Number of Americans Getting Portugal Golden Visas on Track to Double in 2022
While American interest keeps growing, Chinese demand is rebounding. So far in 2022, they have gained, respectively, 174 and 175 approvals.
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Intel & Data
Thailand Elite Membership Passes 20,000 – Approvals of Chinese Nearly Tripled in 2022
The Chinese market recovery in 2022 is borne out by statistics from several programs. Thailand’s Elite visa is a primary beneficiary.
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Grenada CBI Application Volume Through the Roof in Q3, Nearly Triples Y-o-Y
Application volume for Grenada’s Citizenship by Investment Program, the only one in its region still open to Russians, is shattering records.
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Reported US Citizenship Renunciations in 2022 Exceed Last Year’s Total Already After 3rd Quarter
As US consular missions resume granting appointments to those unable to expatriate during the COVID years, expatriations are rising again.
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Ireland Immigrant Investor Applications on Track to Quadruple in 2022 Amid Unprecedented Demand
Ireland’s Immigrant Investor program has been receiving applications out of all previous proportion so far in 2022.
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9 Months Into 2022, Investment in Portugal Golden Visa Already Exceeded Last Year’s Total
Demand from China is also back in force, and Chinese applicants may yet rob Americans of the 2022 top investor nationality title after all.
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Dominica CIP Blacklists One of the World’s Biggest Investment Migration Firms
Dominica’s Citizenship by Investment Program has blacklisted what is arguably the world’s largest investment migration company.
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Panama Independent Means Visa Approvals on Track for 11-Year High in 2022
Panama is on track to approve more independent means visas this year than in the preceding three years combined.
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Portugal Golden Visa on Track for Best Year Since 2019
Unless the program sees an unseasonably low number of approvals in September, 2022 volume will exceed last year’s total already by the end of the month.
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E2 Visa Approvals Rebound Unevenly After Pandemic: Japanese Now Account for Half of Applicants
While E2 visa appointments are available within days at the US Embassy in, for example, Tokyo, those applying in Paris face a 7-month wait.
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Vanuatu CBI Revenue Falls 48.7% Short of Budget in First Half of 2022
Q2 was the lowest-grossing quarter in four years for citizenship by investment in Vanuatu. And it’s likely to get considerably worse.
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Portugal’s Golden Visa Has Raised €1.7 Million a Day for Nearly 10 Years Straight
And 2022 is poised to be the program’s best year since 2018.
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Henderson: While Demand From Casual Traders Slims, “HODLers” Use Crypto Winter to Execute RCBI Plans
Henderson: Long-haulers see the downturn as” an opportunity to go back to end-of-2020 prices and, essentially, wipe out that tax liability.”
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Reported US Citizenship Renunciations Nearly Triple in Q2 as More Consulates Grant Interviews
Lesperance: “Half of my clients are concerned that the Democrats will keep the House [in November]. The other half are concerned they won’t.”
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Dubai Still Top Hub for RCBI Companies; 3 Firms Present in 20+ Markets; Istanbul is Rising Star
See which RCBI firms are expanding and contracting their global office footprints, as well as which countries they are entering and leaving.
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Q3 CBI Agents Update: Two More Agents Blacklisted in Caribbean, 15 New Licensees Globally
The global number of CBI agents is growing at a decent clip again. Both Dominica and Saint Kitts & Nevis add to their CBI agent blacklists.
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Panama Independent Means Visa Approvals Surge in 2022, Investor Visa Interest Dips Further
Panama’s independent means visas could reach all-time highs this year, while the Friendly Nations Visa is losing its luster, now that it requires an investment.
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New Zealand Investor Visa Revenue Back With a Post-Pandemic Vengeance in FY2022
2021-22 results brought the program’s performance from nadir to zenith within a year in which it raised NZ$1 billion from just 100 investors.
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June Was Best Month in 2 Years for Portugal Golden Visa: US Applicants Break Into All-Time Top 5
Considering the clip at which Americans have been applying this year, they are likely to place 3rd in the all-time ranking within months.
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Chinese Investor Migrant Data 2021: Application Volume Still Far Below 2019 Levels
While contours of a recovery from 2020’s drop in Chinese IM program participation are becoming apparent, the market remains in the doldrums.
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