Greek Golden Visa Approvals Fell Nearly 90% in 2020, Portugal’s By 5%
Laboring under a pandemic, Greek bureaucrats might have been excused were it not for the starkly contrasting performance of Portuguese peers.
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Intel & Data
Only Chinese and Brazilians Got More Portuguese Golden Visas Than Americans in 2020
“For some, it is dissatisfaction with Trump; for others, it’s apprehensions about Biden,” says Lisbon-based lawyer Patricia Valadas Coriel.
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200 Out of 206 Jordan CIP Applications Pertained to “Existing Projects”
This may offer some suggestion as to how a passport that offers 51 visa-free destinations can command average investment of nearly US$7m.
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Singapore Investment & Immigration Report – From Juwai IQI, in Partnership with IMI
Juwai IQI, Asia’s biggest prop-tech group, has partnered with IMI to produce a special report on immigrating to and investing in Singapore.
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Saint Lucia CIP Extends Limited Time Offer on COVID-Relief Bond Option
Once more confirming the tried-and-true IMI adage that says “nothing is so unlimited as a limited time offer on Caribbean CBI.”
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Though Walloped by Pandemic, Spain’s Golden Visa Raised EUR 0.5 Billion in H1 2020
Though things looked grim for Spain’s golden visa this summer, recently released figures show approvals are up 19% in the last six months. A uniquely Spanish rule intended to accelerate bureaucratic processes may be to thank for that.
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Americans Among Fastest Growing Applicant Groups for Portugal’s Golden Visa in 2020
Americans have been among the top-five applicant nationalities in each monthly report during the second half of 2020.
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Australia’s SIV Raised A$680m in FY2020, But Processing Severely Thwarted by Pandemic
While the program is as popular as ever, Australia has struggled to process applications during the pandemic.
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UK Tier 1 Applications Come Roaring Back in Q3: Approvals up 317% From Q2
Farzin Yazdi attributes the late summer and early fall investment boom to a release of pent-up demand stemming from the lockdown-months.
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Second Wave Stymies Portugal Golden Visa Investment in October
Presuming the COVID flare-up is the primary cause of the slowdown, golden visa investment volumes are unlikely to recover before 2021.
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Skerrit: CIP Raised Nearly Half a Billion US$ in Last 3 Years, Third Via Montreal Management
The most popular option for the three years in aggregate, at 2,144 files, was the social housing option operated by Montreal Management.
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Americans Displace Chinese as Top NZ Investor Visa Applicants, Funds Worth NZ$1bn Pending Amid Border Closure
More than NZ$ 1bn of investor visa funds, half of it from the US, are knocking on New Zealand’s door, which, due to COVID, remains closed.
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IMI EXCLUSIVE: Vanuatu Reveals Historical Data on All CBI Programs Going Back to 2014
In a historic release prepared exclusively for IMI, Vanuatu shares, for the first time, statistics on all its past and present CBI programs.
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If Second Half of 2020 is as Good as The First, Grenada CIP Has Another Record Year in Store
On a dollar-basis, revenues from the real estate option already outpace those from NTF contributions; EC$55 million versus EC$46m in 2020.
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Despite Slowdown From August, Portugal’s Golden Visa Records Best September Yet
So far, 2020 has been a statistically unremarkable year for Portugal’s golden visa; no mean feat considering this year’s global context.
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Monthly Thai Elite Visa Approvals Double Post-Pandemic
Now, program authorities hope to lure even more applicants with allowing them the right not only to live in Thailand, but to work there too.
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The Portuguese Golden Visa Market Has Bounced Back – The Greek One Has Not
While approvals for Portugal’s golden visa are already back on track for a statistically normal year, those of Greece have halted.
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Malaysia Investment & Immigration Report 2020 – From Juwai IQI, in Partnership with IMI
Asia’s biggest prop-tech group, has partnered with IMI Research Unit to produce a special report on immigrating to and investing in Malaysia.
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Investors Have Already Spent Half a Billion Euros on Portuguese Golden Visas This Year
Investor migrants injected 496.7 million euros in Portugal during the first eight months of 2020. Chinese now make up only 1 in 4 investors.
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Where The 52 Biggest International RCBI-Specialist Firms Have Offices
Where the biggest international firms in our industry keep offices says a great deal about the industry’s history – and future.
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