“The human desire for security, freedom, opportunity, and the ability to protect one’s family, are far more powerful than any political headwind”
About 2,700 passport holders owing US$100,000 or more are first in line; a much wider sweep covering arrears above US$2,500 will follow.
Investors intend to “exhaust the Portuguese legal system and then assess what legal avenues exist at the European level.”
Athens leads on gross returns at 5.43%, but the math shifts once thresholds, the short-term rental ban, and tax reforms are factored in.
Mauritius’s new US$1m Golden Visa promises 5-day processing. The government expects 100 applicants a year once it goes live.
A single vote sank transitional protections; 100,000 pending applicants now face the new rules retroactively.
Portugal’s president just signed the ten-year citizenship law. But his caveats may matter more than the law itself.
Amendments targeting loss carry-back and startup exemptions are under development; the Dutch Senate sent 36 pages of questions to the tax minister.
“If I could go back a decade in time, I would move faster on opportunities instead of waiting for the perfect moment.”
Eleven months after creating the agency, Argentina puts someone at the desk. The program itself remains undefined.
Same program, different outcomes. What separates a 30-day Vanuatu approval from a 6-month ordeal? VIMB Vanuatu explains.
Readmission would restore settlement rights across the world’s largest free-movement zone by area; consensus remains elusive.
Judge found authorities ignored investor’s submissions, misread the criminal timeline, and never examined statelessness.
Six billionaires fled before the January 1 cutoff; opponents have spent US$80 million on counter-measures. The ballot fight is just beginning.
Latvia’s financial intelligence service suspects 200 foreigners placed €10 million in fictitious schemes; parliament weighs abolition.
“The ‘hidden cost’ of bureaucracy, such as lack of clear land registries or shifting tax laws, can turn a dream move into a legal headache.”
The now-defunct program’s final full-year report shows record capital generation even as the ECJ ruling that would kill Malta’s CBI loomed.
Decree 531, now in force, cuts the physical presence burden on temporary residents by two-thirds and codifies denaturalization grounds.
“We’re not just processing applications; we’re helping families materialize their dreams of living across borders, and that never gets old.”
Lutnick tells House subcommittee the program he projected would raise US$1 trillion has cleared a single applicant since December.