IMI Podcasts

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IMI Podcasts episodes

February 19, 2025 Regulator Attributes Decline in Malta Citizenship Sales to EU Legal Threats
A belatedly released statistical report reveals the European Commission’s threats against Malta materially harmed its CBI revenue.
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7 min
February 18, 2025 Analyzing EB5’s Financial, Procedural, and Time Risks
Christina Tabacco examines the tradeoffs between increased EB5 regulatory burden and revised processing approaches under the reformed program
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8 min
February 17, 2025 Passport Potpourri: Kuwait Revocations, Cyprus Citizenship Backlog, “Lost Canadians,” and More
The latest updates in Passport Potpourri cover sweeping citizenship purges, stalled reforms, new residency hurdles, and more.
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9 min
February 16, 2025 Divisive Storm Brewing Over IIUSA EB-5 Lawsuit
IIUSA lawsuit challenges USCIS rules on EB-5 investment periods, splitting industry between regional centers and investor advocates.
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9 min
February 15, 2025 Caribbean Launches Regional CIP Regulator Initiative
The Caribbean Five continue to build on their MoA and now aim to address another one of the six principles by establishing a regional regulator.
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3 min
February 14, 2025 Hong Kong Accepts Crypto Assets as Proof of Wealth for CIES
The Hong Kong Investment Promotion Agency confirmed two Chinese investors proved US$3.8m in Bitcoin and Ethereum to qualify for the CIES.
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4 min
February 13, 2025 This Week in IM - Feb 13: 🇭🇰 CIES Accepts Crypto, 🇳🇿 Eases Investor Rules, 🇮🇹 to Vote on Citizenship Req’s, ++
🌴 Caribbean CIPs Launch Regulator
🇺🇸 EB-5 Program Fights Lawsuit
🇭🇰 Confirms Crypto as Proof of Funds
🇮🇹 To Vote in Citizenship Referendum
🇳🇿 Eases Rules on Investor Visa
🌐 Opinion: IMF’s RCBI Report Limited in Scope
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4 min
February 12, 2025 Court Approves Referendum to Halve Italian Naturalization Time
2.5 million foreign residents hang in the balance, Mesina notes, as Italy considers its most consequential citizenship reform in decades.
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6 min
February 11, 2025 New Zealand to Scrap English Test, Slash Investment Requirements for Investor Visa
“No one has ever invested 15 million actual dollars”: New Zealand admits investor visa rules were “an absolute nightmare”.
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4 min
February 10, 2025 A Critical Examination of the IMF’s Assessment of Investment Migration Programs
While dismissing RCBI’s investment impact, IMF’s own regression analysis shows positive correlation with higher approval rates.
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8 min

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IMI's podcasts include the Mobility Standard, where we interview investment migration industry figures, as well as news summaries and articles from imidaily.com.