Investment Migration Insider

Immigration offices in the capital region are turning away applications due to a lack of capacity. Fortunately, regional offices are picking up the slack.

The ongoing unrest in Hong Kong and its effects on Portugal’s golden visa and real estate market was a common theme this week.

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In terms of revenue, 2019 will see EU programs raise at least EUR 5 billion – beating its own previous record by 43%.

The record numbers make Spain’s golden visa Europe’s second most popular such program in H1 2019, surpassed only by Greece.

If you want the IM industry to take concerns about the backdoor at face value, come back when you have something more than a windscreen on the front door.

You spent a lot of money and time to get citizenship for your family. Now, a new child is expected. What will it cost to give your newborn a citizenship?

The third annual Cannes International Luxury Property and Residency Conference will be held 7-8 November at Hôtel Barrière Le Majestic,

Investment migration now provides residency and citizenship to around 125,000 people a year. But which subcategory – CIPs, RIPs, or SUVs – absorb the most?

In Shanghai, 44% of immigration intermediaries have yet to celebrate their first anniversary and fully 91% have yet to mark their fifth.

MP George Perdikis has tabled a bill that would see CIP-applicants’ names published. Data Protection Commissioner Loizidou is again compelled to intervene.

In this weekly segment, we provide a roundup of industry personalities’ appearances in the traditional media over the past week.

Close to 80,000 investor migrants and dependents have obtained Australian visas under the BIIP, but 18,682 applicants are “in the pipeline”.

The Greek golden visa program is raising capital to the tune of EUR 15-20 million a week, most of it attributable to Chinese investors.

Following the Cypriot citizenship by investment program’s introduction of a €150,000 donation requirement in May, luxury property sales in Cyprus have taken a hit.

As of October 2019, over 200 families are now residing across the housing developments. Residents are happy, secured, thankful and comfortable in their new homes.

One of the industry’s most prolific event organizers is opening its November summit to the public “in view of the situation in Hong Kong”.

A fundamental motive for investment migration applicants is asset protection. Don’t forget to advise on protecting the most valuable asset of all.

In an unequivocally worded public statement, Dr. Chetcuti addresses the allegations raised against his firm and person in a French TV-report last month.

Approved applications cratered by 49% compared to August and investments fell from some EUR 83 million to EUR 49 million, figures released today reveal.