SEF Resumes Biometrics Appointment Bookings for Golden Visa Applicants (Except for Renewals)
“The real backlog”, says Pedro Catão Pinheiro, “is still ahead of us. It will come with the wave of applications filed on June 15th.”
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Why Don’t More Investment Migration Companies Promote Italy’s “Dolce Visa”?
Italy as a destination sells itself, argues Dario Montagnese. All RCBI advisors need to do is let investors know it also has a golden visa.
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Special Report: The Fate of Investment Migration in Europe – What Happens Next
Stephane Tajick provides an in-depth overview of the EU’s legislative procedures around investment migration. What are the potential outcomes? At which junctures can the industry influence the process? And what timeline are we working with?
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Portuguese Parliament Rejects Leftist Parties’ Motions to End Golden Visa
Portugal’s ruling Socialist Party, which controls Parliament, has made its position clear: The golden visa program is not going anywhere.
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Latitude Group Announces 1st Applicants to Receive Maltese Citizenship Approvals Under MEIN Policy
The first applicants and their families started the MEIN journey in December 2020 and took just under 18 months to get citizenship approval.
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Breaking: SEF Resumes Acceptance of New Portugal Golden Visa Applications
After six months of stagnation, the SEF has begun accepting new golden visa applications once more.
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100 Investors Have Chosen Portugal’s Golden Visa Fund Option so Far in 2022, China Volume at Record Low
American applicants and fund investments reach record highs while Chinese participation and per-applicant average investment hit record lows.
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Portugal’s Golden Visa Crisis: Civil Suit Against State Only Option if Stonewalling Continues, Say PAIIR-Founders
After 16 months of attempting to engage a Kafkaesque bureaucracy on the golden visa crisis, the founders of PAIIR are ringing the alarm bells.
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Mexican Ex-President Peña Nieto Living in Spain on Golden Visa
In 2019, the ex-president denied reports he had plans to leave Mexico for Spain. Records show he had changed his mind 18 months later.
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Montenegrin PM in Brussels: CIP “Will be Terminated” on Dec 31st
As it did in 2021, Montengro’s government says it will end the CIP on new year’s eve. This time, an 11th-hour change of heart is less likely.
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Think Portugal’s NHR is Attractive? Wait Until You See Greece’s New Tax Incentives for Foreign Investors
Foreign investors, retirees, and – in some cases – freelancers and employees can pay a single-digit rate of tax under Greece’s new regimes.
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Ireland IIP Becomes 6th Billion-Euro Golden Visa in Europe, 2021 Data Reveals
Ireland finally joined the exclusive billion-euro golden visa club at the end of last year, almost entirely thanks to Chinese investment.
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Spain Non-Lucrative, Golden Visa Approvals Accelerated Sharply in 2021
Though the Ministry will only confirm the number in December, Spain likely approved its 13,000th golden visa in the second half of last year.
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Portugal Golden Visa Fund Investment so Far in 2022 Already Exceeds Last Year’s Total
Investment in golden visa funds has already surpassed last year’s total, indicating fund investment could more than triple this year.
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Why the Greek Golden Visa is the Ultimate Residency by Investment Program
The facts and figures speak for themselves: Greece offers the best deal in the world for residence by investment.
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The Portugal Golden Visa Investment Fund Page in IMI: Make Sure Your Fund is Correctly Listed
See our new Portugal Golden Visa Investment Funds page; Comparison chart, statistics, and articles about golden visa eligible funds.
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A Year After Opening, North Macedonia’s €200k CIP Has Yet to Grant Any Citizenships
At least 32 applications remain in processing, some of which were filed in Q2 last year and approved in principle last August.
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Malta Reportedly Open to Ending Citizenship by Investment Over EU Pressure, Dwindling Revenue
Unnamed cabinet ministers tell the Times of Malta that the PM considers phasing out the program – or reforming it once again.
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Latvia Keeps Golden Visa Open After All But Shuts it to Russians, Belarusians for 15 Months
In the end, Latvia keeps its program but suspends Russians and Belarusians for a year and bars those who support the war from applying.
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Cyprus to Revoke Passports (Not Citizenships) of up to 21 Russians, Belarusians Over EU Sanctions
Cyprus is revoking the passports – not the citizenships – of a number of Russians and Belarusians whose name appear on sanctions lists.
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