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Editor's Picks 

“We Simply Need to Open More Doors”: Industry Long-Timers React to The Blackest Week in Investment Migration History

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 Christian Henrik Nesheim beyond, club, cortelek, eric major, globe visa, henry fan, latitude, trends

“Two big doors to the outside world closed this week. This just means that we need to open more doors – or make the small doors wider.”

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Caribbean Editor's Picks Since You Asked 

Since You Asked: What Commissions Do Caribbean Citizenship Programs Pay Agents?

March 16, 2021August 7, 2022 Christian Henrik Nesheim caribbean, cbi, cip, citizenship by investment, club, commission, trends

A reader wants to know, once and for all, how much each program pays agents in commissions. Answering that question is harder than you think.

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Due Process 

Health-Passports Part 2: CBI in a World Where Nationality Alone Doesn’t Determine Mobility

February 24, 2021March 8, 2021 Michael B. Krakat citizenship by investment, club, coronavirus, due process, golden visa, health passports, mich, residence by investment, trends

Michael Krakat asks: What is a passport’s nominal visa-freedom worth if health-restrictions prevent you from boarding a plane in the first place?

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Industry Trends 

The Passport’s Future: Is The Physical Travel Document on Its Way Out?

October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 Nicola Mangion club, nicola mangion, passports, trends

Thanks to the technological advances Nicola Mangion explores in her article, forgetting your passport at home may soon be a non-issue.

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Due Process Industry Trends 

What If, When Borders Reopen, CBI Citizens Actually Move to Their COVID-Free Island Havens?

September 23, 2020February 11, 2021 Michael B. Krakat analysis, asia-pacific, club, coronavirus, michael b krakat, relocation, trends

How prepared are small CIP countries for a potential deluge of CBI-citizens who want to move to their COVID-free islands when borders reopen?

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Intel & Data 

10 Biggest Investment Migration Programs Raised a Collective US$10 Billion Last Year

August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 Christian Henrik Nesheim club, data, statistics, trends

Though 2020 is unlikely to be a record year for the market as a whole, some programs are hitting all-time highs during the pandemic.

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North America Reasonable Doubt 

Record Numbers of Americans Renouncing Citizenships Has Nothing to Do With The Pandemic

August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 David Lesperance club, coronavirus, data, david lesperance, expatriation, reasonable doubt, renouncing citizenship, statistics, trends, united states, US, usa

Media reports this month say the pandemic is driving record expatriation. The reality, writes David Lesperance, is exactly the opposite.

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Caribbean Industry Trends 

What Killed Antigua & Barbuda’s CBI Real Estate Option?

August 16, 2020August 16, 2020 Christian Henrik Nesheim antigua and barbuda, caribbean, cbi, cip, citizenship by investment, club, data, statistics, trends

Between 2015 and 2017, one in five Antigua CIP investors chose the real estate option. In the last two years, only one in forty did. Why?

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Industry Trends North America Opinion 

7 Reasons The E2 Visa is The Next Big Thing in US Immigration From 2021 Onwards

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 Angie Rupert angie rupert, club, data, e2, residence by investment, statistics, trends, united states, US

A confluence of events in many treaty countries will see the E2 visa emerge as one of the most popular visa options in the next 12-18 months.

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Frontier Markets 

Four Unsung Investment Migration Markets That Deserve Your Attention

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020 Christopher Clowes analysis, clowes, club, hnwi, opinion, trends

Christopher Clowes explores the potential of four fast-growing investment migration markets that don’t get enough attention.

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Industry Trends 

What the EU Needs to Learn From Canada’s Targeted Investment Migration Model

January 27, 2020June 15, 2020 Ahmad Abbas ahmad abbas, canada, club, entrepreneur, EU, europe, IMC, startup visa, trends

The money-for-rights model of investment migration – while economically successful – is a hard sell, politically. Canada’s model offers a compromise.

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China Mr. Lu's Tea Leaves 

How China’s Investment Migration Market Will React to Higher Investment Requirements

January 17, 2020June 15, 2020 Luc Lu china, citizenship by investment, club, luc lu, mr. lu's tea leaves, residence by investment, trends

Faced with rising minimum investment requirements among RCBI programs across the globe, China’s Investment Migration market will respond in three ways.

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Asia-Pacific Industry Trends 

The 2020s Will Be a Pivotal Decade for India’s Investment Migration Market

January 7, 2020January 7, 2020 Christian Henrik Nesheim club, hnwis, india, nirbhay handa, trends

Home to nearly half a million HNWIs with low mobility, India has more potential than, perhaps, any other investment migration market.

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Editor's Picks 

Programs Mulling Price-Hikes in 2020: What is the Optimal Min. Investment Requirement?

January 2, 2020March 25, 2020 Christian Henrik Nesheim club, opinion, policy, price, trends

A handful of investment migration programs are weighing the introduction of higher investment thresholds this year. How can they price it correctly?

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Africa Frontier Markets 

Frontier Dispatches: Nigeria’s Investment Migration Market

December 8, 2019July 16, 2020 Andre Bothma africa, andre bothma, citizenship by investment, club, frontier markets, nigeria, residence by investment, trends

30,000 millionaires, terrorism, a cash-economy, and trust issues: Nigeria’s investment migration market offers great challenges, but even greater potential.

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Editor's Picks Industry Trends 

Malta RVP’s Financing Option Shows Why the RCBI Market is About to Get 10 Times Bigger

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 Christian Henrik Nesheim ahmad abbas, club, europe, financing, golden visa, malta, mrvp, residence by investment, trends

Investment financing has the potential to catapult investment migration from UHNWI luxury product status to the much greater mass affluent market.

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China Mr. Lu's Tea Leaves 

China’s RCBI-Industry Unanimous: International Firms Who Target Direct Clients “Must be Opposed”

November 17, 2019June 15, 2020 Luc Lu china, citizenship by investment, club, integration, luc lu, mr. lu's tea leaves, residence by investment, special report, trends

Luc Lu’s recent tour of China’s investment migration market highlight a rapidly changing industry that’s reconfiguring to deal with multiple crises.

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Asia-Pacific Editor's Picks Intel & Data 

After Three Years of Decline, Australia’s SIV Program Regains Momentum

November 10, 2019November 10, 2019 Christian Henrik Nesheim asia-pacific, australia, australia siv, biip, club, data, data and intel, residence by investment, siv, statistics, trends

The program’s largest fund manager says that, thanks to non-SIV follow-up investments, total FDI arising from the program may be close to A$50 billion.

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Europe Industry Trends 

Investor Migrants Becoming More Sophisticated, Favoring Fund Investment Over Real Estate

November 7, 2019June 15, 2020 Ahmad Abbas ahmad abbas, club, fund investment, golden visa, portugal, private equity, real estate, residence by investment, trends

Portugal’s recent focus on private equity investment funds for Golden Visas reveal investor migrants are now sensitive to sound tax and exit strategies.

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Industry Trends 

City-Specific Citizenship by Investment: Practicable or Pipe-Dream?

November 4, 2019November 4, 2019 Christian Henrik Nesheim amsterdam, cbi, cip, citizenship by investment, club, europe, trends

Could we soon see the rise of CIPs that apply to cities, rather than to whole countries? One progressive European city provides a template.

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