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Seven reasons account for 89% of startup visa rejections, with over half failing on basic program requirements alone. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

Seven reasons account for 89% of startup visa rejections, with over half failing on basic program requirements alone. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

🇰🇳 St Kitts Drops Real Estate CIP Prices 🇬🇩 Grenada Impresses with CIP Efficiency 🇨🇦 Canada Drops PR Targets by 25% 🇨🇾 Cyprus Revokes More Citizenships 🇨🇦 Startup Visa Expert Reveals Rejection Reasons 🇱🇨 Interest in St Lucia CIP Surges Subscribe to the daily newsletter so you miss any updates from the investment migration industry.

Amid mounting public pressure and housing concerns, Canada revamps its immigration strategy, including reduced Startup Visa quotas. Read the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

One developer dominates St. Lucia’s CIP: Caribbean Galaxy’s Canelles Resort secured all 751 real estate applications worth US$203M. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

“Significant impact” convinces Panama to abandon its planned investment visa price hike, maintaining the $300,000 threshold indefinitely. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

Siren Chen says it’s better to curb your enthusiasm: The Elite Card promises a golden ticket, but with a NT$6M salary cap, few can qualify View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

The proposed law would track income, capital gains, dividends, and inheritance through a global tax credit system. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

PM Drew: “Ill-conceived Prison Project issued tens of thousands of citizenships,” which put EU and UK visa-free access in “grave jeopardy.” View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

Antigua & Barbuda’s brinkmanship on MoA implementation, which saw it remain the cheapest Caribbean CIP for a month, appears to have paid off. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

🇵🇦 Panama Scraps Investment Threshold Hikes 🇹🇼 Taiwan’s Elite Card Not What It Seems 🇪🇺 “Growth of CBI in Europe” Expected 🇫🇷 France Flirts with Citizenship Tax 🇰🇳 St Kitts PM Says Reforms Axed Revenue 🇦🇬 Antigua’s MoA Brinkmanship Paid Off 🇮🇳 200k Indians Renouncing Every Year ++ Subscribe to the daily newsletter so you miss any updates from the investment migration industry.

Indians sent 2,800% more money abroad in 2024 than in 2014, and more than 200,000 of them are now giving up citizenship each year. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

Hong Kong reopens door to property investors seeking residency through the CIES – for a premium View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

Could 2025 be the year St Vincent finally joins the CBI club? Opposition promises program if elected, challenging PM’s enduring objection. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

Gov’t warns of blacklisting MM2H agents spreading misinformation; Vincent Fong hopes for potential residence exemption for investors over 50. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

Following the European AG’s thumbs-up for Malta, Bojan Bugarin says Montenegro should process another 1,000 CBI applications. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

Hopes that Trump could end citizenship-based taxation are but a pipe dream, argues David Lesperance. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

Indonesia aims for 1,000 golden visas by the end of 2024, despite issuing only 300 since the program’s inception. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

🇻🇨 New CBI Program Coming to the Caribbean? 🇺🇸 Opinion: US’s Citizenship-Based Taxation Won’t End 🇭🇰 HK’s CIES Reintroduces Real Estate as Investment Option 🇲🇪 Why Montenegro Should Reopen Their CIP Immediately 🇲🇾 Malaysia Cracks Down on Fake News 🇮🇩 Indonesia to Approve 1k Golden Visas by 2025 🌐 Processing Times for 9 of Top 10 Programs Lengthen Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

Processing times for the most popular investment migration programs now range from 2.5 months to more than 3 years. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

San Marino offers many residency paths: elective for investors, entrepreneurial, atypical with reduced taxation, and atypical for retirees. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

Dutch lawmakers push for “fair share” from departing HNWIs, citing lifelong benefits of Dutch society. David Lesperance warns of exodus. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

Canada Startup Visa applicants can now get open, three-year work permits. But it may take over a year to get them. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

Egypt shakes up its CIP rules by allowing shared investments, but adds other critical qualification criteria. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

Skerrit: CIP shutdown risks “dislocation.” Linton: Skerrit’s claim “deliberately misleading” and “disingenuous.” View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .