Portugal Approves 12,000th Golden Visa as Total Investment Approaches EUR 7 Billion
British investors are becoming more numerous and have now appeared in the monthly top-five nationalities list for 6 of the last 8 months.
Read MoreBritish investors are becoming more numerous and have now appeared in the monthly top-five nationalities list for 6 of the last 8 months.
Read MoreRespondents also said Portugal’s Golden Visa and St Kitts’ CIP were the best-selling programs in 2022 and expressed high hopes for St Lucia.
Read MoreBuoyed by fewer competitors and an impending price hike, the program’s application volume has ballooned. So has its backlog of pending cases.
Read MoreThree agents alone were responsible for 42% of applications, while 22 agents submitted only a single application.
Read MoreThe Saint Lucia CIP’s annual report shows the program is setting new records on all fronts – but regressing slightly on transparency.
Read MorePortugal is likely to approve a record number of applications in 2023. As long as the housing bill in its current form doesn’t pass, that is.
Read MoreGreek Golden Visa authorities are struggling to keep up with mushrooming demand. Applications in the backlog now number at least 3,700.
Read MorePanama has approved 388 investor visas so far in 2023. In the last six years, investors account for 16% of all residence permits issued.
Read MoreLast year, the IIP got more than 5 times as many applications as in 2021, mostly from Chinese. The govt. worries what Brussels will think.
Read MoreAmericans leapfrog Turks to become the third-biggest investor nationality. British application volume is showing signs of acceleration too.
Read MoreGrenada’s CIP set new records for applications, approvals, and revenues. The biggest new record of all, however, is the size of the backlog.
Read MoreWhen Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis announced the price increase for golden visa real estate in September, investors reacted immediately.
Read MoreChina’s investment migration market is once more booming. South Korea is one of the primary beneficiaries.
Read More“Most of our clients now pick either the Qualified Investor or Friendly Nations visas,” says Savannah Bruce.
Read MoreNow that the Chinese investment migration market is recovering, the EU golden visa that most relies on it is bouncing back as well.
Read MoreAmericans were the top investor nationality for Portugal’s golden visa in 2022, doubling in numbers from 2021, while fund investment tripled.
Read MoreEven if Grenada receives no new applications, it can still reach – and exceed – its target by merely processing its existing caseload.
Read MoreMeanwhile, the number of golden visas issued to American applicants has tripled in the same period. That is unlikely to be a coincidence.
Read MoreSo far in 2022, Panama has approved 1,229 such visas for main applicants, nearly as many as in the three preceding years combined.
Read MoreWhile American interest keeps growing, Chinese demand is rebounding. So far in 2022, they have gained, respectively, 174 and 175 approvals.
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