January 25, 2018 - The Canadian passport has been ranked the fourth-most powerful in the world in the latest version of the Passport Index.

According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), investor immigrant approvals in 2014 rose by 7.2 per cent to reach a total of 8,762 approvals, the most since 2011.

March 20, 2019 - Portugal has expanded its golden visa program and introduced a new asset class into which wealthy applicants can invest in to qualify for permanent residence in the country.

May 17, 2017 - The European Union has ruled out putting in place an EU visa restriction for visitors who are citizens of Canada and the US.

More US citizens have renounced their citizenship in the first three months of this year than ever before. This is mainly because of a new aggressive crackdown by the US Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service to enforce tax rules on the foreign income and savings of American expatriates.

March 26, 2020 - US Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced a shift from first-in-first-out processing of EB-5 I-526 petitions to a visa availability approach. This change is set to come into effect from March 31, depending on the impact of shutdowns due to Coronavirus.

For decades, the United States has remained one of the world’s premier destinations for high-net-worth individuals seeking to diversify investments, expand business operations, preserve family wealth, and establish...

November 17, 2017 - The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program has launched a new Business Investor Stream, featuring two updated pathways to Canada permanent residence.

The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program has been turbulent the last few years. The first major change requires a look back in November 2019 when USCIS increased the required investment amounts...

There have been two important developments in the US EB-5 program that can have a significant impact on demand for the program amongst Chinese investors, and also on the way the program is run in the future.

March 11, 2020 - Despite total investment falling by more than 11 percent in 2019 as compared to the previous year, Portugal still netted more than €740 million from wealthy foreign investors applying to its golden visa program.

Malta has launched a revamped residency program designed to boost job creation and enhance the overall standard of living in the country by attracting foreign investment from non EU-nationals seeking fast-track long-term residence in Malta.

As the dust settles from another tumultuous election season in the United States, many business owners and investors are contemplating their next steps.

Malta's IIP program has proven to be contentious, with other EU members voicing concerns about the fast-track sale of EU citizenship being carried out by Malta.

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").

Manager of Green and Spiegel's U.S. Investors and Entrepreneurs Division, Matthew Galati recently co-authored an article for EB-5 Investors Magazine, with CanAm Enterprises' Director, In-house Immigration Counsel, Walter Gindin.

Global business immigration options offering permanent residence or citizenship present many complexities. Attend our webinar and receive insight into the latest program developments in North America, Europe and the Caribbean.

The EB-5 program provides wealthy immigrants with the option of acquiring a coveted US Green Card in a relatively short span of about 4 years.

As an international law firm with over 30 years of experiences working on Canadian immigration matters and over a decade of experience in processing Canada Startup Visa (SUV) applications...

With the UK announcing new tax rules for foreigners living in the country, the government has been careful not to damage the country's appeal to wealthy foreigners.