Apex Capital Partner trashes report by Henley & Partners on Dominica’s CBI program

Katz said Henley and Partners is only promoting its own products
Katz said Henley and Partners is only promoting its own products

Founder and President of Apex Capital Partner, Nuri Katz, has disagreed with a report by Henley & Partners which ranked Dominica’s Citizenship by Investment (CBI) Program as last in the world.

Speaking to Dominica News Online on Monday, Katz said Henley is only promoting its products and said he is in firm agreement with Canada-based Stephane Tajick Consulting, which ranked Dominica’s program as number one, saying it is an independent organization.

“Henley, which is a citizenship company like me, specifically; as you see, they are not agents here (in Dominica),” he stated. “They are agents in Malta and the two main countries where they do citizenship is Malta and Antigua. And shockingly enough, in their marketing piece that they put out, Malta and Antigua are the number one and number two. It’s shocking.”

He said also that Stephane Tajick Consulting is completely independent and has no connection to Dominica or any other country, unlike Henley, which has big deals with the governments of Malta and Antigua.

When questioned as to whether he would prefer Stephane Tajick Consulting’s report because his company has been working with the government of Dominica on its program, Katz said he is not paid by Dominica but by clients.

“The government doesn’t pay us, not in Dominica. In other countries, the governments do pay us. In Canada, for example, they pay us; in Grenada they pay,” he explained. “We get paid by the clients in Dominica.”

He explained how the program works.

“People who are interested in Dominican citizenship are given two options of how to receive it,” he stated. “They either can make a one time contribution to the government or you can purchase property which today you actually don’t have property available that can be purchased. Today what you can do in Dominica specifically, as opposed to the other islands, is you can purchase a part of a development, a share like the Kempinski Hotel.”

The Kempinski Hotel is a 75 to 125 room, high-end luxury brand hotel to be built in the north of the island under the CBI Program.

Katz stated that Apex Capital Partners represent clients from all over the world who are interested.

“We look out for them, we search for them and they find us,” he noted.

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53 Comments

  1. Face the Facts
    May 31, 2016

    Henley and Partners made the statement out of envy. They should be sued. Make them prove it. Too many make comments which are wrong. It is time to make them pay.

  2. Business Minded
    May 31, 2016

    Delete what you are uncomfortable with, and post what is politically relative. How do you advance change in the country.

  3. Doc. Love
    May 31, 2016

    I listened to Mr. Katz when he was interviewed on Kairi, Q95 and specifically the Angelo Alleyne show. I am convinced he appeared on these radio shows to do some damage control, because Tony and Skeritt are afraid to be on Q95, i.e to face Angelo on a face to face basis , they sent him to face the fire. During Mr. Katz’s interview he appeared to know many things about Dominica. I was surprised that while he was boasting about the transparency of the program he failed to mention about the crooks that were given citizenships under the program. I believe he will reply to the many negative comments on DNO. Remember he told us, the reasons he came to Q95 were because Angelo had said some untruths about him and the program, therefore he wanted to put the record straight. When he replies to the comments on DNO, he must tell us what he knows about Ng Lap Seng, Frank Lorenzo, Leroy Paris, Alison Madueke, Timothy Cornwall, Giampaolo Piolo, Miss Lourent and Miss Oldie.

    • Gary
      May 31, 2016

      Your comment shows such gross ignorance regarding the issue.How do you expect Mr Katz to tell you about the names you mentioned, these were not his clients. It is sad to read such nonsense from you.

      • Doc. Love
        June 1, 2016

        Gary, are you his partner or you work with him. If those crooks are not his clients, kindly give us some names of his clients who are not crooks.

    • Gary
      May 31, 2016

      Why do you portray such gross ignorance regarding the issue.The names mentioned by you are not Mr. Katz clients how you do you expect him to tell you what he knows about them, why such nonsense.

      • Professional ethics prohibit whoever from telling what they know about any client.

        Sincerely, Rev. Donald Hill. Evangelist.

  4. Scott
    May 31, 2016

    Who is this joker and where is he from? He is making a comfortable living selling Dominican passports and having the audacity to go public showing his face and on radio defensing this program.

  5. Shaka Zulu
    May 31, 2016

    http://apexcapital.partners/ see the best. This guy is accusing the other company of the same thing he is doing. Promoting his product. Of course its going to be the best.

  6. gore mark
    May 31, 2016

    There is something fishy about this man and his story. He came here to clear his name after Angelo said “he is bad for western civilization”. So he is saying he came just to do that, if I understood him correctly. This man said he is not paid by Dominica’s Government but by Canada and Grenada and yet still he is telling Americans it is too difficult to go to Canada best the go to Dominica where it is cheaper. Why didn’t he say go to Grenada? After all sir, you’re getting paid by the 2 countries and yet still you don’t ask people to go there? If I was the Canadians and the Grenadians, I would let you go and trash any contract we may have and even sue you, you’re getting paid to bring people in and when you have the opportunity you tell people do not come go somewhere else where it is cheaper and you claim that you do not get paid by Dominica. I am not sure how we in Dominica thinks but that is some BS. Why are we so easily fooled?

    • Gary
      May 31, 2016

      There is nothing fishy about Mr. Katz story, it’s your understanding regarding the matter. When he says that he is not paid by The Government of Dominica it means that when he gets a client and refers the client to the Government of Dominica and the client successfully meets the requirements of the CBI program the client pays him.When he gets a client for the Governments of Grenada and Canada and the clients successfully meets their requirements he gets paid by the Governments, it does not mean he is employed by Governments, he is a free agent, he knows the different programs and also the needs of his clients, so he can direct them to the country best suitable to their needs. What is the BS
      about this, so much for your understanding.

      • dee lock
        June 1, 2016

        Gary gary Gary….did you read the comment before you made yours….. if not then I would recommend you go back, read it and then make your comment.

  7. Me
    May 31, 2016

    Maybe he was making a pitch, to show that Apex can do a better job for our government then CS Global as exclusive marketing agents for the entire program? That way he may get a commission for every passport sold. I’m sutre mtr. Katz is no fool.

  8. anonymous2
    May 30, 2016

    Who really cares. It is probably a waste of money though for those trying to escape elsewhere as some have found out.

  9. Cats and dog
    May 30, 2016

    To me, it is clear that Mr. Katz is either a business partner or, he prefers to be paid by the clients, where he gets more money than to be paid by the government like Canada and Grenada do.

    If the man prefers to be paid by the government, a point that he made very clear on Q95 Sunday night, then why didn’t he try to push Grenada and Canada as a suitable locations to Americans that would want to relocate should Mr. Donald Trump becomes the president? I mean both Canada and Grenada are more advanced than Dominica with international airports, whereas we fighting to keep LIAT But what we see is, he discouraged them from moving to Canada and made no mention of Grenada when he got a chance: “Katz says Dominica in the Caribbean is the cheapest place for Americans to buy second citizenship — yours for an investment of $100,000.”

    To me is either he is a business partner of a Dominican or, it is more profitable to be paid by clients. Mr. Katz sure didn’t help solve the puzzle.

    • Gary
      May 31, 2016

      Wow, If Mr Katz did not solve the so called puzzle you are alluding to, why don’t you step back and examine your beliefs and perception which are the road blocks to you not understanding what Mr. Katz said.

  10. Cats and dog
    May 30, 2016

    “The government doesn’t pay us, not in Dominica. In other countries, the governments do pay us. In Canada, for example, they pay us; in Grenada they pay,” “We get paid by the clients in Dominica.”
    After listening to Mr. Katz for 5hrs on Q95, I was left with more questions than ever. On Q95 when pressed he made it clear that he wish he was being paid in DA by the government as well.
    But if he is paid by the governments of Grenada and Canada for that same program and he prefers that, why not try to sell their passports ahead of ours whenever the opportunity arises? For example, responding to a possible Trump presidency and how Americans would move to Canada, he discouraged Canada and said nothing about Grenada. Here is what he said http:http://www.timesofisrael.com/moving-to-canada-trump-fuels-us-relocation-dreams/
    “Katz says Dominica in the Caribbean is the cheapest place for Americans to buy second citizenship — yours for an investment of $100,000.”
    Is he a business partner?

  11. Awa we
    May 30, 2016

    Yes, come and milk we the stupid black people with two and a half teeth in our mouths as usual.
    Because recent events have shown that we a still bush people.
    So enjoy sir.
    Don’t forget your elephant gun.

    • The attitude of some towards Dominican people appalls me.

      While I know there are people who wrongly think this way about Dominicans they should be told this. FIRST: The people of Dominica they describe are not the average Dominicans. SECOND: You can find some people like this in every country. They are people who have not had the same opportunities others have had.

      People need to learn that the respect we show towards others is the respect that will come back to us.

      There are companies like this HENLEY AND PARTNERS who make a career of evaluating nations and publishing their findings. They make their money by lifting some up. To do this they MUST put others down! It is how they make their living.

      Stats are strange things. You can find whatever data you need to make a point if you know where to look.
      Where you look depends on who hires you.

      Sincerely, Rev. Donald Hill. Evangelist.

  12. Abdulrahim Hsino
    May 30, 2016

    I had the first disappointment with my Dominica passport when I went to Egypt but refused to grant me a visa at the airport because I was born in Syria.
    It was a very bad experience.

    • Face the Facts
      May 31, 2016

      If what you stated is true, Egypt authorities are not aware of your situation, why you have a Dominican passport. Egypt should be apprised accordingly.

    • AAGabriel
      June 1, 2016

      Glad to hear it!

  13. Thequestion
    May 30, 2016

    good evening sir/ madam i do not know you nor do i care but just reading your comments you sounds very senseless may i suggest to you think engage your thoughts before expression cause people would like to increase their knowledge if you know what i mean good night.

  14. Helas!
    May 30, 2016

    Reader I support your point, after reading this foolish story I went back online to review those companies and was really wondering the reason for this immaterial crap. For instance on the Canadian company site they make it abundantly clear that they cannot vouch for the veracity of contents found on their site!!!!!

    DNO stop this politicking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  15. cohenval
    May 30, 2016

    Blomberg, in New York, publishes information on all companies. See ‘blomberg.com”
    There is no information on Apex capital Partners. It shows that Apex has had no information available for transactions for the past 12 months/
    Who is Apex capital Business? Another Grace Tongue type outfit

  16. yes i
    May 30, 2016

    LOL DID I READ WE DO NOT HAVE PROPERTY FOR SALE???

  17. May 30, 2016

    He cant bite the hands that feed him, so he will praise the programme :-D

  18. Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
    May 30, 2016

    Guy if you were not ignorant to the fact Dominica does not have not have an citizenship by investment program you would be singing another tune. Could it be because Henley & Partners recoginzed the sale of diplomatic, passports, and others, is to every corrupted crook is totally different to what is actually known as economic citizenship by investment?

    All of us Dominicans are not uneducated ignorant idiots you see; some of us knows how it works, and I refer you to where it began in Ireland, where one has to invest money creating jobs for a certain amount of people, I think in the United Stats, it is no less then twenty-five people. You all need to shut up when you don’t what the crap you talking about!

    No one obtains Citizenship in America, Ireland Canada, and in the more developed world by simply buying a national passport, only in Dominica, and some parts of the Caribbean. Have you see Barbados, and Trinidad & Tobago involve is selling the nations passport under same…

    • May 31, 2016

      The Americans will sell you a green card, which is the next best thing.

      • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
        May 31, 2016

        Steve I’ve had a Green Card prior to becoming a citizen of the United States, and none of the two was bought nor sold to me.

        As a matter of fact you can enter a green card lottery for free, and if you win, they will issue you a green card to enter the United States. I am sure of that because I know people from Dominica who are my friends who got into America that way!

        The governments of the United States does not sell green card nor citizenship never mind passports.

        If someone decides they want to become a citizen by investment, they have to first deposit at least ten million dollars in a bank, and start a business employing at least twenty-five people before citizenship cam be grant, they to be here prior to obtaining that citizenship.

        That thing in Dominica is different to this you all are into the sale of passports period!

      • May 31, 2016

        I didn’t say everyone who ever had a green card bought it. Similarly, you can get a Dominica passport without buying one, through long enough residency. But even if you can’t see it, yes, the investor visa is a back door way to buy a green card. They don’t call it that, obviously, but that’s the end result.

    • Gary
      May 31, 2016

      Wow,It’s very sad to read your nonsense. If this is your understanding of the issue pity ignorance, wallow in it.

    • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
      June 1, 2016

      Absolutely not Steve. The way the American Citizenship by Investment program works is quite clear. No one person remains out of the United States, and apply for Citizenship by Investment, and any official goes to them with a rubberstamp and put a passport in their hand, and declare them an American citizen.

      The American program, is like this; and I reiterate the applicant have to deposit a certain amount of money into a bank account, for the purpose of setting up a business of some kind.

      Whatever the business, it must be able to employ no less than twenty-five people, in order for that business owner to get their citizenship papers as I have, they have to also swear allegiance to the United States of America. Citizenship in America is not simply having an American passport!

      Born Americans have a birth certificate, when they want a passport to travel out of America they present that. Anytime my American Passport expires when I go to apply for a new one I present, my…

    • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
      June 1, 2016

      Continue Reading Steve:

      Born Americans have a birth certificate, when they want a passport to travel out of America they present that. Anytime my American Passport expires when I go to apply for a new one I present, my citizenship document proving that I am born in The Commonwealth of Dominica, and became an Naturalized American citizen on certain date, month and year.

      Every one not born in America has to go through the same process. When I wanted to come to the United States, I applied for a visitor visa. I was called for an interview, I was even ask about my profession, when I stated my background in Electronics, the interviewer presented me with a Electronic Schematic Diagram and ask me to identify certain symbols and components, and what purpose they serve. I answered the questions 100%, the interview took place in Antigua, my passport was taken to Barbados, and a visa granted.

      When I got here I went through a few changes, in the process obtaining a green card all it…

    • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
      June 1, 2016

      Finally Steve:

      When I got here I went through a few changes, in the process obtaining a green card all it cost me was my pictures, and less than a hundred dollars to file for a green card.

      Five years after I gained my permanent residency, I filed for my citizenship, and obtained it; it cost me a little more than a hundred dollars to file. That was almost forty years ago, the filing fees I am sure is a little more today, however that is a far cry from anybody buying a green card or citizenship, it does not happen in America.

      And I’ll tell what I had to disclose what employment I was employed in on the island of Antigua, as surety after my vacation I would return to Antigua, I had no problem proving I operated an Electronic, and shipping business on the island.

      And the rest is as they say history!

  19. May 30, 2016

    Zandoli, I believe DNO have the right to publish such stories….when Henley and partners maid their claim, the UWP used it as fuel to continue to degrade the citizenship by investment program now we know who they represents and why they ranked them so high….it is all about politics…Henley and Partners are made because UWP lost the 2000 elections and therefor they could not suck out of Dominica what they anticipated to be a gold mine….is like the fox calling the grapes sour because it could not reach it…

  20. meeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!
    May 30, 2016

    i totally disagree with this man when he say that “………. you actually don’t have property available that can be purchased”.

    There are some many beautiful properties for sale where the owners are so discouraged and given up hope in finding a buyer. please take a look around

    • Truth and Knowledge
      May 31, 2016

      Why oh why, do so many of my fellow Dominicans insist on displaying their ignorance, in the words of the late Prime Minister, Pierre Charles, “as a badge of Honour”! A little reading and/or listening with an open unbiased mind will enlighten you. Not ALL properties qualify for purchase (in whole or in part) under the CBI Programme. In order to qualify a property has to be designated an “approved project”. So whilst it is true that there are many properties for sale on the local property market, these are not “approved projects” and so there are no properties (as opposed to shares in Projects, e.g. Kempinski) currently available under the CBI Programme.

      • Malgraysa
        May 31, 2016

        So the obvious question is, why can this not apply to ordinary property? There is such a glut of real estate on the market, people have a problem selling their assets.
        They have a property but no ready cash. The new citizens are full fledged Dominicans so why not allow them to invest in the property market here and bring some much needed cash flow into the place? It would also create many jobs in the construction, maintenance and service industries and boost sales for our retailers and restaurants. As it is I would advise people not to invest in property here because it is so difficult to dispose of should the need arise, never mind making a profit on it.

      • June 1, 2016

        Malgraysa, that’s sort of an option when buying St Kitts citizenship, but the real estate is limited to approved developments, must be held for five years, etc.: http://stkitts-citizenship.com/real-estate-investment/

  21. Rebbe
    May 30, 2016

    Nuri, that was a bad move there, trashing your opposition like that. Always take the high road, at least in public because it pays better dividends. Sei gesund.

  22. May 30, 2016

    I listen to Katz yesterday and today, Katz wants us to believe because Angelo said something negative about him on his program he hopped on a plain came into Dominica and go straight to the Radio station to defend himself .Sir you maybe heard our people are naïve but don’t ever take us for fools because where ever you a in the world you could reach Angelo with your response , you also said you don’t want to be drawn into politic well you are, when you decided to be the mouth piece for persons who gave the green light to sell our Passport you entered into the ring so with your polished responses and to ever other word when ask a question and I quote ” it’s on the internet you can read it there ” so back and come again.. at lease you admit you make money by selling our passport/citizenship program.

    • Face the Facts
      May 31, 2016

      Did you mean “plane?”

  23. Favoured
    May 30, 2016

    Mr Katz obviously was on a PR stint for his company but more so for Skirret. I listen to the man on Angelo and Matt program and it was pure rhetoric trying his best to defend the government program and its blankets flaws in good governance. I remember during the grand opening for w o r k s on the famous 18million bridge Skerrit did mention that in the coming weeks friends of Dominica will be visiting our shores to invest and he wants us to be nice to them so expect more Katz’s to be in Dominica soon.

  24. Kingdom Connections
    May 30, 2016

    Good Report DNO. Now we understand how the program works.

  25. Looking Back
    May 30, 2016

    “The government doesn’t pay us, not in Dominica. In other countries, the governments do pay us. In Canada, for example, they pay us; in Grenada they pay,” he explained. “We get paid by the clients in Dominica.”
    Mr Katz is clearly an agent of the govern, if not business partner of Skerrit. But that we cannot know since Skerrit is not transparent. Mr. Kartz is a businessman and he is only concerned about making money. So in Dominica he tells us what he wants as he continues to bat for Skerrit. In Grenada and Canada the government pay him; why not Dominica? Is it because he gets more from his clients when dealing with Dominica?

    Mr. Katz just succeeded in throwing Q95 off with his confusion. He occupied our time last night and did the same with Matt this morning, less than two weeks before a by-election, so we could not highlight real issues. Is Mr. Karz an elected minister? If according to him, we don’t pay him, y not hold Skerrit or those we pay responsible? He got too much time

  26. Dead letter
    May 30, 2016

    Bait for the resurrection of Idiocrisy.
    Isn’t there a country to develop instead of these bait articles to remove the roaches from the cracks.

    On to the next!

  27. charles
    May 30, 2016

    black man selling his birth right

  28. %
    May 30, 2016

    You all are fighting to see who will milk DOMINICA more? HE GAS GREEDY PASSPORT VENDORS!!! While you all are making the millions,Dominica is retrogressing more and more!!This CBI programme ishas not delivered anything to Dominica…Is either its the worst in the world, or the money is being routed to Panama and other off shore destinations…TIME WILL TELL!!!!

  29. tet cal
    May 30, 2016

    I concur with Zandoli, I don’t see how the man’s statement seemed so straight forward is given that sort of weight as a news highlight; “trashes”… good thing I listened to Matt

  30. AAGabriel
    May 30, 2016

    And another one trying to sell us BS. Shut up and go back where you came from. But I guess it’s not that easy to make a living in old Russia and in Canada I guess the government is not quite as accommodating as the Dominican one.

  31. zandoli
    May 30, 2016

    But DNO, I really don’t understand the lengths to which you go to publish these stories.

    As I suspected from the get go, these stories are parading as fact when they are no more than promotional material put out by companies that have a vested interest in those stories. I really don’t see this as being newsworthy.

    • Titiwi
      May 30, 2016

      To a great extent I agree. However, what it does demonstrate that in the absence of any clarification by our government, particularly with regard to the proceeds from our citizenship programme and their disbursal, rumours and accusations will continue to obscure the issue to the detriment of the reputation of our programme. It is the State’s money after all, not mr. Skerrit’s revenue for him to personally control and we need total transparency. If nothing else it will help to build a reputation and image of trustworthiness and integrity for Dominica.

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