Tajick’s Take: New Quebec IIP – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
QIIP may never be the belle of the ball again, but with a bit of makeup and dim lights, she can still find suitors, writes Stephane Tajick.
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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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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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Special Report: The Fate of Investment Migration in Europe – What Happens Next
Stephane Tajick provides an in-depth overview of the EU’s legislative procedures around investment migration. What are the potential outcomes? At which junctures can the industry influence the process? And what timeline are we working with?
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Understanding What Motivates the American Investor Migrant
Stephane Tajick has spent the last year catering to the growing US market for investment migration. Here’s what he’s learned.
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The Compromise That Reduces Political and Popular Opposition to CBI
Indebted EU countries could stave off insolvency by selling citizenship. But tact and compromise are required to make that politically feasible, writes Stephane Tajick.
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The Investment Migration Program Database – 2021 Edition
Release: The 2021 edition of the world’s most comprehensive database on residence and citizenship by investment programs.
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Montenegro CIP, We Hardly Knew Ye
Stephane Tajick laments that Montenegro’s government never gave the country’s CIP a chance to prove its mettle before settling its fate.
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Pace of Industry Change is Speeding Up: 10 on the Weekend – Stephane Tajick
“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.
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Podcast: Pandemic’s Lessons for IM Programs and the Impact of a North Macedonian CIP
Crunch time for EB-5, the North Macedonian surprise, why Canada makes immigration so hard, business as usual in the Caribbean, and much more.
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Investment Migration Has a Crucial Role to Play in the Post-Pandemic Urban Exodus
The pandemic’s shifting of populations away from expensive megacities is an opportunity for investment migration, writes Stephane Tajick.
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Helping Governments Design RCBI Programs: The 6 Recurring Problems
Plenty of governments want to design RCBI programs that help them grow their economies. Few understand what it takes, writes Stephane Tajick.
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Release: Comprehensive Database on More Than 200 Investment Migration Programs
In partnership with STC, we’re releasing the world’s most comprehensive database on residence and citizenship by investment programs.
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The Coming Sovereign Debt Crisis Will Give Birth to New Investment Migration Programs
COVID-19 may well give rise to the mother of all economic crises. Fortunate, then, that economic crises are the father of investment migration programs.
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Long Processing Times Among Golden Visas is an Unnecessary Curb on RCBI-Demand
Applicants to golden visa programs around the world are made to wait years for approval. That puts an unnecessary damper on demand, writes Stephane Tajick.
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Startup Visas: Governments Want Them, But Your Clients Don’t
Startup visas are too customized, risky, hands-on, and low-margin to catch on at a grand scale, argues Stephane Tajick.
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Canadian Immigrant Investor Myth #2: The Chinese Are Driving Up Property Prices
By Stephane Tajick Is there a form of discrimination in our targeting of wealthy Chinese looking people in Canada? Are
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Henley & Partners Revamp Their Passport Index – Will They Take Back the Index Throne From Arton?
In an article earlier this year titled Index Mania: How to interpret the recent deluge of citizenship rankings, I surmised that,
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5 Ways the US Tax Reform Will Impact EB-5 – by Stephane Tajick
Contributed by Stephane Tajick Congress has given its final approval to the House and Senate conference committee agreement on tax
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The Cost of Hurricanes – Why Now is the Best Time for Caribbean CIPs to Form a Cartel, by Stephane Tajick
Contributed by Stephane Tajick This year has been particularly destructive for the Caribbean, with two devastating Category 5 hurricanes sweeping
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