The Investment Migration Knowledge Platform
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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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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“I would not be shocked if [in Lisbon and Porto], the minimum investment requirement went from EUR 500,000 to EUR 1m,” says the President of APEMIP.
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As CIP-demand slows, luxury developers are most likely to take the brunt of the impact while the overall market continues on a modest upward trajectory.
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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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One firm’s director lent more than GBP 100 million to UK Tier 1 applicants on the condition they invest it in a company controlled by his wife.
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Service providers must provide papers proving all their clients going back to 2013 kept their investments according to the requirements by February 15th.
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Transparency International has won a court case that will compel Portuguese authorities to share more data on the golden visa program.
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Montenegro’s Citizenship Act had a critical inadequacy; it did not allow those minors, or even adult dependents, to obtain citizenship by investment.
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Paying returns to old investors with funds from new ones: In finance, that’s called a Ponzi scheme. In Golden Visa real estate, it’s par for the course.
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Confirmation of the citizenship route, coupled with Portugal’s likelihood of becoming an E2 country in the near future, will give the program a major boost.
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The Ministry of Interior, together with various public institutions, will spend the next 30 days to craft a report for the government, which will subsequently determine the program’s future.
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Fearne’s comments mark a departure in stated intentions from Labour; Muscat, two years ago, indicated he was confident the program would be extended.
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The numbers offer but grim reading, as all arrows point downward for the program’s key performance indicators.
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The Greek property market has taken a drastic turn for the better during 2019, spurred on by a VAT holiday and soaring demand for golden visas.
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The Italian Investor Visa (IIV) has been around for almost three years without gaining any meaningful traction. Why?
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Portugal’s golden visa investors may soon not only have the chance to gain residence and citizenship in an EU country, but also to run businesses in the US.
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“The Commission monitors investor citizenship schemes in the context of the EU accession process,” said Jourova during an interview with the Albanian press.
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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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If you thought backlogs were only a North American residence program phenomenon, think again; Retrogression has arrived in Europe.
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