Deputy foreign minister Velkey says a discretionary “national interest” route handed EU citizenship to applicants with no Hungarian ties.
“Portugal must understand that if it does nothing to reverse this situation, it will struggle to attract foreign investors whenever it needs them.”
About 70% of applicants already live in Oman, so the volume reads more as residents securing status than fresh foreign money.
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The Electoral Court drafted the reform to the 1928 law itself; applicants now wait up to a year just to begin the procedure.
Now gazetted, Law No. 7582 gives new tax residents a 20-year break on foreign income, a complement to Türkiye’s US$400,000 passport.
Section 39 hands program design to the Interior Ministry: No threshold, route, or timeline yet, and the bill awaits assent.
A government publication has exposed the identities of more than a hundred CBI applicants. The CIU says it had no idea.
Two in five households are overburdened; the Fund names investor and golden visa demand, but pins the crisis on a chronic supply shortfall.
Ireland axed its golden visa three years ago. The donations are still building GAA clubhouses and football grounds.
Godwin Friday casts the program as a financing mechanism, not a growth engine, with national debt at 113% of GDP.
Mona Shah said the Trump Card could amount to “false advertising” and may ultimately lead nowhere.
Windsor Capital pairs Portuguese residency with investment in the companies reshaping how healthcare gets delivered.
Lawyers who represent golden visa holders fire back: the state promoted the pathway, profited from it, and broke its own promises.
Growth category applicants can direct up to 20% of their investment toward charities; the option was previously limited to the Balanced tier.
Most coverage focuses on undocumented immigrants; the proposal would also flag Americans with second passports.
Erdogan’s proposal clears its only substantive legislative hurdle; Turkey is about to boast one of the world’s most interesting tax exemptions.
The agency says adjustment of status is now “extraordinary relief,” not a routine pathway; a vague “economic benefit” exemption leaves investor visa holders in limbo.
Corporate investors account for 97.7% of the program’s Rp 52.1 trillion total; Americans are the largest holder group.
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