Author: darioa

Europe: Statement by the Investment Migration Council (IMC) concerning the European Commission’s Legislative proposals to strengthen the EU’s anti-money laundering and countering of terrorism financing frameworks.

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 […]

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Canada: Settlement Services Get Thumbs Up From New Immigrants

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, […]

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St. Kitts and Nevis: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2021 Article IV Mission

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. […]

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Entrepreneur Visa Programmes Will See Explosive Growth

Interview with Chad Ellsworth, Partner at Fragomen. Fragomen’s Chad Ellsworth believes that governments will implement a greater number of entrepreneur visa programmes to attract foreign innovators who can help with economic recovery and job creation in the post-Covid-19 era. We are seeing an increasing number of entrepreneurial visa programmes being launched. What’s driving this trend? […]

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From the Ground Up: St. Lucia’s Ever-Evolving CIP Pre and Post Covid-19

Interview with Brenda Floissac Fleming, Senior Partner at the firm Floissac Fleming & Associates and Managing Director of Polaris Citizenship & Investment Consultancy Services in St. Lucia & Keith Isaac, attorney at-law at the firm Floissac Fleming & Associates and General Manager of Polaris Citizenship & InvestmentConsultancy Services in St. Lucia. The Caribbean CBI industry […]

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The Rise of the Regional Citizen

Covid-19 will transform the investment migration market and will accelerate the already existing trend of regionalisation, says Prof. Kristin Surak from the London School of Economics and author of the forthcoming book Citizenship 4 Sale. The Covid-19 pandemic has challenged international mobility like no other event before. What observations about the investment migration industry during […]

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Good Governance In Investment Migration Will Fuel Economic And Sustainable Development In A Post-Pandemic World

Authors: Bruno L’ecuyer Source: ifcreview.com Over the past few years, investment migration – the industry intertwined with global wealth creation and people’s movement – has been defined by growth and expansion to reach an estimated value of €20 billion[i]. According to Investment Migration Council (IMC) research, 100 countries around the world now offer legal investment migration […]

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Malta: NGOs short-changed by donations error receive €1m in passport money

Source: timesofmalta.com Published: 10 July 2021 Three major charitable organisations that suffered a shortfall in donation income due to a technical error by a telecoms provider have received a collective total of €1 million earned from Malta’s golden passport scheme.  The €1 million donation from the National Development and Social Fund will be split between the […]

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