From Laissez-Passer to Biometric Passports Many conflicting stories float around about the actual origin of the concept of the passport. Britain and France come neck to neck in the invention of the concept. However, the word passport can be unequivocally…
What is the pathway to freedom of movement for citizens of African countries? In part one, we made the sad finding that Africans are by far the worst affected by the European visa hurdle. Aside from having the highest rate of…
This article looks at the difference between the concepts of Citizenship, Passport, Residency and Golden Visa. When looking into investment programmes to become a citizen and obtain a second passport, or apply for resident in a country, keep in mind…
The world is getting increasingly hard to navigate. And COVID has just added a new challenge to freedom of movement. But well before the pandemic, OECD countries had been for years tightening their requirements on the granting of visas to…
The concept of trust is a difficult one. Most private clients, especially those coming from civil law jurisdictions, struggle with it and are often not totally comfortable with the idea of “putting their assets into a trust”. They have many…
We will be delighted to meet you in Moscow from 10th to 20th April 2018. The three founding partners of Shorex Capital will be speaking at the following events in Moscow this month to address international mobility, relocation issues, residency…
The Editor-in-chief of Les Echos, Lucie Robequain, contacted me at the end of last year to help her write an article on Second Citizenship. Les Echos can be considered as the French Financial Times, though it has of course a…
An excellent event on citizenship and real estate investment took place last October: The Cannes International Emigration & Luxury Property Expo. All the main citizenship and residency programs were represented and I was invited to deliver a presentation on how…
The Trump ban is only the beginning of a wider call for extreme vetting spreading fast across the developed world. This article looks at the growing clampdown on freedom of movement and explores the solution for citizens of targeted countries…
The appropriate use of funds generated by economic citizenship programs has long been a bone of contention in the Caribbean, where several of countries are offering second citizenships to generate revenue for their economies. Data provided by Caribbean governments has…
