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.
British High Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Victoria Dean, has said the UK has “serious security concerns” with St. Kitts’ CBI program, and that the UK government is considering imposing a visa requirement on citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis as a result. Mark Brantley, St. Kitts Minister of Foreign Affairs, has moved…
Foreign investment in Cyprus’ property market has recorded a sharp drop despite overall growth in the sector. The fall is reported to be due to the negative publicity surrounding incidents of fraud related to Cyprus’ investment immigration schemes involving brokers selling properties at exorbitant rates to Chinese buyers. Source: Global Property Guide
The new strict rules and documentation requirements imposed by Quebec’s authorities last year, along with high application fees, are being blamed for a sharp drop in applicants to the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program (QIIP). In particular, a 15-page long list of documents required is being highlighted as a major deterrent. Sources say Quebec will have to…
Australia will suspend applications for significant investor visas applications from April 24 until the end of June in order to implement changes to the investment framework. The changes include a requirement for 20% of the $5 million of investment to go into early stage, growth capital investments, and 30% of the investment to go into…
Rich Chinese nationals are reported to be deserting the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program (QIIP), which has long been the main avenue for thousands of millionaire immigrants into Canada. An industry source said that the scheme failed to fulfil its quota for 2014 despite the application window being extended three times. The lack of applications are apparently due to…