“Still So Much Uncertainty Around Mobility”: 10 on the Weekend – Patricia Casaburi
Patricia Casaburi plans to expand into the Caribbean, admires Bruno L’ecuyer, and feels blessed to have spent the pandemic in Portugal.
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Will Next Year’s Price Change Kill Portugal GV’s Fund Investment Category?
The Mobility Standard hosts Murat Coskun to understand the future of golden visa investment fund options, in Portugal and beyond.
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Immigrating to Ireland to Prepare the Next Generation for Success
Children growing up in Ireland have access to the very best educational, employment, and entrepreneurial opportunities in the world.
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Malakouti: The Guardian Reaching to Find “Loophole” in Malta
Parviz Malakouti: That CBI applicants the world over often complete the minimum statutory requirements to get the benefit is no “revelation”.
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Russian Govt. Approves Golden Visa Bill, Will Permit Five Generations in One Application
Russia is changing its mind on minimum investments and plans to open what would be the world’s most generationally inclusive golden visa.
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No Exclusive Marketing Concessionaires for New Malta PR Program, Says Agency-Boss Mizzi
Whereas the MRVP had exclusive marketing partners for different geographical regions, the new MPRP will take a different approach.
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Boka Place in Porto Montenegro: The Profitable Route to European Citizenship
Units start from EUR 190,000 and qualify the investor for citizenship in what’s widely considered the next-in-line EU member country.
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How Portugal’s Real Estate Market Has Performed During the Pandemic So Far
Portugal’s property market is among Europe’s most internationalized, which has made its reaction to the pandemic atypical, writes Patricia Casaburi.
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Italy Has Rejected Half of All Startup Visa Applicants (And 9 in 10 Pakistanis)
The most common reasons for rejection were “weakness of the business model” and “lack of innovative value of the business project”.
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Spanish Golden Visa Approvals Plunged 76% to All-Time Low in Second Half of 2020
After a surprisingly strong first half of 2020, the pandemic appears to have caught up with Spain’s golden visa in the second half.
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Chinese Investors’ Share of Portugal Golden Visa in Q1 at Highest Level Since 2016
The Chinese dominated the golden visa during the early years before falling to a record-low in 2020. In 2021, they are returning in force.
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Montenegro CIP, We Hardly Knew Ye
Stephane Tajick laments that Montenegro’s government never gave the country’s CIP a chance to prove its mettle before settling its fate.
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Malta’s New Permanent Residence Program Open as of Yesterday
Malta’s new Permanent Residence Program (MPRP) is officially open for applications, following the publication of the relevant law on Friday.
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Reform for Cyprus’ Permanent Residency Program: New Investment Options
Applicants to the Cyprus Permanent Residency program now have more investment options than ever, writes Eleni Drakou.
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Turkey Moves Closer to Visa-Free Schengen Travel Following High-Level Talks
Turkey has met all the prerequisites the EU set in 2016 to enable a visa-waiver agreement. The ball is now in the EU’s court.
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Montenegrin Govt. Proposes to Not Extend CIP Beyond Dec 31st Expiration, Replace it With Skill-Based Program
The government indicated the program’s economic benefits so far did not justify jeopardizing EU accession talks.
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UK’s FCA Orders Major Investor Visa Provider to Stop Activities Over Concerns of Misconduct
The FCA said it had “identified a number of serious concerns” about the firm’s conduct, including for Tier 1 investor visa activities.
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Portugal Golden Visa on Track to Reach 10,000 Investors Milestone in Q3, Fund Option Uptake Accelerates
As Portugal nears an historic milestone, February brings encouraging results: A 43% YoY improvement and an 82% uptick from January.
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“Very Little Actually Changed”: Why Portugal Decided to Allow Golden Visa Investment in Cities After All
“The government realized that the problem wasn’t real estate [as such]. The real problem was real estate in specific locations.”
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Slovakia to Grant Citizenship by Descent up to 3rd Generation: 800,000 Americans Could Qualify
Slovakia is about to take citizenship by descent one generation further by qualifying great-grandchildren of Slovaks and former Czechoslovaks.
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