Paul Flude, Executive Director of GIIC, featured in The Sunday Times: Wealthy foreigners ditch UK for Malta WEALTHY foreigners are abandoning a scheme that allows them to acquire a visa to live in Britain after George Osborne doubled the price to £2m. There was a drop of about 80% in applications to the UK’s investor…
GIIC featured in CNN Money: This Caribbean island makes 25% of its money selling visas For the starting price of just $200,000 you can buy citizenship in the Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua launched its “citizenship by investment program” in 2013, and it has proved so popular that it now accounts for about…
Mykolas Rambus, Chairman of GIIC, featured in Zawya: Can wealthy migrants help solve Europe’s refugee crisis? An Arab family scrambling across borders in Eastern Europe or a young boy washed up on a Turkish beach. These are the main images evoked today when people think of migration. But it is not just a movement restricted…
The Future of Investor Immigration It is clear that we are in the middle of a surge in popularity for investor immigration programs. Looking at trends over the last five years, we can begin to understand what the future may hold for residence by investment programs. The table below contains available data on residence visas…
Global figures discuss tax on HNWs to ease refugee crisis Leading figures in world affairs are meeting today and tomorrow to discuss proposals for a proposed ‘global citizen tax’ – levied on migratory HNWs – to fund aid for the refugee crisis in Europe. Attendees at the Global Citizen Forum in Monaco include Kofi Annan,…
Investor visa issues leave thousands in limbo The world’s most popular investor visa programs face uncertain futures and leave many prospective immigrants in limbo, warned the chair of the Global Investor Immigration Council (GIIC). Investor visa programs in the US, Canada and Hong Kong have been the most popular internationally over recent years, but GIIC…
Wealth-X accepts the founding chair position for the newly-announced industry association Toronto, October 3, 2014 – The Global Citizen Forum 2014, hosted in Toronto, proved to be a launch platform for significant initiatives. On October 3, 2014, its second day, in front of more than 260 delegates, Mykolas Rambus, CEO, Wealth-X, announced the establishment of…
Of all the world’s capital cities, London stands out as a magnet for the super-rich. Along Lancaster Gate, a 350-metre stretch of 19th-century stuccoed houses that traces the north of Kensington Gardens, non-UK nationals have snapped up almost 150 properties worth more than £500m. The same is true in Eaton Place, a mile or so…
