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This Week in IM - Aug 7: 🇸🇹 Launches World’s Cheapest CBI Program, 🇺🇸 Stripping Citizenship for Tax Errors, 🇦🇷 CIP Should Be Designed This Way, ++

🇺🇸 to Require $15k Visa Bond
🇸🇹 Launches World’s Cheapest CBI Program
🇦🇷 CIP Should Be Designed This Way: IMI Pros
🇨🇾 Revokes Another CBI Citizenship
🇺🇸 Stripping Citizenship for Tax Errors
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Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago

Vietnam Mulls 5-Year Visa Exemption for Influencers with 1M+ Followers

The exemption card, akin to a digital nomad visa, will allow holders to stay up to 90 days and multiple re-entries, and appears to open a direct pathway to residency. 

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Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago

Would a Schengen Visa Requirement for Caribbean Nationals Really Be Bad News?

Jean-Francois Harvey sees the potential EU visa requirement as a manageable change, not a threat to Caribbean investment programs.

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Published on 3 weeks ago

Argentina Officially Launches Application to Rejoin the US Visa Waiver Program

Argentina steps up its efforts to join the US visa waiver program, potentially providing a massive edge to its planned CBI program.

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Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

Citizenship by Investment, Merit, or Hypocrisy? Germany’s Citizenship Data Tell an Interesting Story

CBI is “dangerous,” says the EU. Meanwhile, Germany quietly naturalizes nationals from the same countries it flags as security risks.

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Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago

“I Think It Will Pass in Its Most Restrictive Shape”: Experts Examine Portugal’s Proposed Naturalization Law

Golden Visa experts weigh in on retroactivity, investor confidence, possible outcomes, and the future of the program.

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Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago

Revamped New Zealand Investor Visa Eyes Record Year as Gov’t Limits Bank Deposits

Under the new rules, 75% of investor visa funds must be in liquid and market assets, rather than “sitting idle in deposit accounts,” says James Hall.

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Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago

Maltese Parliament Expedites Citizenship by Merit Bill as CBI Nears Official End

Malta’s fast-tracked citizenship bill would remove agents from the equation and shift to direct government applications.

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Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

This Week in IM - Jul 31: 🇦🇷 Approves CBI Framework, 🇲🇹 Replaces CBI with CBM Model, 🇵🇹 Experts Examine Naturalization Law, ++

🇻🇳 Mulls Influencer Visa Exemption
🇪🇺 Visa Req Not End for Caribbean CIPs
🇦🇷 Approves CBI Framework
🇩🇪 Naturalization Data Shows EU Hypocrisy
🇵🇹 Experts Examine Naturalization Law
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Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago

Pakistan Criticizes Tax Officials Over Failure to Track UAE Golden Visa Holders

Pakistan’s Federal Tax Ombudsman has issued a warning and set a deadline for local tax authorities as it ramps up efforts to tax Pakistanis with overseas assets.

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Published on 4 weeks ago