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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Intel & Data
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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EB-5 Regional Centers Closing at Fastest Rate on Record
Between Jan and Sep 2019, the USCIS terminated 75 regional centers and approved only six. 80% of terminations since ’08 have taken place in the last two years.
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Antigua CIP H1 2019 Data: Applications Dip, 97% Pick Contribution Option
The recently released six-month report on the Antigua & Barbuda CIP shows applications in H1 2019 are down by 40% compared to H2 2018.
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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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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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The E2 Statistics Series Part 1: Rejection Rates Are Rising (Quickly)
While rejection rates are rising, refusal rates vary markedly between different applicant types; investors, managers, essential employees, and dependents.
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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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Total Revenue From Residence by Investment in Portugal to Pass €5 Billion Milestone Within Weeks
The milestone has only been reached by three other residence programs in history, but apps. hit a 17-month low in Nov and 2019 income is lowest since 2015.
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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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UK Tier 1 Investor Visa Approvals Plummet 60% in Q3
Only 49 main applicants received Tier 1 Investor visas during the Q3 2019, a down from 124 in the preceding quarter.
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Dominica CIU Most Efficient in Processing Say 40% of International Investment Migration Firms
Cited by five times as many firms as the next CIU on the list, the Dominica CIU stood out for its efficiency in processing, likely thanks to automation.
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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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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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Revenues More Than Double for Saint Lucia CIP in 2018-19, But Approval Volume Remains Stable
Saint Lucia’s CIP is growing, but not as fast as some of its neighbors, a state of affairs its head of CIU attributes to the market’s price sensitivity
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After Three Years of Decline, Australia’s SIV Program Regains Momentum
The program’s largest fund manager says that, thanks to non-SIV follow-up investments, total FDI arising from the program may be close to A$50 billion.
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€5 Billion By Year’s End: Residency Investment in Portugal Picks Up 24% in October
Portugal’s golden visa program is just EUR 89 million away from passing the 5-billion-euro mark. The champagne-opening could take place as soon as next month.
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Grenada CIP Case Handling Grinds to a Halt in Q3; Average of 7 Applications Processed a Month
While investor appetite for Grenada’s CIP is rising quickly, the program’s authority appears uninterested in evaluating its suitors.
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