News, analysis and updates from the Global Pass advisory team.
Caribbean CBI is changing: the ECCIRA regulator, physical presence rules, stricter due diligence and new thresholds. What it means for investors.
Why a second citizenship or residency matters for high-net-worth families: global mobility, economic stability and new business opportunities.
A look back at the key citizenship and residency by investment news of 2020, as programs adapted to the pandemic and travel restrictions.
Nestor Alfred on how Saint Lucia's citizenship by investment program attracted record application numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Why wealthy Saudi and Gulf families sought second citizenship after the November 2017 Ritz-Carlton detentions, according to advisers interviewed in 2020.
An opinion piece from 2020 on whether countries selling citizenship by investment should disclose their national debt to applicants.
Mohammed Asaria on how COVID-19 shrank the investor pool and what wealthy families wanted from investment migration in 2020.
A 2020 analysis of how citizenship by investment could support development in Eastern Caribbean economies hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cases such as Bulgaria's bribes-for-passports scheme show the EU's real passport-selling risk comes from corrupt officials, not CIPs (2020).
Investment migration people in the news in March 2020, including Mohammed Asaria, Christian Kälin and Mark Davies on routes to the US via Grenada.
Why access to the US E-2 visa drives demand for citizenship programs such as Grenada and Turkey, and why it became a must-have for investors (2019).
Why advisers should urge clients not to wait for a crisis before applying for citizenship by investment, and the trigger events that can derail plans.
