Article was written by Steven M. Pepa, Managing Director, Saratoga Capital Partners As any industry player will tell you, the investment migration industry has traditionally been about lifestyle choices. Investors obtain their second citizenship or permanent residency solution usually after purchasing a compliant real estate, or to a lesser extent making a governmental donation. Investment […]
Authors: Andres Solimano, Chairperson, Investment Migration Council Source: imidaily.com The current global environment poses both opportunities and challenges to investment migration. As the global North is making important progress in controlling the pandemic and re-starting their economies, many countries in the global South face a different reality: A lack of vaccines, weak public health systems, and […]
Bruno L’ecuyer, CEO, Investment Migration Council, interview with Newsweek Source: newsweek.com What is the Investment Migration Council’s (IMC) vision and some of the major milestones that you have achieved so far? Investment migration today comprises various citizenship and residency by investment programs, which allow individuals and often families to gain citizenship or residency rights in […]
Source: greekcitytimes.com Published: 23 September 2021 Award winning author and historian Mark Mazower was granted an honorary Greek citizenship “the promotion of Greece, its long history and its culture to the international general public,” reports Kathimerini newspaper. The world renown British historian who is Ira D. Wallach Professor of History at Columbia University in New York City, is […]
Source: politico.com Published: 5 August 2021 President Joe Biden in March wrote off a spike in the number of migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border as a result, at least in part, of winter months being the safest time to make the trek. “It happens every single, solitary year,” he said. Six months into his term, Biden and […]
Published: 16 July 2021 The Investment Migration Council as an Organisation in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations since 2019, made a public statement concerning investment migration at the High-level United Nations Political Forum (HLPF) held between the Tuesday, 6 July, to Thursday, 15 July 2021, under the […]
Source: apnews.com Published: 27 July 2021 QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador has revoked the citizenship of Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks who is currently in a British prison. Ecuador’s justice system formally notified the Australian of the nullity of his naturalization in a letter that came in response to a claim filed by the South […]
Published: 23 July 2021 On the 20 July 2021, the European Commission presented a new package of legislative proposals to strengthen the EU’s anti-money laundering and countering terrorism financing (AML/CFT) rules. The package consists of: A Regulation establishing a new EU AML/CFT Authority; A Regulation on AML/CFT, containing directly-applicable rules, including in the areas of […]
Source: cimmigrationnews.org Published: 23 July 2021 Canada immigration news: The first-ever Settlement Outcomes Highlights Report released by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada saw high marks for settlement services for immigrants. “Settlement services play a fundamental role in our immigration system. They’re the key ingredient of a newcomer’s success in Canada, whether it’s help getting a job, […]
Source: imf.org Published: 6 July 2021 Washington, DC: On June 22, 2021 the virtual 2021 Article IV mission for St. Kitts and Nevis concluded. ‘The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on St. Kitts and Nevis’ tourism-dependent economy has been severe, despite timely government actions that kept domestic infections in 2020 the lowest in the Western Hemisphere. […]
