Cyprus Citizenship Program Raises Mininum Investment, Reports €6.6 Billion Revenue Since 2013
Christian NesheimEditor Having lowered the minimum investment requirement for its citizenship by investment program in 2016, from €2.5 million to
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Finally Cooking With Gas: Saint Lucia CIP Applications Grow Tenfold on Year
After suffering teething pains for the better part of 2016, the Caribbean’s youngest citizenship by investment program – the Saint Lucia CIP – has found its bearings and is finally putting the processing pedal to the metal.
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Portugal Golden Visa Sees Flying Start to 2019, Raises €86m From 146 Investors
Should each month in 2019 be as good as January, Portugal would see its own annual records for both investment and visas issued surpassed by some 24%
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Vanuatu Citizenship Program-Income Up 3X in Two Years: Third of Govt. Revenue Now From CBI
Income from citizenship by investment in Vanuatu more than doubled in 2018 and now accounts for a third of overall government revenue.
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Back With a Vengeance: Antigua CIP Applications More Than Double in 2018
Application volume for Antigua & Barbuda’s CIP have not merely recovered; 2018 has been, by far, the best year on record.
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Thailand Elite Residence Visa Applications Up 11x in Four Years
Stephane TajickMontreal Interest in the Thailand Elite Residence Program is growing at a ferocious pace. Permit issuances are up 64% on the year, and have grown by a factor of eleven in just four years. The Thailand Elite Residence
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Remembering the Dead Part 2 – Citizenship by Investment Programs of Yesteryear
Stephane TajickMontreal This is the second in a two-part series on now-defunct residence and citizenship by investment programs. This week,
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Total Collapse: Chinese Share of EB-5 Program Falls by 45% ’18, Lowest in 10 Years
The effects of 15-year wait times and a growing interest in European alternatives are starting to manifest in Chinese application
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Cyprus CIP Could Reach 700 Naturalizations Limit This Year
Christian NesheimEditor In the first seven months of 2018, Cyprus had already received 521 applications for citizenship by investment. Unless
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Spain’s Golden Visa Raised a Billion Euros in Investment Over the Last Year
Christian NesheimEditor Spanish government figures reveal that the last 12 months have been – by far – the best year
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Portuguese Revival: Golden Visa Investment in Dec Up 300% on Year.
Christian NesheimEditor Statistics from Portugal’s Borders and Immigration Service (SEF) shows the country’s golden visa program raised FDI worth €94
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Portugal Golden Visa: €77M Raised in November, Up 30% Year-on-Year
Christian NesheimEditor Statistics from Portugal’s Borders and Immigration Service shows the country’s golden visa program raised FDI worth €77 million
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Greece Has Issued Nearly 1k Golden Visas a Month in 2018, Will Eclipse EB-5 by Year-End
Christian NesheimEditor Enterprise Greece has released figures indicating that, by the end of September this year, the country had issued
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Malta IIP Passes €1bn in Revenue, Has Turned Down €250m Due to High Rejection Rates
Christian NesheimEditor Malta’s Office of the Regulator of the Individual Investor Programme (ORiip) today published its fifth annual report on
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1 Decade, 30,663 Visas, $8.3 Billion: UK Tier 1 Program Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Christian NesheimEditor As the UK Tier 1 Visa program turns 10 years old, we’re taking a deep dive into the
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1 in 5 RCBI-Firms Say Dominica Will be Best-Selling Program This Year – 2018 Investment Migration Executive Survey
Christian NesheimEditor We surveyed 40 senior executives – CEOs, COOs, Principal Partners, and owners – from the leading residence and
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Antigua CIP Posts Best 6-Month Results Ever: Applications Up 49% Y-o-Y
Christian NesheimEditor After more than a year of statistical report silence from Antigua & Barbuda’s CIU, the unit on Friday
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EB-5 Wait-Times for Vietnamese, Indians Now 6+ Years as Retrogression No Longer Limited to China
Christian NesheimEditor Chinese applicants are no longer the only group suffering under the EB-5 program’s intractable retrogression nightmare; Indian and
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Regional Center Applications Plummet 95%, Lowest Level in 6 Years
Christian NesheimEditor The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) received only 25 I-924 applications – the petition private and
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Portugal Golden Visa on Track to Raise €800m in 2018
Christian NesheimEditor In October, Portugal’s golden visa (PGV) program saw approvals and investments double from the month before. So far
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