The Investment Migration Knowledge Platform
“We are looking closely at actions that are taken and actions being contemplated by the EU and also by the OECD,” said Ambassador Colin Murdoch.
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Vanuatu’s new government wants more transparency for its two CIPs. Particularly for the VCP, a program exclusively operated by a single agent in Hong Kong.
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Opposition MPs had also insisted on removing a legal provision that would ensure the concealment of CIP-applicants’ identities.
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The government, however, says it will propose a further extension of the moratorium, one that could last until 2021 if approved by parliament.
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Opposition lawmakers say no CIP applications submitted after January 31st can be considered until government presents new regulations in Parliament.
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Malta’s Opposition does not want to engage in MIIP-reform talks with the new PM, Robert Abela, who has indicated he has no plans to end the program.
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Mendes, leader of the Socialist bench, said her party would do away with golden visas for hotspots Lisbon and Porto in favor of less developed regions.
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Seven countries that either have or are considering a citizenship by investment program will go to the polls in 2020. Here’s how it can affect the market.
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The IMC expresses chagrin at being excluded from consultations on a report it says was “hijacked by ill-informed, unaccountable third party organizations.”
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Portugal’s government wants to channel more golden visa funds into non-real estate projects to address concerns about housing costs. That will not be easy.
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MP George Perdikis has tabled a bill that would see CIP-applicants’ names published. Data Protection Commissioner Loizidou is again compelled to intervene.
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Republican Senator Rand Paul is asking his colleagues in the Senate to sign a Joint Resolution that would stop the EB-5 program’s planned price increase in November.
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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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As anti-Beijing protests enter their third month in Hong Kong, service providers say inquiries about investment migration are surging.
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Both sides of the aisle fling scathing allegations as the citizenship by investment program takes center stage in the political debate ahead of possible elections.
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ETIAS, currently under development and slated to debut in 2021, will have implications for the investment migration market. Here’s what you need to know.
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Upon expiry of the moratorium, the government will have the right to extend it for another two months.
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Don’t discount Moldova’s CIP just yet.
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“We should not take any decisions in a rush,” said Minister Brînzan yesterday, adding that any contract annulation would cost Moldova several million euros.
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Confusion about the Moldova CIP has been widespread this week. IMI explains what’s really going on and what the possible outcomes are for the program.
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