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Chinese Buyers Increasingly Favor Properties in Asia Over Anglosphere, China’s Top Intl. Property Site Reports

November 16, 2019November 16, 2019 Editor asia-pacific, china, citizenship by investment, club, ed kennedy, foreign ownership, georg chmiel, golden visa, interview, juwai, residence by investment

The world of golden visa programs is “a buyer’s market in which Chinese citizens have their pick” says Georg Chmiel, Executive Chairman of Juwai.com.

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After Three Years of Decline, Australia’s SIV Program Regains Momentum

November 10, 2019November 10, 2019 Editor asia-pacific, australia, australia siv, biip, club, data, data and intel, residence by investment, siv, statistics, trends

The program’s largest fund manager says that, thanks to non-SIV follow-up investments, total FDI arising from the program may be close to A$50 billion.

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Q1 Figures Indicate NZ Investor Visa Program in Decline – Rejections Hit 43%

October 23, 2019October 31, 2019 Editor asia-pacific, club, data, investor visa, new zealand, residence by investment, statistics

Q1 of New Zealand’s 2019-2020 reporting year has ended and figures released this month show interest in investor visas is on a decidedly downward path.

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App. Backlog Nears 20,000 for Australia’s Business Innovation & Investment Visa

October 14, 2019October 31, 2019 Editor asia-pacific, australia, australia siv, biip, club, data, golden visa, siv, statistics

Close to 80,000 investor migrants and dependents have obtained Australian visas under the BIIP, but 18,682 applicants are “in the pipeline”.

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Has New Zealand’s Ban on Foreigners Buying Houses Worked?

September 3, 2019October 31, 2019 Editor asia-pacific, club, ed kennedy, jacinda ardern, new zealand, policy

In 2017, New Zealand introduced a partial ban on foreign property buyers. Nearly two years later, Ed Kennedy asks if the policy has had the desired effect.

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Citizenship Sales Outstrip VAT to Become Vanuatu Govt’s Biggest Revenue Source

August 24, 2019October 31, 2019 Editor asia-pacific, cbi, cip, citizenship by investment, club, data, imf, statistics, vanuatu

In 2018, reports Vanuatu’s Ministry of Finance and Treasury, CBI-related revenue reached such unprecedented levels that, for the first time

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Vanuatu Eyes Record CBI-Revenue in 2019, Reaching 75% of Budget Target by End of April

August 5, 2019October 31, 2019 Editor asia-pacific, cbi, cip, citizenship by investment, club, data, dsp, statistics, vanuatu, vcp, vdsp

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

July 30, 2019October 31, 2019 Editor asia-pacific, club, data, golden visa, malaysia, mm2h, residence by investment, statistics

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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Malaysia’s M2H Golden Visa Has Raised US$4.5 Billion, Reveals Ministry

July 18, 2019July 18, 2019 Editor asia-pacific, data, golden visa, malaysia, mm2h, residence by investment, statistics

Program authorities are also making great strides in dealing with their extensive backlog of unprocessed applications.

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On Japanese Citizenship and Naturalization Policies and How They May Change

July 16, 2019July 16, 2019 Editor asia-pacific, dual citizenship, japan, kwon, opinion, policy

Hyong-Jin KWON Paris An estimated 700,000 dual citizens aged more than 22 live in Japan and an even more

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As Chinese Warm Up to Thai Elite Visa, Program Is Set For Record Year

June 25, 2019June 26, 2019 Editor asia-pacific, data, dominic volek, golden visa, henley and partners, residence by investment, statistics, thai elite, thailand

Thailand issued 498 visas to investors and their dependents during Q1, 2019. Rapidly growing Chinese demand is sustaining the program’s robust upward trend.