Colin R. Singer is Managing Partner of investmentimmigration.com and immigration.ca
and one of Canada’s foremost senior corporate immigration attorneys.
He is recognized as an experienced authority on Canadian immigration matters as well as the international residence-by-investment industry through investmentimmigration.com. He is a licensed immigration lawyer in good standing with a Canadian Law Society during the past 25+ years.
Antigua & Barbuda took a hit on its citizenship-by-investment earnings for 2016 as a result of more applicants choosing to invest in real estate, businesses and individual projects instead of the National Development Fund. Earnings from the CIP are expected to drop from 100 million East Caribbean dollars in 2015 to 80 million East Caribbean…
Italy has changed its immigration and tax laws to prepare for the implementation of a new investment immigration program. The European giant is planning three investment classes with a minimum threshold of €500,000, rising to €2 million, with an initial investment period of two years. In return, investors will be awarded a two-year visa, which…
The Donald Trump travel ban has thrown a cloud of uncertainty over candidates for the U.S. EB-5 investment program who come from one of the seven targeted Muslim countries. In several cases, candidates have been accepted for the program, paid their $500,000, but are now wondering how safe that money is as Trump attempts to…
Ireland has approved 130 applicants for its immigrant investor programme since it was introduced in 2012. Of the 450 applications received, 273 of them came between July and November 2016, when the investment threshold was temporarily halved from €1 million to €500,000. The €1 million threshold has since been restored. Of those 273 applications, 23…
New proposals for the U.S. EB-5 residency program could see the investment threshold rise significantly. An announcement by the outgoing Obama administration suggested the investment requirement for both classes of the program rise by $800,000. This would mean an investment of $1.3 million, up from $500,000, would be required for a project within a Target…