Skip to content
Investment Migration Insider

Investment Migration Insider

MENUMENU
  • Articles
        • Categories
        • Editor's Picks
        • Intel & Data
        • Policy Updates
        • IM People in The News
        • Since You Asked
        • Industry Trends
        • Interviews
        • Opinion
        • Opinion of the Editor
        • Analysis
        • Ten on The Weekend
        • Sponsored Content
        • Columns
        • American Exceptionalism
        • Reasonable Doubt
        • Greco's Geopolitics
        • Tajick's Take
        • Mr. Lu's Tea Leaves
        • Keyword: Leeward
        • Cross-Examination
        • Anatoliy's Analysis
        • Due Process
        • Truth to Power
        • Subcontinental Breakfast
        • Capitol Letters
        • .
        • Regions
        • Africa
        • Asia-Pacific
        • Caribbean
        • China
        • Europe
        • Latin-America
        • MENA
        • North America
        • Russia CIS
        • .
        • .
        • .
  • Resources
        • Program Selection
          • IMI Program Pages
          • Program Compare & Filter
          • Pre-Filtered Program Selections​
          • EU Citizenship by Descent
          • Portugal Golden Visa Funds​
        • Data and Intel
          • IMI Data Center
          • IM Company Office Locator
          • IMI Private Briefings
          • CBI Banned Nationalities
          • .
        • Rankings and Indices
          • The IMI CBI Transparency Index
          • The Passport Index-Index
          • IM Market Eligibility Index
          • .
          • .
        • Real Estate
          • IMI Real Estate Listings
          • CBI Real Estate Watch
          • Approved CBI Real Estate
          • .
          • .
        • Directories and Lists
          • RCBI Company Directory
          • Approved CBI Agents Lists
          • Blacklisted CBI Agents​
          • Investment Migration Jobs
          • Investment Migration Events
        • IMI Services
          • IMI Research Unit
          • IMI Content Services
          • IMI Video
          • IMI Asia
          • .
        • Learning Tools
          • History of Citizenship by Investment
          • Caribbean CBI Documentary Series
          • Books on Investment Migration
          • .
          • .
  • Programs
  • IMI Club
  • Data
  • Podcast
  • Real Estate
  • Events
  • Promote
  • About
  • Members
        • Login/Manage Account
        • Pro Members' Lounge

qiip

Editor's Picks North America Policy Updates 

Québec Extends Suspension of Immigrant Investor Program to 2023

March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 Christian Henrik Nesheim canada, club, golden visa, mandeville, policy updates, qiip, quebec, residence by investment, sam bayat

The “QIIP is dead in the water,” lamented Sam Bayat on learning that Quebec will extend its program moratorium for a third time in 16 months.

Read more
Interviews Ten On The Weekend 

Pace of Industry Change is Speeding Up: 10 on the Weekend – Stephane Tajick

March 27, 2021March 27, 2021 Contributor canada, club, interview, qiip, stephane tajick, totw

“A typical millennial”, Stephane Tajick says there is no book on his nightstand, only his phone, and that the falling supply of good RCBI programs keeps him up.

Read more
North America Tajick's Take 

Quebec IIP’s Future Hangs in the Balance as Govt. to Decide its Fate in March

February 4, 2021April 5, 2021 Stephane Tajick backlog, canada, club, golden visa, north america, qiip, quebec, residence by investment, retention, tajick, tajick's take

As Canada and Quebec battle the COVID-19 pandemic with curfews and travel restrictions, the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program (QIIP) is getting ready for a showdown that will decide its fate.

Read more
North America Policy Updates 

Québec IIP Suspension Extended Until April 2021; IIAC Calls for Re-Launch of Federal Program

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 Christian Henrik Nesheim canada, club, north america, policy updates, qiip, quebec

“It is a program that could have helped in economic recovery, with this pandemic. To the business community, it is deplorable,” said lawyer Maxime Lapointe.

Read more
North America 

91% of Québec Immigrant Investors Settle in Other Provinces – But That’s Changing Quickly

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 Christian Henrik Nesheim canada, club, data, qiip, quebec, statistics

The share of Québec Immigrant Investor Program participants who settled in the province had averaged 8% – until last year when it suddenly jumped.

Read more
Opinion Tajick's Take 

Backlogs: An Existential Threat, Not Just to Programs But to Agents as Well

December 4, 2019June 15, 2020 Stephane Tajick backlog, club, eb-5, opinion, qiip, tajick's take, waitlist

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?

Read more
North America 

Québec IIP’s 20,000-Application Backlog Precipitated Suspension

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Christian Henrik Nesheim backlog, canada, club, north america, qiip, quebec, residence by investment

18,800 main applicants fulfilled the obligations of the QIIP but still await their permanent residence permits, a factor partly motivating the suspension.

Read more
North America Policy Updates Tajick's Take 

Quebec to Cut QIIP Selection by Up to 65% in 2019, CSQ Wait-Time to Double

December 9, 2018June 15, 2020 Stephane Tajick canada, golden visa, policy, qiip, quebec, residence by investment, tajick

As part of its plan to reduce overall immigration to the province, the government of Quebec is cutting the number

Read more
Editor's Picks Industry Trends 

IMC’s L’ecuyer Urges Adherence to Ethical Code Following QIIP-Investigation

October 8, 2018October 8, 2018 Christian Henrik Nesheim bruno l'ecuyer, canada, cbc, code of conduct, ethics, IMC, investment migration, qiip, report, vice

In a response to the airing of an investigative report on the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program (QIIP) by Canadian state

Read more
North America Tajick's Take 

Tajick: Public Broadcaster Investigation Rocks Québec IIP

September 22, 2018June 15, 2020 Stephane Tajick canada, club, investigation, qiip, quebec, tajick, vice

On the 20th of September, the whole investment migration industry in Canada was holding its breath before the airing of

Read more
Editor's Picks North America Opinion Tajick's Take 

Tajick: 3 Common Myths Canadian Media Uses to Demonize Investor Immigrants

April 14, 2018June 15, 2020 Stephane Tajick canada, club, immigrant investor, media, opinion, qiip, quebec, tajick, tajick's take

Whereas questioning the degree to which unskilled refugees – tens of thousands of which Canada welcomes annually – sufficiently contribute

Read more
Editor's Picks North America Policy Updates Popular 

Big Changes Coming to Québec Investor Program – Min. Investment Now C$ 1.2M, Net Asset Requirement Raised

April 1, 2018April 19, 2018 Christian Henrik Nesheim canada, golden visa, immigration, qiip, quebec, residence by investment, sam bayat

The Quebecois government’s official gazette this Wednesday contained details of the upcoming amendments to the Québec Immigrant Investor Program’s (QIIP)

Read more
Editor's Picks North America Opinion 

Analysis: Does Investor Immigration Have a Future in Canada?

February 21, 2018 Christian Henrik Nesheim analysis, canada, golden visa, opinion, policy, qiip, residence by investment

By Kareem El-Assal, Senior Research Associate at the Conference Board of Canada Canada was once the world leader in attracting

Read more
China Editor's Picks North America Vice 

Canada’s Deportation of Chinese Up 700% Since Last Year, Attributed to Massive Visa-Fraud Case

December 8, 2017July 27, 2018 Christian Henrik Nesheim canada, china, chinese, fraud, immigrant investor, qiip, vancouver, wang xun

Of the 15,237 individuals slated for deportation from Canada, 2,066 are Chinese nationals. While the number of persons repatriated from

Read more

Keep informed

If it matters to the investment migration market, it’s in IMI's newsletters.

Daily Brief

PROGRAM SELECTION TOOLS
IMI Program Pages
Program Comparison and Filter Chart
Pre-Filtered Program Selections
Portugal Golden Visa Funds Comparison and Filter
EU Citizenship by Descent Policies

DATA & STATISTICS
IMI Data Center
IM Firms’ Global Office Distribution
CBI Banned Nationalities

REAL ESTATE
IMI Real Estate
CBI Real Estate Watch
Approved CBI Real Estate Developments

DIRECTORIES & LISTS
The RCBI Company Directory
Approved CBI Agents Lists
Blacklisted CBI Agents
Investment Migration Jobs
Investment Migration Events

RANKINGS & INDICES
The IMI CBI Transparency Index
The Passport Index-Index
Investment Migration Market Eligibility Index

LEARNING TOOLS
History of Citizenship by Investment
Books on Investment Migration
Caribbean CBI Documentary Series

IMI SERVICES
IMI Content Services
IMI Research Unit
IMI Video
IMI Asia
Turkey
Vanuatu

ABOUT IMI

  • Privacy Policy
Copyright 2023 Investment Migration Insider
This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.Accept Read More
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT