📊 Q3 RCBI Program Processing Times Out Now
🇸🇱 Becomes World’s Most Inclusive CIP
🇬🇧 Weighs 20% Exit Tax
🌐 OECD Reveals Foreign Property Data Exchange
🇫🇷 Rejects Wealth, Citizenship-Based Taxes
🇲🇾 Unveils New Due Diligence Measures
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UK's proposed 20% exit tax could trigger a massive wealth exodus. Rachel Reeves plans to tax unrealized gains when UK-based high-net-worth individuals leave Britain, potentially raising £2B or backfiring spectacularly. Tax lawyer and IMI Pro Marco Messina warns the mere announcement may accelerate relocations as undecided millionaires won't wait for Parliament's verdict.

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Sierra Leone now has the most flexible dependent criteria worldwide, allowing multiple families to qualify under one investment.

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IMI Official Partners Daisy Joseph Andall and Patrick Peters reveal the new 30-day residency requirement coming to all five Caribbean CIPs and why it may be an opportunity rather than a obstacle. Recorded at IMI Connect Rome, this video will expose how a unified Caribbean move could save EU visa waivers and boost Caribbean citizenship by investment programs long-term.

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The proposed levy could take effect as soon as November 26; Marco Mesina warns that the proposal itself could accelerate capital flight.

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The OECD’s new agreement adds real estate to the global web of tax data already covering bank accounts and cryptocurrency.

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Seven countries have engineered radical approaches to personal freedom that most governments refuse to admit are possible – from abolished armies to zero income tax to citizens who can literally fire their king. These jurisdictions prove that sovereignty, wealth protection, and individual liberty can coexist when state power is limited by design.

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Socialist abstention killed citizenship tax by one vote. Lawmakers then rejected Zucman wealth tax.

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New security protocols require international background checks and intelligence screening for all MM2H applicants.

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Stephen Barnes, program architect of Sierra Leone's GO-FOR-GOLD residency initiative, reveals how 4,000 families will secure citizenship in 90 days – without traditional CBI legislation. Africa's fastest-growing economy chose special naturalization over citizenship by investment: What does this mean for the industry's future? Watch to discover the program parameters and why this non-CRS jurisdiction is attracting investors.

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André Miranda characterized the minister’s statements as “very offensive and shameless.” Madalena Monteiro finds it “hard to believe in any promises.”

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🇼🇸 Proposes CBI Price Cuts
🇵🇹 to Resolve GV Backlog by 2026
🇸🇹 CIP Origin Story Revealed
🇶🇦 Unveils $200K RBI Program
🇲🇹 Revokes 1st CBI Citizenship
🇵🇹 to Extend Citizenship Path to 7-10 Years
🇺🇲 Proposes Major EB-5 Fee Cuts
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Chamber proposes SAT$2M threshold tied to creating 15 skilled jobs or 50 total positions depending on sector.

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IMI Pro Mona Shah breaks down why Trump's Gold and Platinum Card proposals are unlikely to succeed, revealing critical intel on upcoming EB-5 program changes that could raise investment thresholds. Do H-1B curtailments signal a major shift in US immigration policy? What does this mean for Chinese and Indian investors facing unprecedented backlogs?

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Henseler says it took 18 months of hard work, market insight, and “a little bit of luck” to bring São Tomé’s CIP to life.

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The new threshold could give Qatar’s program a price edge over regional rivals such as the UAE, albeit with caveats.

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Jeffrey Henseler, Chairman of Passport Legacy and IMI Person of the Year 2025, reveals how he built São Tomé and Príncipe's citizenship by investment program in just 18 months. Discover the untold story of the program's lofty year 1 goals, the strict agent requirements, and what made this launch different from every other CIP in the market.

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Malta revoked Semen Kuksov's citizenship after he was sentenced to five years in UK prison for money laundering.

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Counting begins at residence permit issuance, potentially adding a further 2-3 years to the naturalization timeline.

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Pablo Ostrick from Holborn Pass reveals why Dubai's Golden Visa program is poised for explosive growth as 81,200 millionaires have already made the move to this low-tax haven. Learn about the 10-year residency program's requirements and why professionals expect Dubai to become even more dominant as wealthy individuals seek alternatives to increasingly restrictive policies in Europe and North America.

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Matthew Galati welcomes the proposal but argues it amounts to a concession that DHS overcharged EB‑5 investors for 18 months.

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After the European Commission ruled Malta's Citizenship by Investment program illegal, what's left for investment migration options in the small Mediterranean EU country? Malta-based IMI Pros James Muscat Azzopardi and Ryan Darmanin explain how the newly revealed citizenship by merit constitutional clause works and how investors can get involved.

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🇦🇪 Offers Consular Services to GV Holders
🇪🇺 to Vote on Visa Waiver Suspension System
🇨🇦 Debuts AI at Borders. Who’s Next?
🇨🇦 Startup Visa Wait Tops 10 Years
🇫🇷 Wealth Tax in Limbo as Gov’t Collapses Again
🏆 IMI Person of the Year Crowned
🇵🇹 to Raise Property Tax on Non-Residents
🇩🇲 Unveils 4-Country Residency Rights
🇧🇼 Registers 464 in First Week Online
🌐 How to Win the 142k Moving Millionaires
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The proposal would once again place high-earning French nationals in the sights of domestic taxation rules even after they leave the country.

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Two new proposals means the vote was postponed to tomorrow, but the death of a former PM may push it further.

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