PHARR, Tex. — On paper, he’s a devoted U.S. citizen. His official American birth certificate shows he was delivered by a midwife in Brownsville, at the southern tip of Texas. He spent his life wearing American uniforms: three years as a private in the Army, then as a cadet in the Border Patrol and now as […]
A summary of the latest official long-term international migration statistics for the UK for the year ending March 2018, published by Office for National Statistics (ONS). Data from the Home Office and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are also included. Download Report here Source: ons.gov.uk
The ever-growing EB-5 waitlist means investors are looking into different options. One solution involves obtaining citizenship in Grenada, followed by applying for an E-2 investor work visa for the United States, writes H. Ronald Klasko. The US offers both visa and permanent residence opportunities for foreign investors. It does not offer a […]
INTERVIEW: MARKUS KRAMER, PARTNER AT BRAND AFFAIRS The birth of effective communications campaigns for the investment migration industry must begin with a serious ‘soul-searching’ process as to where the industry stands. If the media, policy-makers and the public at large are ever going to relate to its concepts, the industry needs to work […]
Dimitry Kochenov provides a general overview of the ethical and moral concerns raised by the critics of the investment migration industry and explains why their arguments do not quite hold up in his opinion. Many among the privileged minority of citizens of the richest countries in the world present citizenship by investment as sacrilege: citizenship […]
INTERVIEW: ALLEN CHASTANET, PRIME MINISTER OF SAINT LUCIA Allen Chastanet, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, says he supports the idea of common standards for the CBI industry, but he is against the idea of setting a base price that no country would go below. What is the history and background to Saint Lucia’s […]
INTERVIEW: BRUNO L’ECUYER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE INVESTMENT MIGRATION COUNCIL Bruno L’ecuyer, Chief Executive of the Investment Migration Council, explains how the association works with professional bodies, governments and international organisations in order to increase public understanding of the investment migration industry and shares the IMC’s plans and priorities for the coming […]
The president of St. Paul’s Macalester College said former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan leaves a “powerful” legacy at the school. Annan, who died Saturday at age 80, was born in Ghana and finished his undergraduate work in economics at Macalester, graduating in 1961. From there he went to Geneva, where he began his graduate studies […]
Investor confidence in Dubai remained strong despite several global and regional challenges. This was on the back of a string of investor-friendly reforms and regulations initiated by the authorities, according to various surveys, including the latest data provided by the Department of Economic Development (DED). The competitive edge Dubai has been enjoying for years as […]
“Don’t it always seem to go / That you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.” Joni Mitchell, arch-priestess of the hippy movement, might have been singing about the environment but, somewhat ironically, her words ring true for capitalism – and its cousin, globalisation. These two forces have done much more than shape the […]
