MRVP Changes Now Official: Total Contribution Amounts Starting at EUR 150,000
The new rules mean a single applicant, choosing to rent on Gozo, could obtain a residence permit in Malta for a non-refundable EUR 150,000.
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Policy Updates
MRVP Changes Discussed at Stakeholder Meeting: Higher Contributions Could Replace Bond-Investment
The new regulations would, at once, both make the MRVP more economical for the applicant and more profitable for the government of Malta.
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UPDATE: Malta Reverses Decision to End Publishing of CIP Applicant Names
An unexpected turn of events in light of the bipartisan consensus in favor of continued publication that emerged in Malta some two years ago.
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Govt. Confirms Golden Visa Days Numbered for Cities: Not Necessarily Bad News, Say Stakeholders
A transition period that will see the exclusion of metropolitan and coastal areas from the program will begin on July 1st next year.
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Australia Announces Major Changes to BIIP: Cuts 5 Categories, Raises Capital Requirements
Australia is bringing wide-ranging changes to its extremely popular BIIP, cutting five categories and raising capital requirements.
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Thai Elite Visa to Be Included With Condo-Purchases of US$330,000 or More From January
While welcoming the new scheme, market observers expect it to have only limited success until travel restrictions are removed.
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EB-5 Community on Edge As Bill That Would Do Away With Per-Country Limits Also Passes Senate
If passed, the bill would see EB-5 wait times for applicants filing today equalized to more than eight years, regardless of country of origin.
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Dominica’s Entrepreneur-to-Citizen Path Opening “Early Next Year” Says PM Skerrit
Dominica’s new entrepreneurship visa, which offers a path to citizenship in two years for US$50,000, finally has a launch date (of sorts).
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Details Emerge on Russia’s Planned Golden Visa Program: Investments Starting at $130,000
The Ministry of Economy has offered a first glance at precisely under which conditions it will grant residency in exchange for investment.
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Everything You Need to Know About the New Maltese Exceptional Investor Naturalization (MEIN) Regulations
See requirements and forms, procedures, the code of conduct, the licensing requirements, the policy handbook, and analysis of the MEIN here.
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Antigua CIP Opens for Sibling, Grandchildren Dependents, Cuts Fees for Adding Future Family Members
Fees on adding dependents after-the-fact are sharply cut and even the future spouses and children of a dependent child may now be included.
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Italy’s September Amendments to “La Dolce Visa” Finally Makes it a “Real Golden Visa”
No more physical presence requirements and the possibility to apply and invest through a company rather than as an individual.
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After Raising AED100 Billion in 1st Year, UAE Extends “Golden Visa” to Doctors, Computer Scientists
The UAE government is extending the welcome under the golden visa to all doctors and a wide range of engineers and scientists.
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Portugal to Allow Birthright Citizenship From Tomorrow: Major Win for Golden Visa
Starting tomorrow, children born to a foreign parent who has lived in Portugal for a year will be eligible for citizenship at birth.
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Saint Kitts CIP Becomes Fourth in Caribbean to Allow for Sibling Dependents
The Kittitian policy, however, differs from those of other regional CIPs in certain key respects, notably on age requirements.
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Vietnam Seeks to Prevent Participation in CBI Programs by Banning Int’l Property Investment
The Vietnamese government says it wants to prevent its citizens from obtaining other nationalities through real estate investment.
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Australia to Double Its Investor Visa Quota as Part of Economic Recovery Plan
The Ministry is targeting “those who are going to grow Australian businesses, create Australian jobs and supercharge our economic recovery.”
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Rwandan Cabinet Approves Law That Would Define Criteria for Investor Naturalization
Rwanda becomes the fourth African country in two years to publicly consider plans for citizenship by investment.
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EB-5 Allocated Record 18,567 Visas for FY2021 As Program Extended Through Dec 11th
In a big week for EB-5, the program received another short-term extension and nearly doubled its number of available visas.
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Immigration Lawyers Optimistic on Prospects for Jus Soli in Portugal This Year
Two months ago, President de Sousa vetoed the amendments that Parliament had approved, but not because he objects to jus sanguinis.
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