The Investment Migration Knowledge Platform
You spent a lot of money and time to get citizenship for your family. Now, a new child is expected. What will it cost to give your newborn a citizenship?
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Unconfirmed reports indicate Greece will double its minimum investment requirement, introduce compulsory stays, and mandate minimum spending.
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All reports so far point to plans of a Greek CIP that, by virtue of its investment requirements, would compete directly with that of Cyprus.
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In 2017, New Zealand introduced a partial ban on foreign property buyers. Nearly two years later, Ed Kennedy asks if the policy has had the desired effect.
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Greece’s new center-right government is the reported main catalyst of the plans, which would take direct aim at Cyprus’ market share.
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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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Greece has put plans for the EUR 400,000 share, bond, and deposit options on ice as it braces for a snap election on July 7th.
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Skerrit said OECS member states have agreed to implement policies that will further unify the region’s citizenship by investment programs.
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The IMC’s chief executive says “there is a very big misunderstanding of what this industry is all about” but thinks the reshuffling of the European Parliament is a unique chance to set the record straight.
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The Home Office is discontinuing the UK’s Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa, and replacing it with two new visa categories. Saadiya Saadat elaborates.
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If it turns out Portugal Golden Visa investors who spent 35 days in the country end up NOT qualifying for citizenship, the ramifications for the global IM market will be momentous, writes Laszlo Kiss.
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Following the introduction of its US$220,000 real estate co-investment solution on March 18th, the Grenada CIU reiterates that the new price option is only available to developers that have received advance written approval, and cautions that those found to promote the new price prematurely will be subject to review and possible penalty.
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The investments proposed to be eligible for the Fast Track will make a Bulgarian CBI solution somewhat similar to the US EB-5 program.
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In a follow-up circular to this week’s announcement that the Grenada Citizenship by Investment Programme had lowered its real estate investment requirement to US$220,000, the program’s CIU makes it clear that the practice of discounting CBI-real estate will not fly in Grenada.
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Having lowered the minimum investment requirement for its citizenship by investment program in 2016, from €2.5 million to €2 million,
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An insider familiar with the process says he believes the government will end up selecting on four or five big international firms.
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Stakeholder input requested ahead of UK government reforms of the Tier 1 Investor Visa program.
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Brussels is answering the IMC’s calls. The association says it has held a series of meetings with European officials, and taken part in a European Parliament debate.
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The new escrow law will make developer payouts contingent on construction milestones.
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This post was contributed by the Ivan Petrov of the New Balkans Law Office. Background On 22.01.2019 and 23.01.2019, the
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