Global Resident

Economic citizenship can be advantageous for wealthy investors in regards to tax planning and optimization.

The Cayman government sought to cool its already lukewarm residency-by-investment market further this May with new rules.

Dominica tries to attract investment to rebuild after taking a direct hit from Hurricane Maria in September.

Turkey’s government is hoping to raise as much as $1 billion a year through a new citizenship-by-investment program.

For the foreign investor, Slovakia’s strategic geographical location provides easy access to business centers throughout the European Union. 

Immigration investment professionals believe Hungary could be mulling a relaunch of its country’s residency bonds program, which offered immigration investors a popular, low-cost entry-point to Europe before its suspension in March.

The small island, which has seen 484 new citizens through the program so far this year, attracts investors with its reduced investment amount and its E-2 visa treaty with United States.

Canada has announced it will admit one million immigrants in the next three years. The plan seeks to address the real labor market and skills shortage and offset an aging population and low birth rate.