IMI Podcasts

At IMI Connect Athens, industry veterans James Muscat Azzopardi and Eric G. Major weighed in on the ECJ’s Malta ruling. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here . 

Musk leads implementation of the Gold Card through DoGE, while testing confirms integration across CBP, State Department, and USCIS systems. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here . 

Geneva is the top destination for Switzerland’s lump sum tax residents while Russians make up the largest applicant nationality pool. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here . 

The non-dom may be dead in the UK, but Marco Mesina shows its legacy lives on globally from Thailand’s beaches to Singapore’s skyscrapers. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here . 

🇺🇸 Trump Card Advancing 🇨🇭 Tax Regime Residents Up 22% 🌐 Where to Go After UK’s Non-Dom Killed 🇮🇪 World’s Most Valuable Citizenship? 🇻🇺 CIIP Amounts to Rise 20% 🇨🇾 Case for Cyprus’s Residency Program ++ Subscribe to the daily newsletter so you don’t miss any breaking updates from the investment migration industry.

What makes a citizenship valuable? James Nuveen analyzes why the Irish passport is the world’s most coveted travel document. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

Vanuatu increases CIIP investment thresholds by 15-20%, as single applicant contributions rise from $100,000 to $115,000. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

Demetris Demetriades: The government is looking at the Cyprus Residency Programme, “but within the context of regulation, not cancellation. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

Central Asia on the rise? Kazakhstan follows neighboring Uzbekistan’s footsteps and launches a new golden visa program. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

The government has expressed concerns about foreign agents’ influence, and “strongly rejects any arrangement that compromises sovereignty.” View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

“Encroachment on national sovereignty” and a return to “Blut und Boden” nationalism: industry experts react to ECJ’s citizenship ruling. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

🇪🇺 Invalidates Malta CBI 🇰🇿 Launches Golden Visa 🇸🇧 Comments on Potential CBI 🇺🇸 Exodus Reaches Fever Pitch 🌐 Opinion: Why Boutique RCBI Firms Win ++ Subscribe to the daily newsletter so you don’t miss any breaking updates from the investment migration industry.

Malta commits to “bring framework in line with judgment” while defending economic benefits of citizenship program after ECJ defeat. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

The ECJ has ruled in favor of the EU, invalidating Malta’s citizenship by investment program. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

Alaattin Kilic shares his thoughts on why he believes boutique firms are winning the RCBI advisory race one client at a time. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

As the market awaits the ECJ ruling, fresh data show Maltese CBI application volume is recovering. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

“One of the biggest challenges is keeping up with an ever-changing regulatory landscape […] In this industry if you fall behind, you lose.” View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

In 2024-Q3, 2,123 wealthy Americans renounced citizenship accounting for 44% of the year’s total, the highest quarterly figure since Q4 2016. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

In an op-ed for IMI, Saint Kitts CIU Chairman Calvin St Juste discusses the program’s transformation, refunding Russian applicants, and more. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

Six months after Siren Chen’s cautiously optimistic assessment, the HK$10.5B in approved investments suggests her confidence was well-placed. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

CitizenX has acquired Plan B Passports to mark the second high-profile investment migration M&A transaction in the past two years. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

🇭🇰 CIES Receives $10.5 Billion Influx 🌐 CitizenX Acquires Plan B Passport 🇺🇿 Launches Donation-Based GV 🇰🇳 Opinion: SKN CBI is a Trap 🇻🇨 PM Claims RCBI Firms Funding Opposition ++ Subscribe to the daily newsletter so you don’t miss any breaking updates from the investment migration industry.

The new program, which will require a donation starting at $250,000, will come into effect on June 1, 2025. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

Vasily Istomin, documenting his ongoing wait for a St Kitts CBI refund, offers advice to potential citizenship by investment applicants. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

PM claims Chinese and European RCBI firms backing NDP to gain access to SVG’s high-ranking passport through a new CBI program. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .