Invest Only After Approval, Processing in 3 Months, And Other Unique Advantages of Italy’s Dolce Visa
Italy’s Dolce Visa has no processing delays, allows for tailor-made investments, and even lets you wait to invest until after approval.
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9 EU Countries That Grant Citizenship to the Great Grandchildren of Their Citizens
Globally, hundreds of millions of people have a great grandparent from an EU country. Too few of them are picking up citizenships for free.
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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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Italian Citizenship by Lawsuit: Taking Consulates to Court Over Lack of Appointments – And Winning
The Italian Court of Rome states that consulates that don’t give appointments violate the right to claim Italian citizenship by descent.
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Italian Citizenship by Descent: Up to 80 Million Worldwide Potentially Eligible
From Buenos Aires to Boston, tens of millions are eligible for Italian citizenship by descent. David Lesperance explains how to qualify.
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Applications for Italy’s “Dolce Visa” Quadruple in 2021 as Investors Embrace Improved Terms
After three years of lackluster application volumes, Italy’s investor visa is finally garnering interest thanks to the reforms of late 2020.
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The Big Investment Migration Stories of 2021: IMI’s 10 Most-Read Articles This Year
Among our ten most-read stories in 2021, half concerned Portugal and half were written by outside contributors. Merry Christmas.
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Purported Fast-Track to Italian Citizenship for South Africans is a Scam, Embassy Warns
One firm claimed Italian citizenships were available for South Africans in “less than a year” for just EUR 100,000. “It’s a scam,” says the Italian embassy.
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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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Italy’s September Amendments to “La Dolce Visa” Finally Makes it a “Real Golden Visa”
No more physical presence requirements and the possibility to apply and invest through a company rather than as an individual.
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Italy Halves Minimum Investment of “La Dolce Visa” to EUR 250,000 – But Will Investors Bite?
The new minimum places Italy’s investment low end of the cost-spectrum among European golden visas but also calls for a much higher level of risk tolerance.
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Italy’s Investor Visa Could be Europe’s Most Popular if Only it Didn’t Ignore Market Realities
The Italian Investor Visa (IIV) has been around for almost three years without gaining any meaningful traction. Why?
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Italy’s Startup Visa Rejects Nearly Half of Applicants, 80% of Investment in Northern Regions
Eight of ten startups end up in the wealthier Northern regions, and fully 56% of founders launch their business within a two-hour drive from Milan.
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The Three Routes to Italian Residence by Investment – An Overview
Italy offers three routes to residence by investment: Lump-sum taxation on high earners, an investor visa that begins at €500,000, and tax-free retirement.
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