Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA), Data Mining, and What They Mean for Citizenship Investors
Sam Bayat explores the implications of economic citizenship, electronic travel authorizations, and data mining for international travel.
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Citizenship by Investment 1.0 is Dead – Long Live Citizenship by Investment 2.0
In the wake of Saint Kitts’ complete submission to the EU’s CBI demands, Brian Greco argues the industry must stake out a new course.
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The Economic Roles of Investment Migration: Part 1 – The Entrepreneurial Succession Crisis
Investment migration can fill specific economic gaps. Keeping family businesses from dying with the owner is one way, writes Stephane Tajick.
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Opinion: The Dwindling Future of the Quebec IIP – A Shadow of Its Former Self
The French requirement and the $500k walk-away option likely to result from the new rules will cripple the QIIP, laments Nicolas Laurin.
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Active Investor Visas: 5 Lessons to Ensure Profitability and Client Satisfaction
Governments increasingly balk at passive programs but welcome active investor visas. Ahmad Abbas explains how to successfully pivot to AIVs.
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The Proposal to Close the Golden Visa is Unconstitutional And Will Not Solve Portugal’s Housing Crisis
Patricia Casaburi points out that it’s ironic that golden visas are blamed for the housing crisis in Lisbon and Porto, where prices have risen sharply since these cities were excluded from the program.
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Caribbean CBI’s “6 Principles”: What Agents Must Now Do To Sustain The Programs
US pressure is bringing Caribbean CIPs together around six binding principles. Kemal Nicholson outlines how this changes the role of agents.
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Portugal’s Golden Visa Public Discussion Period and What’s at Stake
Inês Costa Moura and Miguel Gomes outline the three possible outcomes of the government’s proposal and what is at stake in terms of jobs.
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Tajick: Have The Dominos Started to Fall for EU Golden Visas?
Stephane Tajick asks what the industry might have done to prevent EU antagonism, what we can expect next, and whether GVs have a future in Europe.
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Vanuatu Doesn’t Need EU Approval to Manage its Citizenship by Investment Program
Martin St-Hilaire and Philippe May suggest Vanuatu give up trying to meet the EU’s ever-shifting demands and focus, instead, on the mass market.
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Thanks to RCBI, No Country Has an Excuse to Remain Poor in the 21st Century
Brian Greco asks why attitudes about RCBI explain how some countries stay poor and others get rich by attracting investors seeking mobility.
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Defensive Moves That CBI Jurisdictions Can Make to Forestall the EU Phase-Out
Kemal Nicholson proposes radical measures to prevent the EU from cutting CBI countries off from Schengen.
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Digital Nomad Visas: Why Your RCBI Firm Should Sell Them, Despite the Lower Margins
The Digital Nomad Visa trend is booming but RCBI firms are staying away for a perceived lack of margin. That’s a mistake, argues Saahil Menon.
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Lesperance: 6 Predictions About the Investment Migration Market in 2023
David Lesperance goes on the record with six falsifiable predictions for events he expects in the investment migration market this year.
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The Eastern Bloc’s Disillusionment with Brussels Could Breathe New Life Into Defunct CBI Programs
As candidate countries come to terms with the improbability of accession, they’ll be less likely to toe the EU line, argues Saahil Menon.
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Georgia: The Residence by Investment Market’s Best Kept Secret
Georgia could emerge as the biggest beneficiary of the new multipolarity taking hold across investment migration, argues Saahil Menon.
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Iran: Investment Migration’s Sleeping Giant
St. Lucia’s recent decision to overturn its blanket ban on Iranian applicants could prompt others to follow suit, writes Saahil Menon.
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The 4 Factors Driving China’s Investment Migration Market Rebound
Dormant during the pandemic, China’s investment migration market is reviving. Four domestic stressors are driving the rebound, writes Luc Lu.
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To Keep Its CIPs and Economies Alive, The Caribbean Must be Pragmatic
“The idea that some magical switch can be pressed to make our economies more palatable [to the West] is a myth,” writes Kenneth Green.
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Strong-Arming Caribbean CIPs to Exclude Russians is Absurd, Unjust, and Unworthy
Caribbean CIPs are forced to fall in line with the demands of the bigger countries or face sanctions themselves, writes Nuri Katz.
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