Article was written by Roderick Cutajar, CEO, immVest International Within the Residency and Citizenship by Investment sector, multiple actors ranging from accredited agents, service providers as well as the relevant authorities are tasked with conducting and implementing rigorous due diligence procedures before onboarding and accepting a client. While levels of due diligence vary from one country […]
Source: jamaicaobserver.com Published: 9 October 2021 Chief Executive Officer of luxury real estate company, Jamaica Sotheby’s, Julian Dixon, is calling on the Government of Jamaica to change the laws and grant immediate citizenship to large investors. Speaking at the official launch of Jamaica Sotheby’s at AC Marriott Hotel in New Kingston on Friday, Dixon argued that […]
Article was written by Noreen Hogan, President, CMB Regional Centers Investors need to do their homework and vet the regional centre they plan to work with, writes Noreen Hogan, President of CMB Regional Centers. She recommends non-vertically integrated EB-5 projects and debt-based investments as opposed to equity structures to minimise the financial risk. Thousands of […]
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 […]
