Bulgarian Lawmakers End Citizenship Program as Amendments Pass After Second Reading
After years of back-and-forth, Bulgaria’s semi-direct citizenship by investment program has sung its last verse.
Read MoreAfter years of back-and-forth, Bulgaria’s semi-direct citizenship by investment program has sung its last verse.
Read MoreHungary is serious about naturalizing members of its diaspora, and not deterred by application volume. 3 million worldwide could be eligible.
Read MoreFor golden visa investors who buy real estate, the differences between Portugal and Greece are big when all factors are taken into account.
Read MoreThe vast majority of golden visa investors in Greece choose real estate. For many, however, other investment options may be a better choice.
Read MoreThe Commission agrees with the Parliament that citizenship by investment in the EU should end. What they don’t agree in is how to end it.
Read More18 months of lobbying has paid off. As many as 1.5 million Slovak descendants worldwide will now potentially be eligible for EU citizenship.
Read MoreThe LIBE Committee today approved MEP Sophie in ‘t Veld’s radical anti-RCBI report. The European Parliament will vote on the bans next month.
Read MoreLike a balloon held under water and the released, the popularity of the Greek golden visa program is once more soaring as the world reopens.
Read MoreFor the first time on record, “alternative” investments this January constituted an absolute majority of overall golden visa investment.
Read MoreFrom Buenos Aires to Boston, tens of millions are eligible for Italian citizenship by descent. David Lesperance explains how to qualify.
Read MoreMEPs also propose licenses for IM practitioners, undercover sting operations, and that 75% of investment must be “green and digital”.
Read MoreFor the first time ever, and exclusively in IMI, the Residency Malta Agency shares statistics on Malta’s PRP (and MRVP) going back to 2016.
Read MoreThough the govt. wants to end the program, comprehensive reform and extension of the program is an equally likely outcome, says Ivan Petrov.
Read MoreIn this comprehensive overview, Sara Sousa Rebolo and Miguel Silva outline what to look out for in Portugal’s immigration system in 2022.
Read MoreMartin St-Hilaire points to red herrings, straw man arguments, and other deliberate fallacies the European Commission uses against Vanuatu.
Read MoreThe Greek Golden Visa beat its closest EU rivals by a margin of 20% to officially regain the throne as Europe’s biggest golden visa in 2021.
Read MoreLimited economic benefit combined with EU antipathy to CBI leads the Bulgarian government to conclude the program isn’t worth the trouble.
Read MoreThe European Commission has formally proposed that the Council partially suspend visa-free Schengen access for Vanuatu passport holders.
Read MoreFrance’s EUR 300,000 active investor visa offers a straightforward path to EU citizenship but only to those willing to live and pay tax there.
Read MoreApproval volumes for the Greek Golden Visa accelerate sharply in the final quarter of 2021, soaring past its Portuguese rival.
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