The Investment Immigration Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Join our podcast for in-depth discussions with leading investment immigration professionals, where we cover the latest global developments, news and best practices impacting citizenship and residency by investment.
In the latest episode of the Investment Immigration Podcast by Uglobal, James Hall, owner and founder of ANZ Migrate, helps us navigate the diverse landscape of visa routes for foreigners in Australia. Hall provides a comprehensive overview of the prevailing immigration programs in both Australia and New Zealand. He sheds light on the intricacies of the immigration system, elucidating the processes, criteria, and requirements essential for prospective applicants.
In the latest Investment Immigration Podcast by Uglobal, David Crawford, Partner at Fragomen Global, talks to host Salman Siddiqui to unravel the various immigration pathways available for foreign business leaders and entrepreneurs in Canada through the federal Start-up Visa program as well as provincial residency-by-investment routes.
The Cayman's $2 million real estate route is one of many doors open for residency by investment in the islands. In this latest episode of the Uglobal Investment Immigration Podcast, Guest Nicolas Joseph, a Partner at HSM Chambers, also discusses a popular 25-year residency option for many foreign investors seeking a second home. Learn about the islands’ citizenship situation, governed by the UK, and the flexibility of permanent residence. Joseph also explains nuances of property ownership, renewal options, and real estate trends, showcasing Cayman Islands' global appeal.
In this episode of the Investment Immigration Podcast by Uglobal, we dive into the best residency investment routes available to HNWIs and investors in the Dominican Republic, as per the expertise of Maria Abreu, CEO and managing attorney of Abreu & Associates Immigration Services. Our guest explains how the fast-track route works, what to consider when pursuing the real estate option, and breaks down the landscape of the country’s RBI offerings.
The Bahamas, a Caribbean island nation, offers many enticing residency-by-investment pathways, including real estate and FinTech investments. In this episode of the Uglobal Investment Immigration Podcast, Simone Smith-Bean, managing director at Smith Bean & Co., explains the various investment options available in the Bahamas, and discusses how the Commonwealth nation became attractive to FinTech companies and their founders thanks to a recent legislation.
In the latest episode of the Uglobal Investment Immigration Podcast, Dragana Andreyev, Marketing Manager at NTL Trust, discusses the attractive residency and citizenship options for foreign investors and entrepreneurs in Paraguay and Uruguay. Andreyev debunks the myths surrounding these Latin American countries and explains how they provide a flexible path from temporary residency to citizenship. We also learn about the growing interest among North Americans in these residency programs and how these Latin American nations are becoming more appealing.
In this episode of the Investment Immigration Podcast by Uglobal, we delve into investment immigration options for foreign investors and entrepreneurs in Italy. Alessia Ajelli, senior associate at the law firm LCA, discusses with our host Salman Siddiqui the changes to investment thresholds for different Investor Visa streams, and they explore the impacts of the potential scrapping the attractive ”Lavoratori Impatriati” tax regime which gives foreigners reduced taxes when they move to Italy.
In this new episode of the Investment Immigration Podcast by Uglobal, we delve into Australia's Business Innovation and Investment Program (BIIP) and its imminent overhaul. From financial thresholds to asset value fluctuations, Venkateswaran Palat Krishnan, an immigration lawyer and legal practitioner at Ven Waran, discusses with host Salman Siddiqui the intricacies of Australian visas for investors and entrepreneurs, while revealing the BIIP streams that could soon be scrapped.
In the newest episode of the Investment Immigration Podcast by Uglobal, we delve into Canada's Start-up Visa program with Julien Tétrault, president of JTH Lawyers. We discuss the requirements and perks of launching and expanding startups in Canada, how the Start-up Visa program has evolved to cater to a wider range of entrepreneurs, and get an in-depth look into the program's three streams; Incubator Stream, Angel Fund Stream, and Venture Capital Fund Stream.
We take a deep dive into the popular Turkish CBI program in the aftermath of the country's recent neck-to-neck elections. In this episode of the Investment Immigration Podcast by Uglobal , Halime Taştan Daşbilek, founder of Dasbilek & Associates, sheds light on recent and anticipated changes, investor profiles, and investment routes within the program. She also shares expert insights with our host Salman Siddiqui on the recent regulatory shifts affecting foreign exchange in real estate transactions.
Portugal’s golden visa program has recently scrapped its widely popular real estate route; however other available routes continue to be viewed favorably by investors. In the latest episode of the Investment Immigration Podcast by Uglobal, Raquel de Matos Esteves, founding partner of RME Legal, sheds lights on the requirements and processes of the alternative routes, and delves into the political motivations behind recent and anticipated changes to the golden visa program.
The real estate option under UAE's coveted Golden Visa residency comes with a hefty investment threshold of 2 million Emirati dirhams. In this episode of the Investment Immigration Podcast by Uglobal, Hourieh Memar, CEO of MICS Global, explains why this 10-year residency option opens many doors for international investors, entrepreneurs, and skilled professionals. She touches down on the application process, timeline, and the many perks of doing business in the UAE with the golden visa.
Brazil offers a program similar to a golden visa program, known as the investment visa. In this episode of the Investment Immigration Podcast by Uglobal, our guest Sergio Botinha, head attorney at Botinha & Cabral International Law Assistance, explains the two distinct immigration paths – real estate and generic investment – that grant expats residency in the South American nation. We also delve into the diverse sectors enticing foreigners to invest in Brazil, from technology startups to scenic beachfront properties.
Discover how the French Tech Visa, also known as the Talent Passport, is the golden route for foreign investors, startup founders, and entrepreneurs seeking to settle in France. In this episode of the Investment Immigration Podcast by Uglobal, Clarisse Delaitre, an immigration attorney at Majorelle Avocats, breaks down the key benefits of this visa, including a four-year residence permit, family inclusion, and the potential path to permanent residency or citizenship.
Explore the complexities of Dutch immigration policies as the country approaches its general elections this November. In the latest Investment Immigration Podcast by Uglobal, Jeroen Maas, partner at Delissen Martens, helps unpack how the Dutch government upheaval, driven by immigration disagreements, sets the stage for a potential revamp of immigration policies. Amid housing and carbon crises, learn how the Netherlands aims to tighten immigration rules. We explore whether the RBI program could be revived and dig deep into the innovative Startup Residency program, among other pressing immigration matters.
We discuss the changing immigration laws in Germany with Alexander von Engelhardt, a business immigration lawyer in Berlin. We explore the impact of the reforms on HNWIs and the challenges they face in owning shares, directing companies, and navigating German banking hurdles. We also provide an update on proposed changes to the country's naturalization law and measures to attract highly skilled foreign workers.
Brazil offers a popular digital nomad visa, driven by the country’s favorable exchange rates for foreigners. In the latest Investment Immigration Podcast by Uglobal, Alessandro Jacob, founder of Alves Jacob law, shares with our host Salman Siddiqui the eligibility, renewal process, and tax benefits that come with the digital nomad visa. Additionally, they discuss investor visa options, including investing in real estate or creating a company.
As Australia's government tweaks its Business Innovation & Investment visa program, applicants worry about delays in processing times. In this episode, Mihan Hannan, Partner at Hannan Tew Lawyers, explains the changes as the government aims to control where investments go. He also delves into the various streams of the investor visa program, the innovative pathways for startup founders, and the road to Australian citizenship.
A high income economy with significant GDP per capita, New Zealand is a developed country with many perks to offer its immigrants and investors. It also offers the Active Investor Plus Visa as a residency by investment option. We discover more about this program with Simon Laurent, founder at Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, in the latest Investment Immigration Podcast by Uglobal.
With a strategic location in the heart of Central America, Belize is an underrated business and economy hub in which English is the official language. The country also offers global investors with attractive CBI routes, which we explore in this latest Investment Immigration Podcast by Uglobal with Ryan Wrobel, partner at Wrobel & Co., and our host Salman Siddiqui.
Iceland offers four residency options, being its skilled workers' visa the most direct entry for foreign businesspeople and entrepreneurs wishing to live and work in the country. We explore these routes with Claudia Ashanie Wilson, CEO at Claudia & Partners, and our host Salman Siddiqui, in the latest Investment Immigration Podcast by Uglobal.
With Europe’s second highest GDP-per-capita, Norway is one of the continent’s most desired destinations for investment-based immigration. The country also has a lesser known residency by investment program which provides its applicants with routes to live and conduct business in the country. We explore these routes in the latest Investment Immigration Podcast by Uglobal, in discussion between Thomas Reinholdt, partner at Reinholdt Advokatfirma, and our host Salman Siddiqui.
Luxembourg is a small and wealthy EU nation nestled between France, Germany and Belgium. In 2017, it launched its Residence by Investment program to attract wealthy non-EU nationals to live and invest within its borders. In this new episode of the Investment Immigration Podcast by Uglobal, we explore Luxembourg's RBI offerings with Cora Maglo, founder of Cerno Law.
Digital Nomad visas have been on the rise since the onset of the pandemic, and Costa Rica is one nation that offers a great legal base for global digital nomads. In the latest episode of the Investment Immigration Podcast by Uglobal, we explore the country’s residency routes for remote workers and digital nomads with Hernan Duarte, partner lawyer at Simple Legal Consulting.
Since 2013, Antigua and Barbuda has raised more than $200 million from investment immigration. In this episode of the Investment Immigration Podcast by Uglobal, we go in-depth with our guest Kevin Hosam, founder and chairman of EC Holdings, exploring how this citizenship by investment program works. What is the application process and what factors attract foreign investors to the program?
Italy offers a number of visas designed to attract investors and entrepreneurs who intend to move to the country and gain EU mobility. In this episode of the Investment Immigration Podcast by Uglobal, Marco Mazzeschi, founder lawyer of Mazzeschi SRL, explores with our host Salman Siddiqui the different routes for residency that investors and entrepreneurs can pursue in Italy.
Belgium offers applicants the chance to obtain a residence permit and a potential path to citizenship by investing in its economy. In this episode of the Investment Immigration Podcast by Uglobal, we explore the details of Belgium’s investor visas in a conversation with Emmanuelle Halabi, lawyer and founder of Belgium-based immigration law firm, Halabi & Associates.
Latvia's residency-by-investment program has been around for over a decade, yet it’s now getting more attention than ever as other EU programs shut down. Philippe May, CEO of EC Holdings, explains why foreign investors are taking an interest in the program and the investment options on offer. In this episode, we will discuss why Latvia remains a viable EU RBI destination despite the tricky political situation in Europe, and discover the truth behind the media-reported elimination of its real estate option.
In this episode, we look closely at the St Kitts and Nevis Citizenship-by-Investment program, including its requirements, benefits and investment amounts. Learn how to get a second passport to this Caribbean destination during a chat with Stacey Ann Aberdeen, attorney at Aberdeen Law, and Uglobal, as they take a deep dive into the two-island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis, which boasts the world’s longest running citizenship-by-investment program.
Malaysia’s PVIP was launched as a new investment visa in late 2022. Find out what the criteria and investment options are during a conversation between Kyan Yap, Chief Executive Officer at MYPVIP, and Uglobal.
Located in the Western Caribbean, Cayman Islands is a short flight from Miami and investors of the area benefit financially from a tax neutral status. Daniel Altneu, Managing Associate at Bedell Cristin, joins the UGlobal podcast to discuss the criteria and benefits of this residency by investment program.
The Caribbean islands of Antigua & Barbuda is an attractive option for people seeking citizenship by investment. What are the pros and cons of investment immigration in Antigua and Barbuda? How long does the process take? Uglobal host Salman Siddiqui sits down with Elmsbridge co-founder Kal Dobbin to discuss the Antigua and Barbuda immigration by investment program.
Meeting UK's investment immigration requirements for the Innovator founder visa program can be complex for people with existing businesses. UK immigration attorney Atef Elmarakby, joins Uglobal to discuss the country’s residency by investment route, focusing on how business owners can transfer their business to the UK to meet the investment immigration requirements.
NFT tokens, built on blockchain, are enabling new tracking, marketing and pricing options for hotel rooms. Arul Prakash, founder and CEO of Buk Technology, joins host Robin Trimingham to explain how blockchain tech is being implemented across the hospitality industry and its impact on the sale of rooms.
After the recent announcement to extend the deadline to increase the investment amounts for Greece's golden visa program, Vasiliki Papaloi joins Uglobal to talk about important aspects of the Greek residency by investment program, who the investors are and the latest news surrounding the Greek program.
Namibia in Africa has launched a pilot residency-by-investment program, aiming to attract foreign investors from nearby South Africa. What are the benefits for investors and what is the application and investment process? Dominic Volek from Henley and Partners joins Uglobal to talk about this new tax and immigration opportunity in Africa.
Michelle Hammond, vice president at Offshore Circle, joins Uglobal to talk about residency by investments strategies and digital nomad visas for Panama as well as the updated regulations for the country’s investment immigration routes.
Diogo Capela, co-managing partner of Lamares, Capela & Associados, joins the Uglobal podcast to talk about what is happening with Portugal’s investment immigration industry in light of the latest development of Portugal’s prime minister announcing the end of the Golden Visa program.
Diogo Capela, co-managing partner of Lamares, Capela & Associados, joins the Uglobal podcast to talk about what is happening with Portugal’s investment immigration industry in light of the latest development of Portugal’s prime minister announcing the end of the Golden Visa program.
Salman chats with Catalin Trifan, director of sales for the MENA Region for Discus Worldwide, about the UAE residency options through real estate, and the difference between the UAE Green Visa and Golden Visa; And which is more appealing to high-net-worth individuals.
Today we're chatting with Alexander Rangel, CEO of Grupo SIEspaña, about the launch of new immigration visa types in Spain, specifically the Digital Nomad Visa and the Non-Lucrative Visa and how these visas would appeal to certain types of entrepreneurs and freelancers.
As we enter a new year, investment immigration trends continue to grow and change. Andrés Solimano, founder of the International Center for Globalization and Development, talks with host Salman Siddiqui about what is happening with residency and citizenship by investment programs around the world, why some are ending while others are launching new types of visas.
In this episode we're discussing New Zealand’s recently launched Active Investor Plus program. How does it differ from previous programs? Our guest Venkateswaran Krishnan, Immigration Lawyer at Ven Waran legal practice, also shares his insight about New Zealand’s other options and how the pandemic impacted the country’s investment immigration.
Explore permanent residency options in South America, specifically Uruguay and Paraguay, with Philippe May, Chief Executive Officer of EC Holdings. What benefits will investors get by pursuing a residency by investment visa in these South American countries? What are the visa requirements and how long before investors can apply for citizenship? How do these programs compare to other global RCBI programs?
Canada has a lot to offer entrepreneurs who are looking to start a new business and immigrate with their families. In this episode, David Crawford, Partner at Fragomen Worldwide, tells Podcast Host Salman Siddiqui how foreign investors could look for local partners and business concepts that thrive in Canadian markets. He shares that the key is to come up with a successful business plan that also gets approved by the immigration authorities.
Even though the EU Council decided to suspend its visa-waiver with Vanuatu’s Citizenship By Investment (CBI) program, there are other benefits to get a passport to the South Pacific Ocean nation, says Laszlo Kiss, the owner of Discus Holdings Ltd. In this episode, he explains the impact of the EU Council’s decision and discusses how the recent change in government could affect investment immigration policies and what needs to be done soon to improve the country’s CBI program.
Greece’s residency by investment program could soon get a lot more expensive. The minimum investment amount is expected to increase to about 500,000 euros. Mary Tsiganou, vice president of the Athens-based firm Synergia SA, running the brand name Golden Visa Greece by Energopiisi, chats with podcast host Salman Siddiqui about the reason for this change and what impact it could have on the country’s program. She also explains why investors looking to get properties in the capital and its suburbs shouldn’t wait to invest. Tsiganou also talks about the latest trends in the program, and why Americans, Brits and Turks are increasingly opting for the Greek program.
Find out what impact Covid had on the investment immigration trends for Indian investors looking to increase global mobility for their families. Many Indian HNWIs are looking to own vacation homes in Europe as part of their golden visa residency packages, as well as getting access to higher education for their children, said Sandhya Kapoor, director of Active Avenues. She also talks about the motivations for investors to seek second residencies abroad and why many do not opt for second passports.
With the launch of its new Startup Residence program, Malta offers several residency options to foreigners seeking to move to Malta. Charlotte Brun, a Business Development Associate at the Malta division of Vistra Limited, sits down with Investment Immigration Podcast host Salman Siddiqui, to discuss her prediction that the country’s investment immigration pathways are set for even further growth in the coming years. Brun touches upon the topic of how the European Commission continues to critique the country’s investment immigration program. She also sheds light on how her company guides clients through the maze of residency options, and why British and American citizens are rushing in to gain Maltese residency.
With Italy’s recent political changes, many investors are wondering how it will impact their immigration process to the country. Milan-based Alessia Ajelli, a senior associate at the law firm LCA, chats with Uglobal about the political developments and how she doesn’t expect them to impact its residency by investment program. Ajelli also talks about the country's new digital nomad visa and why it hasn’t been officially launched despite approved. This podcast also explores what the future can hold for investors who want to move to Italy by investing into the country’s real estate market.
Bulgaria's citizenship by investment program has been facing challenges for the past couple of years. Alexander Dobrinov, managing director at Citizenship and Investment Ltd., sits down with host Salman Siddiqui in this latest Uglobal Immigration Podcast episode to discuss Bulgaria’s investment immigration program and it’s future.
He explains that while the opportunity to gain permanent residency in Bulgaria via investment still remains open, individuals interested in gaining EU immigration status as a foreign investor may find that the door in Bulgaria is open just for a limited time, so it’s best to get in while you still can.
Julien Tétrault, Canadian immigration consultant and president of JTH Lawyers Inc. in Montreal, sits down with Salman Siddiqui, host of The Investment Immigration Podcast, to discuss the Canadian investment immigration program.
Specifically, they discuss how entrepreneurs and other high net worth individuals can avoid common red flags when applying for a Canadian investment visa, as well as providing an overview of the Canadian residence application process and the programs current status.
Christopher Willis, Managing Director at Latitude, is closely watching the political developments in the US and advises other investment immigration professionals to do the same. In a candid conversation about the state of the global investment immigration industry, Willis says he anticipates a surge in applications from the country in the next few months following the upcoming mid-term elections.
The seasoned professional, who has lived all over the world and is currently based in the Cayman Islands, tells The Investment Immigration Podcast Host, Salman Siddiqui, that while investment immigration programs in Europe are expected to emphasize residency programs as opposed to citizenship opportunities to alleviate the concerns of the European Commission, solutions still exist for HNWIs looking to quickly get a powerful second or third passport in the post-pandemic world. One quick way is to get a passport from a Caribbean country first while they wait for their citizenship applications to mature in Europe following years of residencies and due diligence checks, he adds.
On this insightful conversation, Frederico Seixas, Member of the Investment Migration Council and a great referent on the field of immigration, explains to us the existent real estate investment options as well as Portugal's golden visa program and the recent changes announced earlier this year that restricts investors from tapping into the real estate market in Lisbon and Porto.
He also talks to us about delays at Portugal's immigration authority, the SEF and the impact of the pandemic on the investment immigration business.