This article by Reaz Jafri was originally published by IFC Review on June 15, 2022. Human history is replete with examples of human displacement due to war, persecution, financial calamities, disease, environmental disasters and other events that make living in one's...

Trump blames the latest freeze on immigrant work visas on the pandemic.

Major tech companies including Amazon, Uber, Google parent Alphabet, and Twitter decried President Donald Trump’s freeze…

President Donald Trump’s order temporarily barring green card seekers from entering the U.S. will exclude spouses and minor children of American citizens…

President Donald Trump’s plan to add more countries to his so-called travel ban list could send major businesses with foreign companies…

In November, the price of a U.S. permanent residency visa through the EB-5 program jumped by 80%…

Iranians traveling to the U.S. for investment and international trade purposes can no longer enter or extend their stays…

A potential wealth tax or higher levies on capital gains are just two reasons, beyond politics, that are raising thoughts of renunciation…

Hong Kong’s wealthy, eager to escape political unrest that has grounded flights and prompted violent street clashes with…

Aug. 14 (UPI) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would oppose a new free trade deal with Britain if it undermines the Good Friday accord with Northern Ireland.

The IRS is finally ready to make good on threats to strip U.S. passports from Americans who owe more than $52,000…

The next four months could be hectic for developers and foreign investors in the U.S. as they rush to beat the newly announced changes coming to the EB-5 immigration visa program in November.

There has never been a time in history when all of the nations in the world were safe and free from political, personal, financial, commercial or other risks.

The OMB is on the verge of revising regulations governing the EB-5 program, and the CRE industry isn’t certain what that will mean for the flow of capital.

Rich Chinese and Russians have been among the top buyers of foreign citizenship in recent years…

The New York Wheel is officially dead, putting an end to an ambitious project that was marred by years of delays, cost overruns and infighting.

The tremendous accumulation of wealth is occurring in a time of great uncertainty leaving many at political, financial and personal risk.

My husband and I are looking to buy property abroad and have been considering a number of locations.

For a variety of reasons, some of the rich and super-rich (net worth = $500 million or more) of the United States choose to move to other countries.

The number of U.S. visas issued to visitors from six majority-Muslim countries targeted by President Donald Trump’s travel bans plummeted during a six-month period, according to an analysis by POLITICO.

Democratic attorneys general and civil rights groups are exploring legal strategies to challenge President Donald Trump’s decision to end a program that protects children who came to the U.S. illegally from being deported.

President Donald Trump says his travel restrictions are aimed at keeping the U.S. safe from radical Islamic terrorism, while critics accuse him of imposing a Muslim ban.

A revised version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban approved by the Supreme Court is set to take effect at 8:00 p.m. ET on Thursday.

President Trump’s travel ban faces an uncertain future. Trump’s second attempt at a travel ban was supposed to avoid the legal challenges faced by his first travel ban.

A report published by Forbes – a leading global media company – states that Chinese investors are turning to the US L1 visa to extend their stay in America.

While US President Donald Trump’s review of a visa programme for skilled workers has grabbed the headlines, changes are also looming for those seeking residency through investment.

The executive order on H-1B visas that President Trump signed this week was loudly trumpeted as a win for American workers.

This article was published by National on April 9, 2017 and features commentary from Reaz Jafri. 

Reporting from San Francisco — The first week of April is always a frantic time for technology companies.

The wealthy (and not so wealthy) have long gotten second passports by spending time in another country and eventually qualifying for citizenship.

With its years-long waiting list, possible minimum investment hike and an increasing number of fraud cases, the controversial EB-5 program is losing its appeal among Chinese investors.

This article was published by Viral News on March 20, 2017 and features commentary from Reaz Jafri. 

This article was published by Citybizlist on March 3, 2017 and features commentary from Reaz Jafri.  Douglas Elliman and Knight Frank Residential launched the 2017 US edition of The Wealth Report in the grand Gottesman Gallery of the New York Public Library. Over 200...

This article was published by The Real Deal on March 2, 2017 and features commentary from Reaz Jafri. 

A record 82,000 millionaires moved to another country last year, with Australia picking up the wealthiest residents, the New York Times reports.

As debate over immigration rages in Europe and border lockdowns polarize the U.S., one group of migrants is increasingly mobile: millionaires.

With all the debate over immigration in the United States and Europe, one group of immigrants is getting a red-carpet welcome around the world: millionaires.

With all the debate over immigration in the United States and Europe, one group of immigrants is getting a red-carpet welcome around the world: millionaires.

Republican governors said they had “concerns” about a Friday Associated Press report regarding a leaked draft memo written by the Department of Homeland Security that proposed mobilizing as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up and deport unauthorized immigrants.

United States President Donald Trump on Friday suggested that he is considering rewriting his executive order on immigrants travel ban, which bars refugees and citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering America.

Trump says that he would probably wait until Monday or Tuesday to take any action, taking the case to the Supreme Court still on the table.

President Trump said Friday that he is considering rewriting his executive order temporarily barring refugees and citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the country, indicating that the administration may try to quickly restore some aspects of the now-frozen travel ban or replace it with other measures.

Reaz Jafri, global head of immigration at Withers Bergman, says the case is likely to go back to trial courts.

The U.S. may lose its luster as an immigration destination for Asia’s wealthy thanks to Donald Trump’s anti-China rhetoric and scenes of valid green card holders being held at airports across the country after the U.S. president’s hastily drawn travel ban in late January.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last Friday halting refugee arrivals into the US for 120 days and barring citizens of Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen from entering the US for 90 days.

Shaken by scenes of detainees at US airports, skilled tech-industry workers around the world are shopping around for more foreign-friendly places to contribute.

Since President Trump’s executive order entitled “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States” was issued on January 27, 2017, a cloud of uncertainty has descended on U.S universities.

Reporting from San Francisco — When Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sasha Eslami boarded a flight to Argentina…

This article was published by Chicago Tribune on January 31, 2017 and features commentary from Reaz Jafri.