EU Law Firm explains the mechanics of Latvia’s often overlooked, yet extremely stable, EUR 280,000 bank deposit option under its Golden Visa.
Most digital nomad visas function as long-stay tourist visas. These 11 programs offer something different: codified paths to PR and citizenship in Europe, Latin America, and Asia.
Real estate investment has rebounded, and Turkish applicants lead. Latvia is on pace for its strongest year since 2021.
EU Law Firm explores the reasons that make Latvia’s Golden Visa a simple and elegant route to EU residency
Business investment applications account for 74% share of Latvia’s Golden Visa program as Chinese investors take top spot
295 startup visa applications, one address: Latvian investigation reveals how dozens of Russian companies shared a single mailbox in Riga
Manpreet Kataria, Patrick Peters, Nisha Mc Intyre, Omer Kahraman, and Anastasia Barna speculate on who will benefit from the Caribbean MoA.
EU Law Firm: Latvia’s Golden Visa provides regulatory and pricing stability amidst rapid changes within the investment migration industry.
EU Law Firm provides an overview of the Latvian Golden Visa’s investment categories and highlights the benefits of each one.
Russians have historically made up more than half of all Latvia Golden Visa applicants. Since 2022, the program has had to do without them.
Globally, hundreds of millions of people have a great grandparent from an EU country. Too few of them are picking up citizenships for free.
In the end, Latvia keeps its program but suspends Russians and Belarusians for a year and bars those who support the war from applying.
As Latvia terminates its golden visa, we summarize what can arguably be characterized as the worst month in investment migration’s history.
If you have ancestors who were Latvian citizens and you can prove it, you likely qualify for Latvian – and thereby EU – citizenship.
If appeasing the EU was Malta’s goal, says Philippe May, it was unsuccessful. “These people are driven by ideology. They will never give up.”
Though approval volumes were down across the board, the differences in performance varied sharply, from -4% to -92%.
Once first among its European equals, Latvia’s golden visa has languished since 2014. 93% of the program’s total FDI stems from before 2016.
Latvia’s residence by investment program logged marginal gains in 2019, but Vietnamese appetite for the business investment option remains strong.
Adjusting for differences in minimum requirements, you’ll get three times as many square meters in the cheapest market as in the most expensive.
If Latvia’s golden visa performs as well in the second half of 2019 as it did in the first, application volume will grow by nearly 50% on the year.