环球出国荣幸地受邀参加了由国际投资移民理事会（IMC）在迪拜主办的2024年投资移民论坛，这是一场为期四天的行业盛事，吸引了全球目光。自4月16日至19日，加勒比地区多个国家的移民局官员纷纷莅临现场，共同探讨投资移民领域的新动态。
在此期间，环球出国迪拜公司总经理Irina Kush抓住这一宝贵的机会，在活动现场对格林纳达移民局副局长Karline Purcel进行了深入的采访。此外，她还与安提瓜移民局副局长Sherelyn Hughes Thomas进行了交流。在采访中，Sherelyn Hughes Thomas副局长不仅向我们介绍了安提瓜这个迷人的加勒比岛国的独特魅力，还详细阐述了安提瓜投资入籍计划的与众不同之处。
同时，环球出国也针对加勒比地区投资入籍申请人普遍关注的问题，向移民局官员询问了关于加勒比投资入籍价格上涨的协议备忘录的具体情况，Sherelyn Hughes Thomas建议投资人需要抓紧6月30日前的涨价窗口期。环球出国正在尽全力保证已经签约的申请人可以及时赶上现有的价格。
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环球出国迪拜公司总经理Irina Kush：非常感谢您在迪拜举行的IMC会议期间抽出时间回答我们的问题。首先，我们希望您能否稍微介绍一下安提瓜计划。
安提瓜移民局副局长Sherelyn Hughes Thomas：我叫Sherelyn Hughes Thomas，是安提瓜和巴布达移民局副局长。很高兴可以给你们讲我们的项目。
安提瓜和巴布达——你们中可能很多人没听说过它，这是一个小岛。是加勒比海东北部的一个双岛国家，我们是通过投资授予公民身份的国家之一。我们是东加勒比国家组织（OECS）下属的五个国家之一。我们认为我们拥有强大的计划。我们的计划刚刚庆祝了运营十周年。
我们的独特之处在于历史上，安提瓜是东加勒比地区发达的小岛国之一。因此，我们是首批拥有国际酒店的国家之一。自20世纪60年代以来，我们就有了一个充满活力的旅游业。由于我们的地理位置，我们很容易到达大多数主要市场。从纽约出发只需四个半小时，从迈阿密出发只需三个半小时，到伦敦只需八个小时。我们拥有出色的航空连通性。
如果您对通过投资入籍计划后的进一步访问和投资感兴趣，那么这是您应该认真考虑的计划。一般来说，这些计划可能看起来都很相似，在某种程度上确实如此。每个计划都有一个捐赠基金，许多计划都有房地产选项。但安提瓜的房地产选项和安提瓜的基金选项具有一些独特优势：
安提瓜非常适合家庭，尤其是大家庭。在这方面，我们是便宜的，我应该说是经济的。
关于我们的房地产，从某种意义上说，建筑是建筑，同时有的房就不是建筑。一个单元不能算作一个建筑。建筑质量有差异，你能从中获得的租金收入也有差异。我们认为自己也提供了优质的房地产选择。
此外，如果你对这个项目感兴趣，但你不一定想捐款，或者不想捐赠的资金没有指定用途，我们为西印度大学提供了一个捐赠选项。我们发现，我们的很多投资者都有社会责任感，他们想知道他们的资金用于哪些特定项目。近四年来，安提瓜和巴布达迎来了西印度大学的第四个校区，这是安提瓜和巴布达优质的高等教育机构，我们为此感到自豪。所以我们有一个选项允许你直接向西印度大学捐款。特别的是，如果你的申请中有大学生年纪的受养人，这个人可以来安提瓜免费接受教育一年，这给了他们真正在安提瓜和巴布达生活和学习的机会。这是一个很好的文化交流机会，所以很值得考虑。
然后，对于那些想做生意、扩大影响力的个人，我们有商业投资选项。虽然门槛更高，但影响也更显著。
因此，我谨代表我们的移民局局长Charmaine Donovan欢迎您加入安提瓜和巴布达的项目，希望你至少能探索一下我们能提供什么。安提瓜和巴布达在等着您。
环球出国迪拜公司总经理Irina Kush：现在，每个人都在谈论的关键问题是关于宣布价格上涨备忘录。什么时候会实施？如果真的会实施，你们国家是如何考虑的？
安提瓜移民局副局长Sherelyn Hughes Thomas：总理签署的协议备忘录是他们将提高价格的信号。而且，价格上调计划于7月1日生效。所有四个签署的国家，都打算让这一过渡发生，并让这一变化影响他们。
正如我们在讨论中所说的，在做出改变之前，有许多事情需要做。因此6月30日是一个期望的日期，但这是我们正在努力实现的日期。如果这之后会变化，我们会提前通知。
但我建议，对于你们现在签约的所有申请人，一旦你与他们正式确定了所选择的选项，你就应该抓紧时间推进完成他们的申请。这样6月30日之后，他们就不会收到一个要花更多钱的文件。如果现在有一个时间上的后延（不过确实没有明确消息要延迟这个日期），那么我们可以有一个稍微长一点的窗口期。但是已经签署的是6月30日的日期，这才是我们需要努力的日期。
我们很高兴能与环球出国成为合作伙伴。您们为安提瓜做了很多的推广工作，我们很高兴得到你们的支持。我们期待着继续与你们合作非常感谢。非常感谢。
环球出国采访原文
Irina Kush：thank you very much for giving us some time to answer our questions during the IMC conference in Dubai. so the first question which we'd like to ask, could you little bit tell us about the Antigua program?
Sherelyn Hughes Thomas: my name is Sherelyn Hughes Thomas, and I am the deputy chief executive officer of the Antigua and Barbuda Citizenship by Investment Program. I'm happy to talk to you about our program.
So, Antigua and Barbuda — many of you may not have heard of it, but it's a small island. It's a twin-island nation in the northeast Caribbean, and we are part of the group of countries that offers investment through which we will grant citizenship.
We are one of five countries in the subregion that's called the OECS, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States. And we like to think that we have the strongest program. Our program just celebrated 10 years of operation.
And what makes us unique is that historically, Antigua has been one of the most developed of the small island states in the Eastern Caribbean. So, we were among the first to have an international hotel. We've had a vibrant tourism sector since the 1960s. And because of our geographical position, we're in easy reach of most major markets. It's four and a half hours from New York, three and a half from Miami, eight to London. We have excellent air connectivity.
If you're interested in visiting and investing further after you've gone through the citizenship by investment program, this is the program that you want to give good consideration to.
Generally, it may appear that the programs are all similar, and in some regard they are. Each of them has a donation fund, many have real estate options. But the real estate options in Antigua and Barbuda, and the program fund in Antigua and Barbuda, have some distinct advantages：
So, Antigua is very good for families, large families. We are the cheapest with respect to that, we are the most economical is what I should say.
And in respect of our real estate, while a building is a building, in the same sense, a building is not a building. A unit is not a building. There are differences in the quality of the construction, and differences in the kind of rental income that you can earn from it. and so we consider ourselves to be the premier real estate development option as well.
Additionally, if you are interested in the program but you're not necessarily disposed to making a donation or making a donation that's nonspecific. We have a donation option for the University of the West Indies. We find that a lot of our investors have a social conscience and they want to know that their funds have gone to specific projects. And so Antigua and Barbuda has, recently in the last four years, landed the fourth physical campus of the University of the West Indies, which is the premier tertiary education institution in Antigua and Barbuda, and we're very proud of that. And so, we have an option that allows you to donate directly to the University of the West Indies. And what's special about that is that if you have a college-aged dependent in your application, that person can come to Antigua tuition-free. Education is available to them for a year, so it gives them the opportunity to really live and be in Antigua and Barbuda. And it's a great cultural exchange, so it's something to consider.
And then, for those individuals who are interested in doing business, and expanding their footprint, we have the investment in business option. And the thresholds are higher, but it's because the impact is more significant.
So, I'd like to welcome you on behalf of our CEO Charmaine Donovan to Antigua and Barbuda's program and trust that you will at least explore what we have to offer. Antigua and Barbuda is waiting for you.
Irina Kush：And there, right now, the critical question which everybody is talking about is the announcement about the memorandum of the price increase. When will it take place? If it will really take place, and how your country is considering it.
Sherelyn Hughes Thomas: So, the memorandum of agreement that the prime ministers have signed is their signal that there is going to be a price increase. And that price increase is scheduled to take effect on July 1st. All of the countries that have signed, the four countries that have signed, intend to have that transition happen, intend to have that change affect them.
As we would have said on the panel, there are a number of things that need to be done ahead of that change. And so, June 30th is the aspirational date, but it is the date towards which we are working. If there is going to be a change in respect to that, there'll be adequate notification.
But what I would suggest is that all applicants that you have in train right now, that you move your applications towards completion, once you have formalized with them the option that they have selected. So, they are not found past June 30th with a file that is going to cost them more. Now, if there is a movement away from June 30th and there is really no definite decision that there's going to be any moving back of the date, then you could have an open window that's a little longer. But what has been signed is a date of June 30th. That's the date that we would need to work with.
We've been happy to be a partner with Globevisa. You are a promotion agency that does a lot of work in Antigua and we are happy for your support. We look forward to continuing to work with you. Thank you. Thank you.
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