Controversies & Malpractice
THE PITFALLS OF POORLY REGULATED INVESTOR IMMIGRATION PROGRAMS AND FRAUDULENT AGENTS AND ADVISORS.
Immigration, residence and citizenship have always been sensitive matters that have attracted strongly opposing views and generated debate and controversy. Investor immigration is,
in many cases, more polarizing than general immigration.Poor planning, implementation and regulation of investor immigration programs in the past has severely damaged the industry’s reputation. With a maligned reputation, media and the public are drawn more to negative stories and details of program failures than they are to success stories.
In this section the Global Investor Immigration Council examines the mistakes the industry has made in the past in order to understand how such mistake can be avoided in the future.
It also looks at how many failings have been rectified and how ongoing reform continues to enhance the long-term viability of the industry. All industry participants, including both service providers and governments offering investor immigration programs, should be aware of the lessons learned in both the successes and failures of the last 30 years.