Podcast Episodes

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
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11 months 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 path…

11 months 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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11 months 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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11 months 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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11 months 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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11 months, 1 week 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.…

11 months, 1 week 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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11 months, 1 week 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 …

11 months, 1 week 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 over…

11 months, 1 week ago