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by Ahmad Abbas, Business Development Professional of Reach Immigration The premise of citizenship was cultivated many a millennium ago. To be a citizen is a term that has been defined time and time again throughout history. It was Ancient Rome however, that truly defined citizenship. The Republic broke it down to a plethora of divisions; with the rights granted varying depending on the division or tier of citizenship a certain person possessed. The term Civitas, which means citizenship in Ancient Rome, was a coveted one. No other status in the world held as much grandeur as a Roman Citizen. The…

by Dr. Christian H. Kälin, Chairman of Henley & Partners Back in the mid-1980s, when modern investment migration was in its infancy, the overwhelmingly positive benefits of residence- and citizenship-by-investment programs for the nations that host them were not yet widely appreciated. However, beginning with St. Kitts & Nevis in the Caribbean, sovereign states demonstrated that offering citizenship benefits to high-net-worth investors could quickly transform the fortunes of overleveraged economies. These days, it is globally acknowledged that investment migration programs offer profound benefits to both investors and host nations. Going from strength to strength One of the industry’s unique and…

by Armand Arton, Founder & President, Arton Capital The past year’s hurricane season in the Caribbean exhibited some empathy following the catastrophic trail of storms in 2017. Documented as one of the strongest hurricanes ever observed in the Atlantic, Hurricane Irma hardly left a tree or building standing in Barbuda, and a few weeks later, Hurricane Maria followed suit, devastating the island of Dominica. The severity of the hurricane’s impact was recorded and streamed live on Facebook by Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit. “We do not know what is happening outside,” Skerrit posted on the social media site. “We not dare…