
CBI Has Tougher Vetting Than Golden Visas. So Why Is It the One Being Shut Down?
Tony Ebraheem argues governments forgive golden visas their lighter checks for one reason: A permit expires, and citizenship does not.

Tony Ebraheem argues governments forgive golden visas their lighter checks for one reason: A permit expires, and citizenship does not.

The strongest semester on record came entirely under the old rules, weeks before the government made the stock route 50% pricier.

A regional regulator now sits above five national programmes. Brussels has already set a date for closing them anyway.

The government’s draft cleared committee but not Parliament, asking for half a million dollars to settle in a still-frozen economy.

“This is not a passive investment program, and does require active participation from the candidate,” says Harvey [about Canada’s SUV].

“The sector is benefiting from all the instability we are living worldwide at the moment — pandemic, conflicts and wars, travel bans, unemployment and bankruptcy […]”

Tony Ebraheem worries about CIPs that are short-lived or announced by unofficial bodies, and aims to change that by advising governments himself.