Holding a second passport has become a status symbol among the world’s ultra-wealthy. Obtaining passports ranks alongside the traditional trappings of wealth such as nice car, big house and putting you children in private school. The success of the world’s citizenship-by-investment programs – including those in St Kitts & Nevis, Dominica, Antigua & Barbuda, St. Lucia, Malta and Cyprus – means new programs…
Wealthy Indians are being told to forget employment and family-based immigration programs and instead look to investment immigration programs if they want a US green card quickly. While permanent residency for the more traditional immigration streams can take up to 20 years to materialize, the green card should arrive in two to four years under…
Canada is considering a new investment immigration program designed to attract ultra high net worth individuals. Immigration Minister John McCallum says a new program is being worked on that would award permanent residency in return for a significant investment. “If that could actually work and generate major jobs and investment, then, yes, we would consider…
If you want to enter Canada and live in Quebec, you will need to invest $800,000 over five years. But if you want to live on Prince Edward Island, it will only cost you $350,000. The costs of the world’s investment immigration programs, highlighted by the World Economic Forum, illustrate how different countries value residency…
Canada’s emergence as a beacon of stability in a world riven by political turmoil is attracting millions in foreign investment, and there could be more to come. With Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton two of the most unpopular candidates in the history of the US presidential race, plus the UK dropping an economic bomb by…