What Does Trump’s Gold Card Executive Order Mean for US Immigration?
David Lesperance explains whether executive orders are “law,” and analyzes the Gold Card and H-1B policy updates.
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Reasonable Doubt
Will The Trump Card Solve the US Debt Problem? Analyzing 4 Potential Markets
David Lesperance breaks down the four types of “Trump Card” clients to determine whether Trump’s program can solve the US debt problem.
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How to Get British Citizenship Via Residency in a British Overseas Territory
David Lesperance explains how long-term residency in British Overseas Territories can lead to British citizenship
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The Potential Implications of Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
Millions face uncertainty as administration plans to deny passports and benefits to those it deems ineligible for citizenship under new order
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The Known Unknowns of Investment Migration in 2025
David Lesperance lists his 2025 predictions for investment migration, covering both “known and unknown knowns” of the global market for RCBI.
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Lesperance: Why Trump Will Not End Citizenship-Based Taxation
Hopes that Trump could end citizenship-based taxation are but a pipe dream, argues David Lesperance.
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Essential Immigration and Tax Strategies for Canadians Moving Abroad
David Lesperance reveals why affluent Canadians are fleeing, how they’re dodging the exit tax, and the “fire escape” plans they need to know.
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Whichever Way SCOTUS Rules in Moore Case, The Result Will Be More US Citizenship Renunciations
If the court says taxing unrealized capital gains is constitutional, more Americans will give up their citizenship. Ditto if it goes the other way, says David Lesperance.
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Three Things You Should Expect From Investment Migration in 2024
David Lesperance makes three predictions for the investment migration market in 2024, and takes stock of how his predictions for 2023 did.
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Should Chinese RCBI Investors Be Worried? Wailian Raid, Chinese Officials in Vanuatu Are Smoke Signals
Was the Wailian case really only about capital controls? Assuming so is to engage in “magical thinking,” writes David Lesperance.
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Terrorists, Criminals, and Money Launderers Are NOT Using Caribbean CIPs, So What’s the Real Objection?
Scoundrels have many easier and cheaper ways than CBI to get into first-world countries, argues David Lesperance. So why all the “concern”?
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Is the UK About to Push Over the First Domino Leading to the End of Small-Country CIPs?
The UK may restrict visa-free access for countries where “Chinese spies” can buy citizenship. This may start a domino effect, says David Lesperance.
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Lesperance: 6 Predictions About the Investment Migration Market in 2023
David Lesperance goes on the record with six falsifiable predictions for events he expects in the investment migration market this year.
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London’s HNWI Expats Breathe Sigh of Relief as Non-Dom System Gets Tenuous New Lease on Life
The new Chancellor of the Exchequer will keep the UK’s remittance-based tax system. His Labour successor will not, writes David Lesperance.
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The Crypto Investor’s 5-Step Roadmap to a Low-Tax Life in a New Jurisdiction
David Lesperance outlines the five carefully planned steps crypto investors must take to successfully upgrade to a better tax jurisdiction.
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Even for The Super-Rich, Citizenship by Descent is Extremely Useful: Lessons From Abramovich
Abramovich recently picked up another citizenship by descent, this time in Portugal. Millions more should do the same, says David Lesperance.
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Pandora Papers: Lessons for Investment Migration Advisors and Clients
Groups like ICIJ will keep leaking private financial data but, with the right structures, it needn’t be a problem, explains David Lesperance.
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Lesperance to Morgan: Here’s Evidence Most US Missions Won’t Take Renunciation Appointments
Morgan claimed David Lesperance was spreading misinformation and called for “validated facts”. Today, Lesperance delivers just that in spades.
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Think Your Client Has Until Dec 31st to Get Portugal GV Under Old Rules? Think Again
While applying under current rules is possible until the end of the year, in practice, you have until the end of September, writes David Lesperance.
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Expansion of AML Obligations on IM Firms: Natural Evolution or Death Knell for Boutique Operators?
The European Commission aims to make IM providers “Obliged Entities”. David Lesperance asks: Can the EC do that? And would it be a problem?
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