“The foreign buyer ban is not just important because people would like to be able to own a home here, but even the words ‘foreign buyer ban’ are words that turn people off”
“No one has ever invested 15 million actual dollars”: New Zealand admits investor visa rules were “an absolute nightmare”
From Malta’s ECJ battle to Kuwait’s war on dual citizenship- 2024’s investment migration cliffhangers leave us guessing what’s next
James Hall says the government will drop English requirements, add new investment options, and maintain access to new property developments
Everyone needs a contingency plan for if/when World War 3 breaks out. James Nuveen details six bolt-hole jurisdictions that may surprise you.
James Hall explains New Zealand’s updated visa fee structure as entrepreneur and investor visa fees set to triple.
Minimum investment requirements and minimum stay requirements both increase as New Zealand aims for investors who play a more active role.
2021-22 results brought the program’s performance from nadir to zenith within a year in which it raised NZ$1 billion from just 100 investors.
After two years of falling approvals and investments, all arrows finally point in the right direction for New Zealand’s investor visas.
Winners, losers, surprises, and new trends. These are five graphs that characterize the year in golden visa programs.
New Zealand’s Investor Visa, which but a few years ago raised more than a billion NZ dollars a year, remains virtually dead 19 months after the onset of the pandemic.
“The program is a mess at the moment,” says ANZ Migration’s James Hall. Some of his clients have waited more than a year for approvals that normally take 3 months.
More than NZ$ 1bn of investor visa funds, half of it from the US, are knocking on New Zealand’s door, which, due to COVID, remains closed.
While only 16% of Indonesians are turned away, half of Malaysian and South African investor visa applicants get rejection letters.
Q1 of New Zealand’s 2019-2020 reporting year has ended and figures released this month show interest in investor visas is on a decidedly downward path.
In 2017, New Zealand introduced a partial ban on foreign property buyers. Nearly two years later, Ed Kennedy asks if the policy has had the desired effect.
But Kiwi authorities have also left NZ$2.7 billion on the table due to their sky-high rejection rates.
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.
We’ve put together an overview of the world’s most popular residence by investment programs, backed by official statistics. A note on the
New Zealand’s parliament yesterday voted 63-57 in favor of passing the Overseas Investment Amendment Bill. The law makes it illegal
