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.
Latvia’s decision to increase the minimum investment required for residency to €250,000 has caused a slowdown in Russian investment. Till last year Latvia was very popular with Russian investors, with more than 10,000 Russians obtaining Latvian residency under the program. Tensions over the conflict in Ukraine combined with the falling rouble have also contributed to…
More Chinese nationals are investing in overseas property as the Chinese Renminbi gains greater acceptance worldwide. Figures for 2014 show that Chinese investment in overseas property increased by 25% to US$10.1 billion, with demand set to grow as more high-net-worth Chinese seek to immigrate. The United States was the most popular destination among Chinese investors,…
The US has seen a 150% increase in the number of applications for EB-5 visas from India over the past few years. The EB-5 US immigrant investor program requires applicants to invest $1 million in the US in enterprises that employ at least 10 full-time US workers. The scheme is becoming increasingly popular with high…
The Commonwealth of Dominica is attracting foreign investors with its newly launched Citizenship By Investment Unit through which applicants can gain citizenship by paying as little as $100,000. Dominica runs the second oldest citizenship program in the world, and imposes no capital gains, estate or death taxes, no restrictions on repatriation of funds, and no…
The UK’s Labour party has promised to reform non-domicile tax rules should it win the upcoming election, a move that experts warn would lead to wealthy foreign residents to re-think their stay in the country. UK’s Current “non-dom” rules exempt foreign offshore earnings from tax, though an annual charge is levied on long-term residents wishing…