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 […]
46 per cent of UK residents believe that people should be allowed to purchase citizenship Economic citizenship, the process by which individuals can acquire permanent residency by investing into a country’s economy, is facing prejudice. Two in five (42 per cent) UK residents say that wealthy individuals should not be allowed to obtain […]
If, as many say, Brexit represents a risk to Britain trade and access to the customs union, then no-one has told the world’s wealthy, who have never been so keen to come to this country and capitalise on its financial infrastructure. In the third quarter of last year the Home Office issued 114 […]
Citizenship by Investment (CBI) and Residence by Investment programmes (RBI) remain popular for many reasons including visa-free travel, opportunity and stability. However, as the number of countries offering citizenship or residence programmes in exchange for investment continues to rise, so does the scrutiny placed on those programmes, with particular interest placed on the source […]
In early 2018, the OECD raised concerns about whether Residence by Investment (RBI)/Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programs are being used to circumvent the goals of the Common Reporting Standard. In other words: Do RBI/CBI programs somehow allow people to improperly escape or obfuscate identifying their country or countries of ‘tax residency’? This OECD […]
Artificial Intelligence’s impact on the banking industry has prompted discussions about how immigrant investor industry stakeholders can use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to drive efficiency and sustainability. AI-enabled solutions support modern Know Your Customer (KYC) practices, resulting in better risk analysis and assessment of potential new applicants AI involves training computers to perform cognitive […]
