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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Spain’s Golden Visa Program Now Bigger Than Portugal’s After Record 2019
Figures from Spain’s Ministry of Labor shows the country’s golden visa program approved a record 1,422 main applicants in 2019, up from 1,188 last year.
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As EU Citizens Lose Settlement Rights in UK, Tier 1 Visa’s Future Looks Bright
Next year, EU citizens will no longer have automatic settlement-rights in the UK. This widens the Tier 1 visa’s target demographic by 11m European HNWIs.
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Vanuatu CIP-Revenue Surged in 2019, Nearly Half of Government Revenue in Dec.
Having more than tripled in two years, revenues from CBI are already the country’s main income source and may soon make up more than 50% of the total.
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Portugal Residence Investors Unfazed by Rule-Change Discussions, Feb Data Shows
One novel development was apparent, though; for the first time since records began, Chinese investors were not the leading applicant cohort.
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Citizenship Investors Now Raise $250m a Month for Turkey, According to Ministry of Interior
Application data for Turkey’s citizenship by investment program, as reported by the government, defy belief; nearly 25,000 new citizens in 17 months.
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Vietnamese Investors Account for 1 in 3 Latvia Golden Visas in 2019
Latvia’s residence by investment program logged marginal gains in 2019, but Vietnamese appetite for the business investment option remains strong.
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2019 a Record Year for Grenada CIP: Real Estate Outpaces Donations For the First Time in 4 Years
A sharp uptick in real estate investment and drastically improved processing saw the program raise EC$166 million in 2019, 13% more than its 2018 record.
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Chinese Investors’ Association Says Chinese Will Spend €1 Billion on Greek Golden Visas in 2020
The Association of Chinese Investors in Greece says their countrymen will spend €800 million to €1 billion on Greek golden visas in 2020. Is that realistic?
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After Record 2019, Thailand Elite Visa Eyes 10,000-Member Milestone in 2020
Thailand’s Elite Residence Program again broke records in 2019, growing its member-base by 2,149 individuals, or 28% more than the 1,679 it added last year.
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Greek Golden Visa Has Raised Some €2 Billion From Almost 19k Participants
Having already beaten all European records in 2018, there was little left for Greece to outperform in 2019 but its own achievements, which it did by 34%.
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1 in 4 Portugal Residence Investors Now Opt for Alternative Assets
The share of investors who pick options other than the conventional EUR 500,000 property purchase has more than tripled in the last three years.
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EB-5 Regional Centers Closing at Fastest Rate on Record
Between Jan and Sep 2019, the USCIS terminated 75 regional centers and approved only six. 80% of terminations since ’08 have taken place in the last two years.
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Antigua CIP H1 2019 Data: Applications Dip, 97% Pick Contribution Option
The recently released six-month report on the Antigua & Barbuda CIP shows applications in H1 2019 are down by 40% compared to H2 2018.
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The Year in Investment Migration: 2019 in 12 Graphs
As 2020 beckons, we review the year in investment migration with 12 graphs and their accompanying articles, telling the visual story of 2019.
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Malta IIP 2018-19 Data Show Downward Trend Continuing: Regulator Chides “Unscrupulous” Detractors
The numbers offer but grim reading, as all arrows point downward for the program’s key performance indicators.
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The E2 Statistics Series Part 1: Rejection Rates Are Rising (Quickly)
While rejection rates are rising, refusal rates vary markedly between different applicant types; investors, managers, essential employees, and dependents.
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Greek Golden Visa to Surpass 2,000 Main Applicants in 2019, 40% Ahead of Closest EU Competitor
Greece’s residence by investment program is raising €23 million a week. Already Europe’s most popular program by far, its application volumes keep growing.
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Total Revenue From Residence by Investment in Portugal to Pass €5 Billion Milestone Within Weeks
The milestone has only been reached by three other residence programs in history, but apps. hit a 17-month low in Nov and 2019 income is lowest since 2015.
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Southeast Asia is #1 Office Expansion Destination Among RCBI Firms
But Subcontinental Asians (Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshi) are a faster-growing demographic segment of the client base, say heads of 40 global IM firms.
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