Podcast Episodes

This Week in IM - Dec 5: St Kitts: “Pay Up or Lose Citizenship,” Greece Shrinks Processing, Sierra Leone Launches Residency, ++

🇰🇳 St Kitts to CBI Citizen: Pay Up or Lose Citizenship
🇭🇰 Hong Kong CIES Opens to Fund Managers
🇪🇸 Spain Senate Vetoes GV Termination Bill
🇸🇱 Sierra Leo…

1 year, 7 months ago

Latvia Steadies Golden Visa Ship, On Track for Slight Uptick

Business investment applications account for 74% share of Latvia’s Golden Visa program as Chinese investors take top spot

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1 year, 7 months ago

New Greek Golden Visas Processed in 3 Months, Says MIBS Group’s Saranti

Katerina Saranti explains how Greece slashed processing times from 20 to 3 months, and what investment tier is the hottest right now

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1 year, 7 months ago

San Marino More Than Doubles Income Requirements for Retiree Residency

San Marino raises foreign retiree income threshold to €120k and asset requirement to €500k. New rental rules limit shared contracts.

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1 year, 7 months ago

Hong Kong Investment Visa Program Secures US$2.5 Billion in Nine Months

670 investors applied for Hong Kong’s revamped visa program in 9 months, projections show it may reach only 18% of annual target

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1 year, 7 months ago

Saint Lucia Revokes Citizenship of Convicted Chinese Money Launderer

Saint Lucia stripped Junjie Su of his citizenship after he was convicted of money laundering and sentenced to 14 months in prison.

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1 year, 7 months ago

Media Names 77 Former Citizens in Cyprus CIP Revocation List, 20 More to Come

Cyprus revoked CIP citizenships for false statements, criminal records, and failure to maintain investments

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1 year, 7 months ago

EU Parliament Votes to Permanently End Vanuatu’s Schengen Visa Waiver

EU Parliament says “this is the first time ever the EU has revoked a third country from the visa-free list.”

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1 year, 7 months ago

CIES Applications Slow, Spain Golden Visas Nosedive, EU Ends Vanuatu Visa Waiver, ++

🇭🇰 Hong Kong CIES Applications Slow
🇪🇸 Spain Approves 70% Fewer Golden Visas in 2024
🇱🇨 St Lucia Joins Neighbor CIPs, Revokes Citizenship
🇻🇺 EU Ends Van…

1 year, 7 months ago

Why There’s Still Hope for Spain’s Golden Visa

Pierre-Marc Lecompte: “Valencia’s streets are still drying out after severe flooding, and Spain’s political climate isn’t much calmer”

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1 year, 7 months ago