Latvia’s Golden Visa Back From Doldrums, Courtesy of Vietnamese Investors
If Latvia’s golden visa performs as well in the second half of 2019 as it did in the first, application volume will grow by nearly 50% on the year.
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Portugal Golden Visa Applications Reach 16-Month High in July as Brazilian Investors Rival Chinese
Not since March 2018 has the SEF approved more applications in a single month than it did in July, and never has it approved more Brazilians.
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Vanuatu Eyes Record CBI-Revenue in 2019, Reaching 75% of Budget Target by End of April
In the first four months of 2019, revenue from Vanuatu’s two citizenship by investment programs nearly equaled the amount raised in all of 2017.
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With More Than 100,000 Participants, Malaysia’s M2H Is The World’s Biggest Golden Visa
Extremely conservative estimates would place the number of program participants at more than 100,000. The actual figure is likely in the 130-150,000 range.
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Another 13 Approved Citizenship by Investment Agents Added Since May
The number of accredited agents for citizenship by investment programs has grown by 25 since February, an average of 4.2 new agents per month. Between February and May, a dozen new companies joined the fray; by today, another 13 have received accreditation. With 578 accredited agents (62% of the total), Cyprus has more approved agents
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Golden Visas: A Mechanism For Moving People From Unfree Countries to Free Ones, Analysis Shows
Investor migrants are voting with their feet and with their dollars. That they cast their ballots in favor of freedom is incontrovertible.
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New Zealand’s Two Investor Visas Pass US$4 Billion Total Investment Milestone in 2019
The two investor visa categories show opposite trend lines in 2019; one is down by 35% while the other is up 48%. Rejection rates are still remarkably high.
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Malaysia’s M2H Golden Visa Has Raised US$4.5 Billion, Reveals Ministry
Program authorities are also making great strides in dealing with their extensive backlog of unprocessed applications.
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Most Investment Migration Firms Have Fewer Than 10 Employees
An analysis of the more than 600 firms registered in the Residence and Citizenship by Investment Company Directory shows that some 60% of companies are tiny.
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Nearly 80,000 US EB-5 Visas Issued Since 2000. Our Dynamic Graph Shows Who Received Them
Our dynamic bar chart shows how the volume and demographic make-up of EB-5 visa grants have changed drastically over the last two decades.
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The 10 Most Lucrative Golden Visas Last Year, According to the Statistics
These ten programs brought in the most money to their respective countries last year. One program alone made up more than half the market.
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Grenada’s Q1 CIP Revenue Doubles That of Same Period Last Year
Should Q1 prove an indication of an overall trend rather than an anomaly, Grenada can expect to beat its all-time record from 2018 this year.
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Portugal Golden Visa Approvals Surge 44% on Month in June, But 2019-Performance Remains Sub-Par
In the absence of a substantial shift in the trend-line, 2019 will be the worst-performing year since scandal-prone 2015.
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Visa-Freedom Has Causal Effect on Democracy Score, But Not on GDP, Researchers Find
Using retrogression analysis, PhD candidates in Political Science Ömer Zarpli and Uğur Altundal of, respectively, the University of Pittsburgh and Syracuse University have measured the effect of visa-freedom scores on democracy scores and GDP. Their findings point to a causal link – not just a correlation – between visa-freedom and democracy scores as measured by
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In Last Decade, E2 Brought 5 Times More People to the US Than EB-5 – and Likely More Money Too
In the last ten years, 74,128 individuals have arrived in the US through the EB-5 program, while 352,076 have come on an E2 visa.
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Italy’s Startup Visa Rejects Nearly Half of Applicants, 80% of Investment in Northern Regions
Eight of ten startups end up in the wealthier Northern regions, and fully 56% of founders launch their business within a two-hour drive from Milan.
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Ireland: 52% of 2018’s Investor Visa Applications Still Await Decisions, But Backlog Reduced by 32% Since May
After accumulating a hefty backlog over the last two years, the Department of Justice have sped up case-handling considerably in the last two months.
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As Chinese Warm Up to Thai Elite Visa, Program Is Set For Record Year
Thailand issued 498 visas to investors and their dependents during Q1, 2019. Rapidly growing Chinese demand is sustaining the program’s robust upward trend.
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Vanuatu Has Reportedly Issued 4,000+ Passports Under CIP But IMF Estimates 72% Drop in 2019
The organization does not expect the upward trend in CBI-revenue to continue and, therefore, urges the Vanuatu government not to grow too accustomed to it.
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Spanish Golden Visa Approvals Drop 34% in Second Half of 2018, Chinese Interest Down Sharply
Following a record first six months of 2018, approvals slumped in the second half. But the program still raised nearly a billion euros last year.
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