Golden Visa Demand, VAT-Breaks See Athens-Region New Development Area Equivalent to Gibraltar
The Greek property market has taken a drastic turn for the better during 2019, spurred on by a VAT holiday and soaring demand for golden visas.
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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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House Passes Bill to Make Portugal an E1 and E2 Treaty Country
Portugal’s golden visa investors may soon not only have the chance to gain residence and citizenship in an EU country, but also to run businesses in the US.
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Frontier Dispatches: Nigeria’s Investment Migration Market
30,000 millionaires, terrorism, a cash-economy, and trust issues: Nigeria’s investment migration market offers great challenges, but even greater potential.
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Greek Golden Visa to Surpass 2,000 Main Applicants in 2019, 40% Ahead of Closest EU Competitor
Greece’s residence by investment program is raising €23 million a week. Already Europe’s most popular program by far, its application volumes keep growing.
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Total Revenue From Residence by Investment in Portugal to Pass €5 Billion Milestone Within Weeks
The milestone has only been reached by three other residence programs in history, but apps. hit a 17-month low in Nov and 2019 income is lowest since 2015.
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Investment Migration CEOs Predict Grenada CIP Will Be Best-Seller This Year
The results from IMI’s 2019 Investment Migration Executive Survey are in.
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Malta RVP’s Financing Option Shows Why the RCBI Market is About to Get 10 Times Bigger
Investment financing has the potential to catapult investment migration from UHNWI luxury product status to the much greater mass affluent market.
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New EB-5 $900k Minimum Now in Effect – But For How Long?
New regulations that raise the minimum investment requirements are now in effect. But legislative developments may change the rules again within a month.
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Investment Migration Programs by Revenue-per-Immigrant: New Zealand IV Tops Ranking
How much do the world’s investment migration programs bring in per immigrant, i.e., when counting the total number of passports/visas, including dependents?
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Kraft: New EB-5 Rules May Not Take Effect on Nov 21 as 6-Year Re-Authorization Likely This Year
New rules raising min. investments to $900,000 are scheduled to take effect this week. President Kraft of IIUSA thinks there’s a chance that won’t happen.
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China’s RCBI-Industry Unanimous: International Firms Who Target Direct Clients “Must be Opposed”
Luc Lu’s recent tour of China’s investment migration market highlight a rapidly changing industry that’s reconfiguring to deal with multiple crises.
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Chinese Buyers Increasingly Favor Properties in Asia Over Anglosphere, China’s Top Intl. Property Site Reports
The world of golden visa programs is “a buyer’s market in which Chinese citizens have their pick” says Georg Chmiel, Executive Chairman of Juwai.com.
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Greece Formally Approves Litany of New Asset Classes For Golden Visa Investment
After two years on the drawing board, the Greek government yesterday approved a variety of new investment options for its golden visa program.
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After Three Years of Decline, Australia’s SIV Program Regains Momentum
The program’s largest fund manager says that, thanks to non-SIV follow-up investments, total FDI arising from the program may be close to A$50 billion.
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Namibia to Launch Retiree Residency Program for Expats in 2020
“Let them bring their European pensions,” says the Namibian Ministry of Home Affairs.
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€5 Billion By Year’s End: Residency Investment in Portugal Picks Up 24% in October
Portugal’s golden visa program is just EUR 89 million away from passing the 5-billion-euro mark. The champagne-opening could take place as soon as next month.
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Greek Govt. Tables Lump-Sum Tax of as Little as €25,000 For Qualified Investors
Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis means business: Invest half a million; pay 100,000 in tax. Invest 1.5 million; pay 50,000. Invest 3 million; pay 25,000.
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Investor Migrants Becoming More Sophisticated, Favoring Fund Investment Over Real Estate
Portugal’s recent focus on private equity investment funds for Golden Visas reveal investor migrants are now sensitive to sound tax and exit strategies.
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Québec IIP’s 20,000-Application Backlog Precipitated Suspension
18,800 main applicants fulfilled the obligations of the QIIP but still await their permanent residence permits, a factor partly motivating the suspension.
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