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…
Saint Lucia has made its citizenship-by-investment program significantly more accessible by slashing investment thresholds, abandoning a minimum wealth requirement and ending a cap on the number of applications. Individual investors in the Economic Fund stream are now required to contribute just $100,000, down from the previous threshold of $200,000. This puts the program on a…
St Kitts Targets Families With Citizenship-by-Investment Program Changes The St Kitts and Nevis government has approved several changes to the country’s citizenship-by-investment program, aimed to draw more applications from families. The changes include a number of alterations to ages of dependents and a lowering of investment thresholds for larger families. Under the changes, the age…
Hungary has announced plans to bring an end to its residency-by-investment program at the end of March 2017. The move closes one of the avenues for high net worth individuals to gain access to the European Union. The Hungarian government says the program is no longer needed because of improved financing conditions in the country,…
With uncertainty surrounding the future of the US EB-5 under Donald Trump, Quebec is about to open applications for its popular investment immigration program. The Quebec Immigrant Investor Program (QIIP) offers a stable and well-administered alternative to the EB-5, which has been beset with problems relating to fraud, manipulation of so-called Targeted Employment Areas (TEAs)…