After Record 2019, Thailand Elite Visa Eyes 10,000-Member Milestone in 2020
Thailand’s Elite Residence Program again broke records in 2019, growing its member-base by 2,149 individuals, or 28% more than the 1,679 it added last year.
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Greek Golden Visa Has Raised Some €2 Billion From Almost 19k Participants
Having already beaten all European records in 2018, there was little left for Greece to outperform in 2019 but its own achievements, which it did by 34%.
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1 in 4 Portugal Residence Investors Now Opt for Alternative Assets
The share of investors who pick options other than the conventional EUR 500,000 property purchase has more than tripled in the last three years.
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Programs Mulling Price-Hikes in 2020: What is the Optimal Min. Investment Requirement?
A handful of investment migration programs are weighing the introduction of higher investment thresholds this year. How can they price it correctly?
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The Year in Investment Migration: 2019 in 12 Graphs
As 2020 beckons, we review the year in investment migration with 12 graphs and their accompanying articles, telling the visual story of 2019.
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Investor in Portugal Golden Visa Gets Citizenship After Fulfilling 35-Day Stay Requirement
Confirmation of the citizenship route, coupled with Portugal’s likelihood of becoming an E2 country in the near future, will give the program a major boost.
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Welcome to IMI Real Estate: List Your RCBI-Qualifying Property for Free Today
We are creating a platform that provides value to all parties in the industry – developers, agents, and investors.
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Malta IIP 2018-19 Data Show Downward Trend Continuing: Regulator Chides “Unscrupulous” Detractors
The numbers offer but grim reading, as all arrows point downward for the program’s key performance indicators.
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14 Books About Residence & Citizenship by Investment
See IMI’s new section: Books on Investment Migration. Explore titles on residence and citizenship by investment, from scholarly tomes to more casual reads.
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33 Investment Migration Summits Already Planned for 2020 – Half in Russia/CIS
Of the 33 large-scale events so far planned for 2020, 16 will take place in Russia/CIS, twice as many as in the second-most popular region; Asia ex. China.
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Italy’s Investor Visa Could be Europe’s Most Popular if Only it Didn’t Ignore Market Realities
The Italian Investor Visa (IIV) has been around for almost three years without gaining any meaningful traction. Why?
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Greek Golden Visa to Surpass 2,000 Main Applicants in 2019, 40% Ahead of Closest EU Competitor
Greece’s residence by investment program is raising €23 million a week. Already Europe’s most popular program by far, its application volumes keep growing.
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Southeast Asia is #1 Office Expansion Destination Among RCBI Firms
But Subcontinental Asians (Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshi) are a faster-growing demographic segment of the client base, say heads of 40 global IM firms.
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81% of IM Executives Say There Are Too Many Small, Unprofessional RCBI Firms
Executives disagreed on the proper price for Caribbean CIPs and the merits of unification, while most hoped for governments to tackle a glut of amateurs.
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Investment Migration CEOs Predict Grenada CIP Will Be Best-Seller This Year
The results from IMI’s 2019 Investment Migration Executive Survey are in.
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Malta RVP’s Financing Option Shows Why the RCBI Market is About to Get 10 Times Bigger
Investment financing has the potential to catapult investment migration from UHNWI luxury product status to the much greater mass affluent market.
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Investment Migration Programs by Revenue-per-Immigrant: New Zealand IV Tops Ranking
How much do the world’s investment migration programs bring in per immigrant, i.e., when counting the total number of passports/visas, including dependents?
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Turkey is Giving Grenada a Run For Its E2 Money, Three More Competitors Waiting in The Wings
Turkey surprised many by becoming the world’s most popular CIP. None more so than Grenadians, who are finding their cozy corner of the market contested.
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Albanian PM: Citizenship by Investment is “The Right Way and Something We Have to Do”
“I strongly believe that this is the right way and this is something we have to do,” said Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania, referring to plans of a CIP.
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Complete Exoneration for Chetcuti Cauchi; “No Evidence of Collusion,” Says Regulator
Having reviewed in detail all 164 Malta IIP applications from the firm, ORiip finds that Chetcuti Cauchi is innocent of all allegations brought against it.
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