Investment Migration in the EU Crossed Historic €5 Billion FDI Milestone in 2019
Conservatively estimated, EU-based RCBI programs accounted for FDI amounting to at least EUR 5.5 billion, double the 2015 figure.
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Intel & Data
Hong Kong EB-5 Investors: Surging in 2019, Low Rejection Rates, Faster Adjudication
IIUSA’s Lee Y. Li conducts a detailed statistical analysis on EB-5 investment trends in one of the program’s fastest-growing markets.
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First-Half 2020 Investment in Portugal’s Golden Visa Already 52% of 2019 Total
A prognosis that two months ago might have seemed absurd is starting to look realistic: 2020 could be a record year for Portugal’s golden visa.
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Pandemic Pummels Greek Golden Visa in Q2, But Policy Changes Offer Promise of Comeback in Q3
New procedural measures will make remote-application feasible and boost application volumes, but they did not take effect in time to save Q2.
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Turkey CIP Naturalized 4,000 Investors in 3 Months During Pandemic, Raising US$17 Million a Day
The figures imply that Turkey naturalized an average of 1,333 main applicants a month during the height of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Stakeholders Lobby for €250,000 Spanish Golden Visa as Investment Slumps
“We have proposed to the Government to halve the amount of investment in housing,” says the head of the country’s developers’ association.
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US EB-5 Update: I-829 Petitions Up 27% on Year in Q1, Approval Rate 99%
It’s the second time in EB-5 history that the number of I-829 filings exceeds 1,000 petitions within a single quarter.
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Historic Comeback for Portugal Golden Visa: May 2020 Best Month on Record
Back with a vengeance: May approvals alone exceeded those of the preceding four months combined as the program raised a historic EUR 147 million.
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Cayman Islands Raised Close to Half a Billion From Investor Migrants in Last 10 Years
A rarely discussed program in investment migration circles, the Cayman Islands investor visa has been extremely lucrative to the tiny archipelagic nation.
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Devastated by Cyclone, Isolated by Pandemic, Vanuatu Provides For Its Own Thanks to Record CBI-Revenue
Vanuatu rakes in record CBI-revenue and spends it on emergency relief. The new chairman hints at the introduction of real estate investment options.
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Pandemic Has Robbed Greek and Portuguese Golden Visas of Nearly EUR 300 Million So Far
Greece and Portugal’s golden visa programs have missed out on 800 applications and investment equivalent to a small country’s GDP due to the pandemic.
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UK Tier 1 Investment Falls to 4-year Low in Q1: “UK Could Lose £350m” If University Classes Move Online
“The UK could lose over £350m of foreign direct investment if universities move classes online during the next academic year,” Farzin Yazdi estimates.
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Investment in Portugal’s Golden Visa Stable Despite Pandemic, Interest in VC-Option Gathers Steam
What pandemic? Even during the worst month of the COVID-19 outbreak, Portugal’s golden visa program raised more than EUR 28 million, fresh figures show.
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Global CIPs Have Removed 36 Accredited Agents Since December, Added 17
The net drop in the number of accredited agents worldwide represents the first significant reduction since we began measuring at the end of 2018.
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Investor Survey Results Herald Short-Term Drop, Medium-Term Boost in RCBI Demand After COVID-19
Even among those whose portfolios have taken a painful beating, willingness to consider RCBI programs has held up well.
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Which RCBI-Countries Have Handled COVID-19 Best So Far?
Malta, with only three deaths, 444 cases, and fourth in the world in terms of tests-per-million, is clearly setting an example for others to follow.
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Shock-Figures Show Greek Golden Visa Hardest Hit by COVID-19
Q1 figures show Greece – where China has been the source of four-fifths of applicants over the last year – have been disproportionately slammed.
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Weighed Down by Pandemic, Investment in Portugal’s Golden Visa Falls to 21-Month Low
But the upward trend of applicants choosing alternative investments was once more confirmed in March, rising to a record 28% of the total.
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51% of Service Providers Think Small-State CIPs Will Offer Discounts in Response to Pandemic
Survey respondents also thought EU residence programs stood to benefit the most from the pandemic fallout, while more than half said inquiries had dropped.
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Malaysia’s MM2H World’s Largest Investor Visa in 2019 Following Record Year
Investors filed 7,904 applications for the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) program in 2019. But minimum property prices for foreigners represent a quandary.
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