The bill proposes to introduce a tiered real estate acquisition route, new investment options, lower minimums, and procedural improvements.
Americans were the top investor nationality for Portugal’s golden visa in 2022, doubling in numbers from 2021, while fund investment tripled.
Globalization is reversing, history is returning, and the world is becoming a perilous place again. The Western hemisphere will be an exception.
Ukraine, whiplashing post-pandemic demand, Portugal’s golden visa crisis, and a host of price changes made for a highly eventful year.
A Chinese developer’s gifting of a new-year’s red envelope with cash to the chairman of Grenada’s CBI Committee does not go over well.
New, stricter rules for real estate, significant discounts for the SGF contribution option, a new fee schedule, and new investment options.
E2 country nationals who are not “domiciled” can no longer get E2 visas if they got citizenship by “financial investment”. But what do those terms really mean?
“If there is no residence by investment programme, [investors] will simply ignore the country,” Silva warned.
Slava Apel: Canada’s Startup Visa is the “most viable and direct path to Canada PR” and the “most profitable program” for immigration firms.
Municipalities in Greater Athens, Thessaloniki, as well as on two of the islands, will cost more next year. The transition starts in May.
The new CIU chief says he plans to assess the status of the CIU, introduce new investment options, and redefine the program’s target clients.
PM Drew also said “hundreds of millions of the CIP funds were abused by the previous administration,” thus reducing the profit margin.
The act would make E2 visas available to CBI-origin citizens only if they have been “domiciled” in their new country for minimum three years.
Even if Grenada receives no new applications, it can still reach – and exceed – its target by merely processing its existing caseload.
Meanwhile, Dominica’s incumbent DLP won 19 out of 21 seats in this week’s general election, which was boycotted by major opposition parties.
Meanwhile, the number of golden visas issued to American applicants has tripled in the same period. That is unlikely to be a coincidence.
Initially slated for introduction almost two years ago, ETIAS – flagged as a potential threat to CBI – has been postponed many times.
So far in 2022, Panama has approved 1,229 such visas for main applicants, nearly as many as in the three preceding years combined.
“They are interested in having complete control over their population, including those who reside in HK.”
The ruling Socialist Party, despite the comments from its leader PM Costa earlier this month, will not be closing the program next year.