Free – October 28: MPI Video Chat – The Global Boom in Investor Immigration: What Are the Lessons For Policymakers?

Nadine Goldfoot
Partner, Fragomen

Madeleine Sumption
Director of Research, International Program, MPI

and moderated by
Elizabeth Collett
 Director, MPI Europe
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
9:30 A.M. EDT; 8:30 A.M. CDT; 7:30 A.M. MDT; 6:30 A.M. PDT;
2:30 P.M. BST/WEST; 3:30 P.M. CEST; 4:30 P.M. EEST

The past decade has witnessed an extraordinary boom in investor immigration. From the rapidly expanding EB-5 visa in the United States to Malta’s controversial “cash for citizenship” policy and a host of programs across Europe and the Caribbean, governments around the world are increasingly offering residence rights or citizenship to wealthy individuals in return for a significant economic investment. These trends raise a host of policy questions. Which programs are most attractive for investors? Are destination countries getting a good deal? How can governments prevent the security lapses and corruption scandals that some investor programs have suffered? Is the thriving industry of middlemen who market the programs sufficiently regulated?

Join event speakers for a discussion on these questions and MPI’s report Selling Visas and Citizenship: Policy Questions from the Global Boom in Investor Immigration.

To ask a question of the presenters, email communications@migrationpolicy.org or tweet your question to @MigrationPolicy using #MPIinvestor