Plan B

Our guest today is Dmitry Zapol, a dual-qualified international tax advisor who currently works at IFS Consultants in London. He specialises in wealth management and cross-border business planning. We speak to him about finance diversification and CBI.

Jane Gordon, the Public Relations & Communications Executive at CS Global Partners, who is based in South Africa, speaks about the surge of South Africans looking for second citizenship.

We talk to Christian Henrik Nesheim, the founder and editor of Investment Migration Insider, a leading intelligence source for the Citizenship and Residence by Investment Industry. Christian founded imidaily.com in 2017, and it's readership and contributors include professionals from immigration companies, property developers, law firms, wealth advisories and policy-makers. Today, Christian speaks to us about emerging trends in the investment immigration industry in 2021.

On today's show, we talk to Micha Emmett, the CEO of CS Global Partners and the Editor in Chief of Truly Belong magazine. Micha is a dual-qualified lawyer with unrivalled acumen and experience in the investment immigration industry. Micha will discuss the magazine as it releases its 8th issue titled “Migration and Movement” on February 10th.

We welcome Annika Soderlund to Plan B today! Annika is a legal assistant at CS Global Partners and she will walk us through the details of Dominica and St Kitts and Nevis' due diligence procedures.

On today's show we welcome back James McKay, from McKay Research, who developed the CBI Index. The fourth edition of the Index was released this summer. James walks us through the newest edition's methodology and what makes the CBI Index such an effective tool for investors looking to attain second citizenship.

On our last episode of Season 2, we speak to Sam Raphael, Dominican born entrepreneur, and sustainable development activist. Mr Raphael is also the CEO of Jungle Bay, an award-winning, adventure, and wellness boutique retreat resort located on the nature isle of the Caribbean.

On this episode of Plan B, host Aisha Mohamed speaks to Gregor Nassief, the owner of Travel + Leisure magazine's 2020 pick for the best resort in the Caribbean, Bermuda and the Bahamas. Mr Nassief explains how Secret Bay in Dominica emphasises sustainable practices in its operation and development.

This episode is the first of a three-part series on CBI Developers in Dominica. We talk about Dominica's first CBI approved real estate project: the Kempinski Hotel and how investors and the island benefit from it with our special guest Mohammed Asaria.

This episode of Plan B talks about the recent changes to Dominica's Citizenship by Investment Programme announced by the Government in July. These changes affect the applicant's dependants, costs, post-citizenship additions and documentary requirements. Natasha Jones, a legal assistant at CS Global Partners, walks us through all the details of the changes to Dominica's CBI Programme affecting families.

This episode talks about St Kitts and Nevis' Limited Time Offer on its Sustainable Growth Fund option, which was introduced in early July. CS Global Partners' legal expert Beatrice Gatti walks us through the details of the temporarily reduced SGF offer that is implemented by the government in light of the COVID-19 crisis.

On today's show, we take a deep dive into the CBI Index — a guide that provides accurate, up-to-date information on all active citizenship by investment programmes. James McKay, the researcher who developed the index, walks us through his methodology and what makes the CBI Index such an effective tool for investors looking to attain second citizenship.

On today's show, we talk about CBI's impact in the Commonwealth of Dominica, a country that has been running its CBI Programme for a long time. We speak to Paul Singh, the Director of CS Global Partners, who has travelled countless times to the Commonwealth of Dominica and has seen first-hand the changes that global citizens bring to the island through their investments.

To begin our first episode of Plan B's second season, we have Mohit Lal, an Indian entrepreneur who's also a self-confessed citizen of the world. Lal participated in the St Kitts and Nevis Citizenship by Investment Programme at a young age and he speaks to us about his CBI journey and how a second citizenship has made a difference in his life.

This episode of Plan B will take you through what a typical application process for CBI in Dominica and St Kitts and Nevis looks like and learn all the basic steps to start your journey towards successfully attaining second citizenship in one of these two jurisdictions.

In this episode, our guest speaks to us about the difference between citizenship by investment and residency by investment programmes, two major options in the immigration investment realm.

On our sixth episode, our expert provides insight on which CBI programme in Dominica and St Kitts and Nevis could be right for you or your client. She details factors like family size, nationality and travel or residency options which can help dictate the best option when choosing the CBI programme best fit.

On this episode of Plan B, our CBI expert in Russia talks to us about the new dual citizenship decree in the country and what it means for travel. She also shines light on some of the unique features of the Russian CBI market.

Though applicants for CBI come from around the globe, research shows that some of the biggest markets are in East Asia. In this week's episode, we speak to Vicky Ma, the manager of the China marketing team at CS Global Partners' London office, about the Caribbean's long-standing relationship with Chinese investors thanks to CBI and the changes in the market since COVID-19.

There are many benefits that Caribbean nations draw from hosting and developing CBI Programmes. This episode focuses on how CBI has helped St Kitts and Nevis and Dominica – two countries that have been running CBI programmes for decades – recover from financial and natural disasters.

On this episode of Plan B, we talk about some of the major advantages of second citizenship in the Caribbean an investor has which ranging from greater mobility, wider business options, and future security.

On this first episode of Plan B, we discuss what Citizenship by Investment (CBI) is. We speak to CS Global Partners' Head of Government Advisory Practice, Beatrice Gatti, who details the history of CBI in the Caribbean and discusses its growing demand in these uncertain times.