Bulgaria Revamps Its R/CBI Program: New Investment Options, Faster Processing
If you thought Bulgaria’s RCBI program was on its last legs, think again: The program is relaunching with renewed support from the government.
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Portugal’s Golden Visa Moving Inland: How to Navigate the Transition and Get High Returns
As Portugal’s golden visa real estate inland, capital will move with it. Here’s how to identify the new property hotspots before they take off.
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American Golden Visa Investors Today, British Tomorrow: 10 on the Weekend – Sara Sousa Rebolo
Americans used to ask Sara Sousa Rebolo if Portugal’s buildings had elevators and air conditioning. Now, they line up to get Portuguese residency.
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UK Tier 1 Investment Down 40% in 2020: Quick Vaccine Rollout and Brexit Expected to Drive Rebound in 2021
The UK Tier 1 Investor Visa ended 2020 40% below 2019. Farzin Yazdi offers three reasons the market will bounce back in 2021.
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Health-Passports Part 2: CBI in a World Where Nationality Alone Doesn’t Determine Mobility
Michael Krakat asks: What is a passport’s nominal visa-freedom worth if health-restrictions prevent you from boarding a plane in the first place?
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How to Choose the Right Fund for the Portugal Golden Visa
Charles Taylor Harris shares the lessons he and his colleagues learned while analyzing 25 different golden visa investment funds.
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Caribbean: EU Adds Dominica to Tax Blacklist, Bermuda Introduces $2.5m Golden Visa
Dominica is back on the European Council’s blacklist of tax havens. Bermuda is opening a pricey residency by investment program.
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Life in the Cayman Islands: Pristine Beaches, Robust Infrastructure And a COVID-Free Community
It is difficult to recall life before the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the globe. Unless you’re in Cayman Islands, that is.
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Europe’s Golden Visa Performance in 2020: A Mixed Picture
Though approval volumes were down across the board, the differences in performance varied sharply, from -4% to -92%.
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Monaco Back on British Radars After Brexit, But New Residency Risks Present Themselves
Wealthy Britons, now third-country nationals as far as the EU is concerned, are increasingly moving to Monaco. That comes with a “residency risk”, writes Michel Soler.
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REITs: An Irish Immigration Investment That Puts Control Back in the Investor’s Hands
Find out what a REIT is, why it has been less popular than other investment routes, and why it can be a superior option for some investors.
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Portugal Publishes New Golden Visa Minimums – Fund, Deposit Routes Costlier From Jan. ’22
Big changes, also to prices, are coming to Portugal’s golden visa in January. See our interactive map to find out if your municipality qualifies for real estate investment.
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Australia BIIP Approvals Down Almost 40% in Year to June 30th, 2020
Processing capacity has tumbled since the onset of the pandemic, but Australia has plans to make up for lost investment this year.
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750m People, From Manila to Medellín, Eligible for Spanish Citizenship After 2 Years of Residency
Juan Antequera: Spanish naturalization is normally a 10-year process. Citizens of Spain’s former colonies, however, qualify in just two years.
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The Billion-Dollar Low-Margin Market of Post-Brexit Retroactive Golden Visas
Several hundred thousand UK citizens own homes in Spain, Portugal, and Greece worth enough to qualify for golden visas, retroactively.
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Slow Start to Portugal’s Golden Visa Year amid First Large Wave of Infections
As Portugal battles its first serious wave of infections, the country’s golden visa program is finally feeling the impact of the pandemic.
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Quebec IIP’s Future Hangs in the Balance as Govt. to Decide its Fate in March
As Canada and Quebec battle the COVID-19 pandemic with curfews and travel restrictions, the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program (QIIP) is
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South Korea Has Issued 19,246 Investor Visas Since 2000, But Applications Have Fallen Steadily for 20 Years
If you’re an investment migration practitioner who doesn’t know much about the South Korean investor visa, you’re not alone.
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Why Lourinhã Offers Family-Oriented Golden Visa Applicants the Best Investment Option
Just an hour north of Lisbon is a quiet beach town that offers an ideal location from which to start a new life at much lower prices than in the capital.
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Why Did Greece’s Golden Visa Performance Fall So Far Behind Portugal’s in 2020? Two Experts Answer
Despite a flurry of program-enhancing policy changes, the Greek golden visa’s performance in 2020 was lackluster compared to Portugal’s. Why?
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