The Investment Migration Knowledge Platform
In Shanghai, 44% of immigration intermediaries have yet to celebrate their first anniversary and fully 91% have yet to mark their fifth.
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The Greek golden visa program is raising capital to the tune of EUR 15-20 million a week, most of it attributable to Chinese investors.
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A fundamental motive for investment migration applicants is asset protection. Don’t forget to advise on protecting the most valuable asset of all.
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Approved applications cratered by 49% compared to August and investments fell from some EUR 83 million to EUR 49 million, figures released today reveal.
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Unconfirmed reports indicate Greece will double its minimum investment requirement, introduce compulsory stays, and mandate minimum spending.
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Adjusting for differences in minimum requirements, you’ll get three times as many square meters in the cheapest market as in the most expensive.
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Two chief explanations exist as to why Latin-America, home to some 600,000 HNWIs, is not a region of focus for most big investment migration firms.
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Dr. Farooq traces the history of citizenship to see how eligibility for it has evolved, starting in ancient Greece and ending in modern Europe.
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By the end of August this year, Portugal’s residence by investment program, the Golden Visa, had raised EUR 553 million, statistics released by the SEF today show.
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Where will investor migrants come from in 2023? We’ve attempted to answer that question by analyzing push- and pull-factors, supply
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Angie Rupert compares the EB-5 and E-2 visas on which gives clients more flexibility in terms of work, running a business, and traveling.
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Not only is corporate tax 76% lower on the island; real estate prices are still well below their pre-crisis peak, writes economist Miguel Pinto-Correia.
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Following the government’s elimination of licensing requirements, immigration agencies are mushrooming.
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Applications to Portugal’s golden visa began to rise sharply in 2016. This year, the number is set to reach a record high of more than 250 investors.
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In July and August last year, 47 Malaysian property exhibitions took place in Hong Kong. During the same two months this year, that number had risen to 93.
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Republican Senator Rand Paul is asking his colleagues in the Senate to sign a Joint Resolution that would stop the EB-5 program’s planned price increase in November.
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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.
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Not since March 2018 has the SEF approved more applications in a single month than it did in July, and never has it approved more Brazilians.
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Extremely conservative estimates would place the number of program participants at more than 100,000. The actual figure is likely in the 130-150,000 range.
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32 major events remain in the year. You can’t catch them all, so here’s how to choose between them.
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