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Apex Capital Partners Champions Sustainability at the UN SIDS Conference

At the forefront of sustainable development, Apex Capital Partners proudly contributed to the success of the recent United Nations Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Conference.

Caribbean citizenship. How the Caribbean CIPs will work from July 1, 2024

The last week of June was spent awaiting announcements from the founding countries of the famous Caribbean Citizenship by Investment programs. This is due to the Memorandum on increasing the cost of participation and tightening conditions for candidates from July 1, 2024. As expected, not all countries will be able to change processing within the stated time frame. In particular, Antigua is postponing the “start” by 30 days – to July 26, 2024. That is, you can still have time to submit an application under the old conditions through a licensed agent — Apex Capital Partners. But Grenada has already approved new rules that will come into force on July 1, 2024, that is, there will be no transition period under this program.

Citizenship of Saint Lucia: fifth Caribbean country signs memorandum

On June 3, 2024, the Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Philip J. Pierre, issued a statement announcing that state’s accession to the other Caribbean CIP Founders’ Memorandum (MoA). Whereas, according to the Memorandum, none of the Caribbean CIP countries will offer to applicants an investment lower than USD 200,000.

Apex Capital Partners participating the main events in CIP industry this Spring

Global Citizen Week Cairo, America Outbound Summit, Canadian Bitcoin conference in Montreal – Apex Capital Partners not only took part in these business events, but also sponsored them.

Investment Migration Programs to Watch

With political, economic, and social stability increasingly sought after, the investment migration programs offered in these countries stand out not.

Historic Memorandum aimed to change Caribbean Citizenship by Investment programs

Caribbean Citizenship by Investment programs about to change their ways after signing historic Memorandum in the end of March 2024. The four founding countries of investment citizenship programs in the Caribbean region – St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda – have published a document on regulating processes and operating standards.

Second passport: how to choose wisely and avoid a black market offers

Nowadays, it is not easy for an investor to navigate the offers on the market by obtaining second passport for investments. Such programs are becoming fewer and fewer, and at the same time, there are more and more unscrupulous companies that are ready to satisfy demand with the help of corruption schemes.

What about visa-free entry into the EU for investment passport holders?

On September 18, 2023, the European Commission presented a legislative proposal to cancel visa-free agreements with countries that have citizenship by investment programs. Should investment passport holders be worried that they won’t be able to take advantage of their benefits? Nuri Katz, Founder and President of Apex Capital Partners, comments on the situation.

APEX Pioneers Armenian Citizenship by Investment Program

Moving forward to opening Armenian Citizenship by Investment Program Deputy Minister of Justice Armenouhi Harutyunyan met with Nuri Katz, the founder of APEX Capital Partners, on late August 2023.

Caribbean citizenship – new restrictions from the EU

At the end of June 2023, the EU set new guidelines to improve Citizenship by Investment programs. First of all, the attention of European officials was directed to Caribbean citizenship. After all, if the key advantage of the program is visa-free entry into the Schengen area, then Europe can, threatening restrictions, demand the introduction of new rules.

Nuri Katz on changes of Caribbean citizenship rules in 2023

Nuri Katz, President and Founder of Apex Capital Partners, of the major CIP companies internationally, a licensed agent for CIPs of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, St. Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, who was personally visiting Grenada’s CIP Unit at the moment, comments on the planned changes according to the text of the official release published on March 5, 2023.