens aged more than 22 live in Japan and an even more
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Why Americans and Europeans Invest in New Citizenships, by Peter Macfarlane
Once you’ve experienced the feeling of immense personal freedom that comes from holding multiple citizenships, you’ll never want to go back to having one!
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