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ARTICLE · 02 AUGUST 2021

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A Complete Guide To Residency And Citizenship-by-Investment (Part I)

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This 3-part HLG article series will provide a comprehensive overview of dominant trends of immigration and detail the growing trend toward residency and citizenship-by-investment programs ("RCBI").

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This 3-part HLG article series will provide a comprehensive overview of dominant trends of immigration and detail the growing trend toward residency and citizenship-by-investment programs ("RCBI").

Immigration is a global phenomenon. People from around the world take different routes to migrate to countries with better prospects.

A UN report puts the total number of international immigrants at 272 million or over 3.5% of the global population, with three out of four international migrants belonging to the working-age group.

These migrations have created the revolutionary concepts of 'Residency-by-investment' and 'Citizenship-by-investment' (or "RCBI") under an Investment Immigration industry that is well worth over 3.5 billion dollars in 2020.

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