Citizenship by investment programs (CIP) offer a fast track citizenship to foreign investors against economic contribution to the Government, such as buying a property or one time contribution to the Government fund. All applicants and their family members had to pay the due diligence fee and pass the background vetting checks. The first citizenship by investment scheme was introduced in…
A number of HNW investors have brought citizenship by investment (CBI) passports without properly evaluating the consequences of dual citizenship. While most CBI countries do not publish the names of those who acquired citizenship (except Malta), CBI citizens have some sort of privacy. Malta publishes names of IIP citizens in gazette every year and this list is available for public.…
Montenegro is set to receive approximately some €1 billion euros FDI from the newly launched citizenship by investment program. Some 6000 passports to be issued for 2000 families during the period of three years until 2021.
The Montenegro Government announced Special citizenship acquisition program (SCAP) through investment at a cabinet session on Nov 22, 2018. This citizenship scheme is special because it will only run for three years until 2021 and limited to 2000 applications to foreigners. The new citizenship by investment scheme was published in Official Gazette of Montenegro 34/10, 40/16 and 62/18. The new economic…
Cambodia has super interesting citizenship by investment scheme in Asia. Cambodia offers Khmer citizenship to foreign investors who donate or make an active investment in Cambodia. The Cambodian CBI program has been running for a number of years only relatively few investors know about this as the scheme is not widely promoted. Infact, it is the one and only citizenship…
USCIS has dramatically cut the pending I-526 petitions for chinese which declined by more than half (65%) compared to previous year 2017. Pending petitions doubled for South Korea.
Malta has refused on average one of five applications filed under the citizenship by investment program (IIP). The overall refusal rate of all applications submitted from the start of the scheme in 2014 to 2018 stands at 19.5% according to ORIIP report
The Republic Moldova launched new citizenship by investment scheme in Nov 2018. Currently it is the cheap and best CBI passport in the EU. The Moldovan CBI program offers investors a foothold in Europe and access to one of the fastest growing commercial hubs in the region. Moldova currently actively pursues EU membership in the future. Acquiring citizenship in Moldova…
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Australia has emerged as one of the premium destination for High-net worth immigration. The quality of life, stable conditions, education has made Australia a great investment destination. Australia has received several HNW millionaires from UK, as as a result of Brexit and also large number of rich americans and chinese have immigrated to Australia. The Golden visa scheme has received…
