A growing group of South Africans are increasingly eyeing obtaining the UK’s £200 000 Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa as political and economic woes continue to pummel their homeland. This is according to Gary Kockott, Managing Director for SA at Sable International, who says he’s seen an uptick in local demand for the visa. The visa […]
Saint Lucia will be well represented at the Investment Migration Forum in Geneva, Switzerland from June 5th to June 7th. Prime Minister Honourable Allen Chastanet will attend the event, after spending a few days in London, along with members of the Citizenship by Investment Unit. The event is the world’s premier independent forum on the […]
Great participation and intense interest by the audience followed the one day forum on the Greek Golden Visa Program co-organized by Enterprise Greece (www.enterprisegreece.gov.gr) and the Investment Migration Council (https://investmentmigration.org), on Monday, May 29 in Athens, Greece. The event was attended by more than 350 executives from the real estate market, the banking and the […]
A unique Canadian business immigration program opened for new applications on May 29. The Quebec Immigrant Investor Program (QIIP) offers international investors the opportunity to obtain permanent resident status in Canada by making a risk-free $800,000 CAD investment that is guaranteed by a Quebec government entity. The QIIP is Canada’s only passive investor immigration program, and […]
A 2017 report by market research firm New World Wealth concluded that a record 82,000 millionaires moved to a new country in 2016, up 26% from 62,000 in 2015. The estimate is that approximately 100,000 millionaires will move country each year by 2018. A millionaire in this report is defined as those having at least […]
As a controversial U.S. investment visa scheme comes under fresh criticism, Sam Walls of Little Rock, Arkansas, faces a different problem as he courts wealthy Chinese. Walls and his team at Pine State Regional Center are looking to raise $200 million through the EB-5 investor visa program for a steel mill in the southern state […]
A top executive at an international due diligence firm is warning agents of the Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP) to be wary of Chinese applicants who are either on the run, or may soon be on the run from the law. Vice Chairman and Global Head of Immigration Citizenship and Visa (ICV) Practice at Exiger […]
Citizenship by Investment Programmes (CIPs) in the Caribbean have been the subject of much criticism, even though the financial and economic benefits of the programmes are undeniable. These programmes are operated by: Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts-Nevis and St Lucia. Are those detractors right to decry the CIP? Do they pose dangers to other […]
Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris says the Team Unity-led Government views the country’s Citizenship by Investment Programme (CBI) as an integral part of the long-term development of St. Kitts and Nevis that will “bring benefits to the next generation for another 30 years.” Prime Minister Harris said this is why his Government continues […]
To the Editor: Re article, “EU Passports for Sale in Cyprus Lure Rich Russians” (Originally published on May 11): Whilst we are strong advocates of independent and οbjective journalism, we regret to note that this article remains in our view a biased account. The citizenship by investment program is an investment program and in no […]
