The Citizenship by Investment Programmes of Dominica and St Kitts and Nevis are two of the oldest, most respected programmes in the industry breaking and are widely known for their commitment to conducting stringent due diligence. The CBI Index, a publication by the Financial Times’ Professional Wealth Management magazine, has awarded Dominica and St Kitts […]
Fewer than 48 hours have elapsed since Al Jazeera issued a scathing undercover video report in which prominent Cypriot politicians, developers, and lawyers appeared open to bending rules and calling in favors to help a fictitious, money-laundry-convicted Chinese investor qualify for the island’s citizenship by investment program. The fallout is already extensive and tangible. Cabinet […]
A New Global Mobility Hierarchy Emerges as International Travel Resumes As coronavirus-related travel restrictions begin to lift, the latest research from the Henley Passport Index — based on exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) — shows that the pandemic has completely upended the seemingly unshakeable global mobility hierarchy that has dominated the last few decades, with […]
On a recent government program, the Commonwealth of Dominica’s Prime Minister reassured that progress on capital projects funded by Citizenship by Investment (CBI) Programme has continued despite the global shutdown triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Regarding the Programme itself, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit noted that while the initial months saw a slowdown, the CBI Programme’s online portal, which was especially utilised after Hurricane Maria […]
The investment migration business relies on the most intimate of factors; trust. For a firm to convince a client to entrust them with the most crucial of personal information, as well as their funds, is no trivial matter. That is precisely why the investment migration industry relies heavily on the B2B model, as RCBI firms […]
While the worldwide pandemic’s impact had devastating consequences, it has made 2020 an ideal time to invest in a second citizenship. The unprecedented circumstances seen in 2020 have thrown a spanner in the works for economic and business sectors across the world. Freedom of movement is all but gone, with economic and political strife breaking […]
As the president clashes with the courts, some companies and investors say tougher limits on temporary work visas will help push jobs overseas. When President Trump suspended a raft of visa programs in June, including temporary permits for highly technical foreign workers known as H-1B visas, he portrayed the order as a victory for the […]
Today marks the third anniversary of Hurricane Maria striking the Commonwealth of Dominica. Overnight, with 160-mile-per-hour winds, Maria damaged and destroyed the roofs of an estimated 90 per cent of buildings, toppled power lines and some of the thickest, strongest, oldest trees in the country’s lush forests. On the newest broadcast episode of Anou Palay, the leader recalled the […]
Long before the U.S. tightened its borders to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, President Donald Trump set about reshaping America’s immigration system with a nationalist and isolationist bent. Promises to crack down on illegal immigration and erect a wall along the Mexican border formed the centerpiece of his election campaign in 2016. His […]
Residence- and citizenship by investment (RCBI) laws allow the sale of passports with negligible or zero naturalization requirements. Any country may consider RCBI, holding recourse to its international recognition as a state to create, tap into, and leverage the asset of citizenship. In times of pandemics, physically spending prolonged periods in any given place may […]
