The IMC Bulletin Issue 1, 2018

The Chilean economy has undergone a rapid transition from an economy with a per capita income of around 7,000 dollars in the early 1990s to a country with an income per head of near 25,000 dollars in 2017. This has followed two to three decades of rapid economic growth and internal transformation. Now the country is a member nation of the OECD and has the highest level of income per person in the Latin American region. Macroeconomic indicators … Read more >

Competitiveness and attractiveness of Italian industry leads revamped economic growth of our Country.  Going on with its path aimed at attracting international flows of human and financial capital, Italy broadens its borders to foreign investors. After the launch on June, 24th 2014 of the Italia Startup Visa (ISV) program, which facilitates the visa issue procedure for highly qualified non-EU entrepreneurs who intend to build up an innovative start-up in Italy…. Read more >

Grenada’s Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in presenting the country’s 2018 Budget, noted that Grenada’s Citizenship-by-Investment (CBI) Programme has exceeded all expectations in 2017 and is now regarded as one of the highest-rated CBI programmes in the world. An impressive performance is projected for 2018 not only because of increasing recognition of… Read more >

Since Section 17 of the Australian Citizenship Act has been repealed on 4 April 2002, Australians no longer lose their citizenship when acquiring the citizenship of another country. The 116-year-old Section 44(i) of the Australian Constitution, however, still forbids anyone holding plural (dual or multiple) citizenship from running for Parliament. In the wake of Australia’s still ongoing “dual citizenship crisis”, the High Court of Australia in its …. Read more >

I am positive the Direct EB-5 and Regional Center EB-5 program will continue even though the program is in a state of flux and the predictability of the date of proposed changes is uncertain. There are hundreds of EB-5 Regional Center projects that have started and continue to receive EB-5 investors so that the investors may achieve their U.S. permanent residency for the minimum investment amount of USD 500,000. …. Read more >

In the US alone, Chinese immigrant investors constitute almost 85% of all EB-5 allocations. By the end of August 2017, 3,339 overseas Chinese fugitives were captured from more than 90 countries, recovering around USD 1.41 billion, with 628 of these being former officials. As such, it is imperative to conduct robust investment immigration due diligence on potential Chinese immigrant investors to verify their integrity and assure their wealth …. Read more >