Investment Migration People in the News – Oct 21, 2019
In this weekly segment, we provide a roundup of industry personalities’ appearances in the traditional media over the past week.
The ongoing unrest in Hong Kong and its effects on Portugal’s golden visa and real estate market was a common theme this week.
People who made appearances this week:
- Tina Cheng, Midland Immigration Consultancy
- David Hui, Centaline Immigration Consultancy
- Daniel Correia, United Investments Portugal
- Patricia Rato, &Beyond
- Luiz Felipe Maia, Maia International
- Patricia Climaco, Castelhana Real Estate
- Dominic Volek, Henley & Partners
- Alexandros Risvas, Risvas & Partners
Hongkongers’ interest in emigrating has jumped fourteen fold as the four-month long anti-government protests show no signs of ending, and many are selling their property before the housing market deteriorates further to finance their move, according to Midland Immigration Consultancy.
IM people featured:
- Tina Cheng, Midland Immigration Consultancy
- David Hui, Centaline Immigration Consultancy
Macau Daily Times: HK’s ‘Social Unrest’ is Boosting Property Sales in Portugal
“Our investment product is not planned to the program of the ‘Golden Visa.’ It is a product for a client in a higher segment of the market, which is looking for, above all, quality and security. [Here] the residency visa is an added advantage.”
IM people featured:
- Daniel Correia, United Investments Portugal
- Patricia Rato, &Beyond
Hong Kong is tipped to become one of the top sources of foreign investment in Portuguese property as residents seek a European haven from the violent protests that have consistently reduced their city to something resembling a war zone.
IM people featured:
- Luiz Felipe Maia, Maia International
- Patricia Climaco, Castelhana Real Estate
Techwire Asia: Southeast Asia might welcome more entrepreneurs, before and after Brexit
With Brexit on the horizon, it is expected that Singapore and other Southeast Asian countries will welcome a wave of economic immigrants — many of whom will be making the move in order to accelerate their digital transformation agenda.
IM people featured:
- Dominic Volek, Henley & Partners
Ekathimerini: Golden Visa system in a bind
“About a week ago we applied for an appointment for a customer of ours, but to our surprise the response was negative, as the office is unable to serve investors at all, not even in one or two years’ time,” says Alexandros Risvas.
IM people featured:
- Alexandros Risvas, Risvas & Partners
Christian Henrik Nesheim is the founder and editor of Investment Migration Insider, the #1 magazine – online or offline – for residency and citizenship by investment. He is an internationally recognized expert, speaker, documentary producer, and writer on the subject of investment migration, whose work is cited in the Economist, Bloomberg, Fortune, Forbes, Newsweek, and Business Insider. Norwegian by birth, Christian has spent the last 16 years in the United States, China, Spain, and Portugal.