IMA will reject all Heng Sheng applications if investigations reveal evidence of owner financing or under-selling citizenship investments
Grenada extends CBI application deadline allowing agents to submit in-progress applications under the old price structure until July 12th.
CBI units who name applicants “will ruin the entire proposition” of CBI in countries that don’t allow dual citizenship, warns senior industry executive.
Grenada collected more CBI revenue in 2023 than in the preceding five years combined but still has a backlog worth over half a billion EC$.
He also says that if the MoA isn’t enough to allay EU fears, “it will be clear that they have reasons other than national security concerns.”
Grenada CIU-boss Thomas Anthony says he’s “having the time of my life” right now and is focused on clearing his 2023 backlog by H1 next year.
The question on everyone’s mind is if other Caribbean CIPs will raise prices like Saint Kitts. IMI contacted each to get an answer.
Develop or get de-certified. That is the message Grenada’s CIU is sending approved real estate developers with this round of culling.
While processing is starting to catch up, Grenada still had a backlog of 1,451 applications worth half a billion (!) USD at the end of Q3.
Anthony returns for a second term as head of Grenada’s CIU. His first order of business: Tackling an unprecedented backlog of applications.
Thomas Anthony, former head of several Caribbean CIUs, outlines the delicate and crucial role the region’s banks play in CBI due diligence.
Thomas Anthony: Time has come for programs to collaborate with due diligence providers in redesigning their due diligence methodology from the ground up.
Thomas Anthony loosens his tie and settles in for a well-deserved break from looking at background verification reports.
Thomas Anthony, who has headed the Grenada Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU) since September 1st last year, will not be renewing his one-year contract when it expires on August 31st.
While prominent industry commentators laud the introduction of a skin-in-the-game requirement, some Grenadian developers say the government’s definition of “skin”
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.
Recently published fourth-quarter figures reveal the Grenada Citizenship by Investment Programme granted 851 passports in 2018, a 21% increase on
Unmarried siblings, financially independent parents, and non-student adult dependents of the main applicant may now be included in the application.
Thomas Anthony – a seasoned veteran of the citizenship by investment due diligence field – starts his new job as
A seasoned maven of the investment migration-related due diligence field and a familiar name to industry observers, Kim Marsh, will
