We get so many inquiries from clients and investors asking for a passport from a country where CBI schemes do not exist officially. This article will clear some air on fake citizenship by investment schemes running in many parts of the world. If you hear about a passport from from a country in Africa, South America or in Asia it…
We get a lot of inquiries from clients asking about per sq.m property prices in countries that offer CBI and Golden visas against real estate investment. We have compiled some useful information about real estate market prices in these countries. These are the per square meter property prices prevailing in real estate market in countries running citizenship by investment (CBI)…
Here are the list of immigrant friendly countries in Europe, where locals are easily integrating with immigrants at workplace and neighborhoods. The data from european commission, shows how frequently native-born populations interact with immigrants! Interaction can mean anything from exchanging a few words to doing an activity together Best Countries Greece Sweden Ireland Austria Spain Worst Countries Bulgaria Romania Lithuania Hungary…
Today i will touch upon a very important topic on migrant integration. Many immigrants who move to a new country, often do not make any effort to integrate with the locals. Integration is so important and often overlooked by many immigrants. Integration is all about living in harmony, cohesively with communities. It is the the key to success for migrants and…
Caribbean is home to many HNW millionaires. Some of the wealthiest caribbean islands for years have attracted rich and wealthy for exotic holidays, low taxes and luxury real estate. There are 14 million millionaires in the world in 2019. A small percentage of them frequently visit Caribbean and some of them call home. So how many millionaires are there living…
Bulgaria really has the cheapest EU citizenship by investment program. How is this even possible? The trick is to finance €1m bonds issued by Government. You can become EU citizen by investment taking advantage of Bulgaria, because Bulgaria is already full EU member state and a candidate to join schengen area in the future. So how to do it? Bulgaria’s…
Vanuatu does not accept nationals of certain blacklisted countries with new rules in force effective from 2019. Nationals from these 5 countries, cannot apply for Vanuatu DSP/VCP citizenship by investment scheme Afghanistan, Iran North Korea, Somalia Yemen Exception: Vanuatu may accept nationals from restricted country if they have not resided in restricted countries for more than 5 years and can…
USCIS has published a new policy manual expanding the scope of Good Moral Character (GMC) to applicable to all foreigners including EB-5 investors to naturalize for citizenship. On Dec. 10, USCIS issued separate policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual about how two or more convictions for driving under the influence or post-sentencing changes to criminal sentencing might affect GMC…
Malta has taken new measures for stricter due diligence checks on IIP applicants and comply with CRS standards of tax exchange for CBI/RBI schemes in Malta. These new proposals were outlined in Draft Budgetary Plan 2020 of Maltese Government. IIP Agency Since May 2018, the Individual Investor Programme (IIP) is being administered by an independent Government entity specifically focused on…
Spain offers long term residence permits on economic interest under Law 14/2013, so called golden visas. Spain has further expanded the scope of the scheme and these visas are available for various categories not just for real estate investment. Investors. Entrepreneurs. Highly qualified professionals. Researchers. Workers subject to intra-corporate transfers within the same undertaking or group of undertakings. Applications for…
