Global Residence and Citizenship Programs 2016. Henley & Partners

Compliance

      

Investment Requirements

      

Total Costs

      

Time to Citizenship

      

Citizenship Requirements

      Global Citizenship Program Index (GCPI)

      

Reputation

      

Quality of Life

      

Visa-Free Access

      

Processing Time and Quality of Processing

      

Compliance

      

Investment Requirements

      

Residence Requirements

      

Relocation Flexibility

      

Physical Visit Requirements

      

Transparency

      The Panel of Experts

      The Panel of Experts was selected from among the foremost global experts in the relevant fields in order to bring together a large pool of knowledge, expertise and balance for this report.

      

Liam Bailey, Global Head of Residential Research, Knight Frank, London/UK

      

Anne-France Borgeaud Pierazzi, Senior Economist and Head of WCC Operations, IMD World Competitiveness Center, Lausanne/Switzerland

      

Vincent Chen, Visa Consulting Group, Shanghai/China

      

Dr. Philippe Forêt, SAGUF Environmental Humanities Program Co-Director, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich/Switzerland

      

Professor Dr. Dimitry Kochenov, Princeton University, US; University of Groningen, The Netherlands

      

Dr. Robert W. Kuipers, Partner, Reward/Human Resource Services; and Stuart Jones, Senior Manager, People and Organisation Practice, PwC, Zurich/Switzerland

      

Damien Martinez, Director, Governance, Risk and Compliance Western Europe, Thomson Reuters, Paris/France

      

Irene Mia, Regional Director, Latin America and the Caribbean, Economist Intelligence Unit, London/UK

      

Marnin J. Michaels, Partner, Baker & McKenzie, Zurich/Switzerland

      

Nadine Goldfoot, Partner, Fragomen LLP, London/UK

      

Kamal Rahman, Head of Immigration, Mishcon de Reya Solicitors, London/UK

      

Contributors

      A number of special chapters have been contributed to the report by the following distinguished experts:

      

Liam Bailey, Global Head of Residential Research, Knight Frank, London/UK

      

Dr. José Caballero, Senior Economist, IMD World Competitiveness Center, Lausanne/Switzerland

      

Ben Cowdock, Research Officer, Transparency International UK, London/UK

      

Judith Gold and Ahmed El-Ashram, International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C./US

      

Professor Dr. Dimitry Kochenov, Princeton University, US; University of Groningen, The Netherlands

      

Damien Martinez, Director Governance, Risk and Compliance, Thomson Reuters, Paris/France

      

Madeleine Sumption, Director, Migration Observatory, University of Oxford, Oxford/UK

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       Introduction: A Glimpse of Global Trends

      Professor Dr. Dimitry Kochenov,

      Princeton University, US;

      University of Groningen,

      The Netherlands

      The second edition of this report and the two indexes remains as incisive and relevant as the first. While the number of residence and citizenship programs on offer around the world has been steeply on the rise in recent years, professional comparative analyses of such programs, let alone their reliable rankings, are rare. It goes without saying that comparisons illuminate, as they empower informed choices.

The key attraction of the two indexes presented in this report is that they are designed with the investor in mind, since rankings, for obvious reasons, are bound