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.
The cheapest citizenship-by-investment program in the world is about to get a whole lot more expensive. Currently a Dominican passport can be obtained for $100,000 plus processing fees, coming with visa-free access to the European Union’s Schengen area, plus the UK. But the Caribbean island’s government is planning to hike the fee from August, although it has…
The Quebec Immigrant Investor Program (QIIP) accepted a record number of applicants last year and officials expect to at least match the number in 2016. Just over 5,000 investors were given permanent residency through the program in 2015, beating the previous high of 4,436 in 2012. In 2014, 3,669 immigrants were accepted. Projections suggest 2016…
Britain’s exit from the European Union is expected to spell more trouble for its already-struggling investment immigration program. With cheaper programs in Portugal, Malta and Cyprus already attracting the vast majority of investment money, the so-called ‘Brexit’ is likely to further reduce interest in the Tier 1 Investor Visa. New British Prime Minster Theresa May…
Chinese parents looking to invest their way into the United States via the EB-5 program want to name their children as primary applicants over fears they will be too old by the time their green cards arrive. Current waiting times are up to six years, leaving many parents worried their teenage offspring will be over…
Portugal’s golden visa has been highlighted as one of the chief drivers behind Lisbon’s emergence from economic difficulties. Global real estate agency Savills says the property market in the Portuguese capital is thriving thanks to the success of the investor program that was launched in 2012. The Savills report uses data up until 2015, pointing…