Why Lourinhã Offers Family-Oriented Golden Visa Applicants the Best Investment Option
Just an hour north of Lisbon is a quiet beach town that offers an ideal location from which to start a new life at much lower prices than in the capital.
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Why Did Greece’s Golden Visa Performance Fall So Far Behind Portugal’s in 2020? Two Experts Answer
Despite a flurry of program-enhancing policy changes, the Greek golden visa’s performance in 2020 was lackluster compared to Portugal’s. Why?
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MRVP Changes Now Official: Total Contribution Amounts Starting at EUR 150,000
The new rules mean a single applicant, choosing to rent on Gozo, could obtain a residence permit in Malta for a non-refundable EUR 150,000.
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Latitude Consultancy Expands Into India Through Partnership With GlobalNorth
“India is home to over 2.6 million millionaires, many of whom are beginning to appreciate the benefits of acquiring alternative residency and citizenship,” says Latitude’s CEO, Eric Major.
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Greek Golden Visa Approvals Fell Nearly 90% in 2020, Portugal’s By 5%
Laboring under a pandemic, Greek bureaucrats might have been excused were it not for the starkly contrasting performance of Portuguese peers.
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MRVP Changes Discussed at Stakeholder Meeting: Higher Contributions Could Replace Bond-Investment
The new regulations would, at once, both make the MRVP more economical for the applicant and more profitable for the government of Malta.
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Only Chinese and Brazilians Got More Portuguese Golden Visas Than Americans in 2020
“For some, it is dissatisfaction with Trump; for others, it’s apprehensions about Biden,” says Lisbon-based lawyer Patricia Valadas Coriel.
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The Five Indispensable “Unities” of Sustainable Investment Migration Programs
Legal scholar Michael Krakat outlines the five legal consistencies that must exist for an investment migration program to remain sustainable.
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Investment Migration Has a Crucial Role to Play in the Post-Pandemic Urban Exodus
The pandemic’s shifting of populations away from expensive megacities is an opportunity for investment migration, writes Stephane Tajick.
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Closure of Cyprus CIP “a Great Travesty”: 10 on the Weekend – Steven Pepa
Steven Pepa, who admires Mohammed Asaria, believes matching investor migrants with private equity funds can make the latter more humane.
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Investment-Based Visas for Germany: Which Viable Options Exist?
Know how to answer the next time your client asks about investment-based residence permits for Germany. By Leanne Wang.
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Singapore Investment & Immigration Report – From Juwai IQI, in Partnership with IMI
Juwai IQI, Asia’s biggest prop-tech group, has partnered with IMI to produce a special report on immigrating to and investing in Singapore.
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Ireland’s IIP: The Only Investment Migration Program Linking The UK and EU Post-Brexit
As Brexit looms, citizens of the only English-speaking EU country, which enjoys unique ties with both the UK and the EU, find themselves in an enviable position.
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Effective Backup Plans Part II: The 3 Indispensable Components
In this second installment of David Lesperance’s series on effective backup plans, the writer outlines three indispensable components.
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Govt. Confirms Golden Visa Days Numbered for Cities: Not Necessarily Bad News, Say Stakeholders
A transition period that will see the exclusion of metropolitan and coastal areas from the program will begin on July 1st next year.
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Effective Backup Plans Part 1: Back to Basics
History is replete with examples of wealthy families who lost everything for lack of a comprehensive backup plan, writes David Lesperance.
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Though Walloped by Pandemic, Spain’s Golden Visa Raised EUR 0.5 Billion in H1 2020
Though things looked grim for Spain’s golden visa this summer, recently released figures show approvals are up 19% in the last six months. A uniquely Spanish rule intended to accelerate bureaucratic processes may be to thank for that.
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Hindsight 2020: The Year in Investment Migration
2020 has been investment migration’s most turbulent year yet. We review the biggest stories and trends in investment migration in the year that’s finally drawing to a close.
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LatAm Inquiries About Cayman Growing: 10 on the Weekend – Sue Nickason
As many continue to work remotely in 2021, Sue Nickason expects a rise in applications from those wanting to “live the dream” in Cayman Islands.
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Tax Migration: The Megatrend of 2021
Governments are spending trillions responding to 2020. HNWIs hope to be somewhere else when the bill comes, writes Anatoliy Lyetayev.
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