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Global Investment Immigration Summit: Highlights citizenship by investment in Caribbean nations

citizenship by investment programmes of Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis and St Lucia

Monday, 22nd October 2018

The people looking to immigrate are facing a tough trial. Visa norms and allowances are being significantly tightened leading to immigration expectant face an unsure future.

Investment immigration is coming up to be a necessary and strategic tool for families providing immediate access and permanent residency or passports even as people seek to improve their quality of life or expanding lifestyle choice, educating & settling children abroad, exploring professional & business opportunities and creating a global wealth portfolio.

With the trend spurting in India the Global Investment Immigration Summit 2018 (GIIS18) was organised at Banglore on October 20-21, over 500 persons participated in the event including Bollywood industry professionals, lawyers, direct investors, immigration and investment agents, students and their families, who seek greater global mobility.

What is GIIS18 all about?

The Summit was a two-day-long event, where first half dedicated to program introductions and a panel discussion while the second half features country specific investment option(s) at a formal interaction kiosk with participating countries / programs / investments / professionals.

A London based BLS Media organised the two-day conference and saw experts in the investor immigration industry share the latest developments in residence and citizenship by investment.

CS Global Partners, one of the leading international advisory were headline sponsors of the event, supporting the governments of St Kitts and Nevis, Dominica and St Lucia as the official marketing promoters of their citizenship by investment programmes.

[caption id="attachment_11788" align="alignnone" width="500"] Bollywood actress Raveena Tondon[/caption]

Bollywood collaborated with the Caribbean as famous actress Raveena Tandon participated in the event. Bollywood beauty delivered the opening speech and attended the displays of the Caribbean countries that are said to offer the best second citizenship for investors and their families.

While thanking Tondon, Paul Singh, Director of CS Global Partners said they appreciate Tandon’s kind gesture of helping promote the citizenship by investment programmes of Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis and St Lucia, as these countries are known for giving back to the community, whether local or global.

What are these countries offering in return for investment?

Dominica has seen incredible solidarity lately as it makes impressive strides in promoting climate resilience and using citizenship by investment funds to do this. Namely, their Economic Diversification Fund is made up of applicants’ contributions worth at least US$100,000 each, which have helped build stronger homes in Dominica, better infrastructure, sponsor bright students and even save the lives of several critically-ill children.

The investors who succeed in passing the due diligence checks are offered greater visa-free travel, new avenues for wealth diversification, such as investing in the tourism sector of these Caribbean islands, and a legacy for their families and future generations to benefit from it in return.

St Kitts and Nevis is an attraction for the inventors who like the concept of citizenship by investment. The twin-island Caribbean nation recently introduced a new investment option – the Sustainable Growth Fund – which requires for a US$150,000 contribution per the main applicant in exchange for its valuable citizenship that can offer visa-free/visa-on-arrival travel to over 155 countries.

While St Lucia continues to appeal to globally minded individuals by offering a wider choice of investments, amongst which are world-class real estate brands that, besides being eligible for the St Lucian citizenship by investment programme, also double as a luxury second homes or an income-generating investment.