The Investment Migration Knowledge Platform
Channel 4 and the Times say they have exposed a “scandal”, but the industry has itself repeatedly urged the Home Office to update its procedure.
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But Kiwi authorities have also left NZ$2.7 billion on the table due to their sky-high rejection rates.
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Not since the investment requirement was half what it is today has the UK Tier 1 Investor Visa seen more applications than during Q1 2019.
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Over the last ten years, the Kiwis’ high standards have led them to turn down investments worth over NZ$1.7 billion. But they’re still raking in NZ$27m a week.
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This article was contributed by Daniele Dapporto, an expert in Citizenship and Residency By Investment Over the last year, Italy has quietly been running two rarely talked about investment migration options: An “Italy Investor Visa” residency by investment program since December 2017, and – since March 2017 – a residency program for fiscal benefits, commonly known
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[dropcap]N[/dropcap]ew Zealand’s Category 2 Investor Visa – the world’s “pickiest” such program, with rejection rates hovering around 50% – last year doubled its investment requirement. That decision has earned the Kiwis an additional NZ$173 million (US$116 million). New Zealand’s Investor Visa (NZIV) programs are dearly priced: The Category 1 Plus Investor Visa costs NZ$10 million; Category
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The United Arab Emirates have announced sweeping regulatory changes to its investment and immigration laws. Key amendments include 10-year visas for entrepreneurs, investors, scientists and other categories of individuals of exceptional talent, as well as opening for 100% foreign ownership in UAE-companies, even outside free zones. According to Gulf News, the UAE government said 10-year
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New Zealand has two separate categories available to investor immigrants: Investor 1 Resident Visa and Investor 2 Resident Visa. Investor 1 requires an investment of NZ$ 10 million over a three-year period; Investor 2, an NZ$3 million over a four-year period (NZ$1.5 million until May 2017). Since 2007, 1,541 main applicants have received approvals under one of
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New Zealand’s Prime Minister-elect, Jacinda Ardern, has announced her administration will bar non-resident foreigners from purchasing existing homes in New Zealand, reports the BBC. The move comes after years of steep price growth in the country’s residential real estate market, which turned the issue into a prominent and contentious point of discussion ahead of the
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