First-Half 2020 Investment in Portugal’s Golden Visa Already 52% of 2019 Total
A prognosis that two months ago might have seemed absurd is starting to look realistic: 2020 could be a record year for Portugal’s golden visa.
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Pandemic Pummels Greek Golden Visa in Q2, But Policy Changes Offer Promise of Comeback in Q3
New procedural measures will make remote-application feasible and boost application volumes, but they did not take effect in time to save Q2.
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Why Portugal Will Rebound Far Better From the Crisis Than Competing RCBI Programs
Portugal handled the crisis better than most of its peers and are seeing its golden visa program soar in popularity as a consequence.
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After Rejecting Up to 90% of Applications, Malaysia Freezes MM2H, Again
The government says it aims to relaunch by December, adding “it’s not a permanent closure because the program contributes to our economy.”
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The Pandemic’s Five Silver Linings for the EB-5 Program
Available EB-5 visas in 2021 will most likely be much higher than it has ever been in the past, writes Marko Issever.
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Stakeholders Lobby for €250,000 Spanish Golden Visa as Investment Slumps
“We have proposed to the Government to halve the amount of investment in housing,” says the head of the country’s developers’ association.
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Asset Allocation for Citizenship Portfolios: Maximize Yield, Hedge Against Black Swans
Now is the time for advisors to talk to clients about diversification of their residency and citizenship portfolios, writes Tatiana Tolstaia.
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US EB-5 Update: I-829 Petitions Up 27% on Year in Q1, Approval Rate 99%
It’s the second time in EB-5 history that the number of I-829 filings exceeds 1,000 petitions within a single quarter.
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Historic Comeback for Portugal Golden Visa: May 2020 Best Month on Record
Back with a vengeance: May approvals alone exceeded those of the preceding four months combined as the program raised a historic EUR 147 million.
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Cayman Islands Raised Close to Half a Billion From Investor Migrants in Last 10 Years
A rarely discussed program in investment migration circles, the Cayman Islands investor visa has been extremely lucrative to the tiny archipelagic nation.
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Pandemic Has Robbed Greek and Portuguese Golden Visas of Nearly EUR 300 Million So Far
Greece and Portugal’s golden visa programs have missed out on 800 applications and investment equivalent to a small country’s GDP due to the pandemic.
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Italy Halves Minimum Investment of “La Dolce Visa” to EUR 250,000 – But Will Investors Bite?
The new minimum places Italy’s investment low end of the cost-spectrum among European golden visas but also calls for a much higher level of risk tolerance.
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Greek Amendments to Reduce Golden Visa Investment Risk, Demand Physical Presence for FIP-Visas
In practice, the changes enable investors to pay for the property from abroad, rather than by first opening a Greek bank account, without excess risk.
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Russia Reveals Plans for Real Estate-Based Residence by Investment Program
The government is actively studying best practices among European residence by investment programs with an eye to launching their own in July 2021.
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Every Question You Could Possibly Have About the Grenada/E2 Solution – Answered
In this panel, we’ve brought together representatives from each step on the way to a new citizenship in Grenada and a residency permit in the United States:
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Investment in Portugal’s Golden Visa Stable Despite Pandemic, Interest in VC-Option Gathers Steam
What pandemic? Even during the worst month of the COVID-19 outbreak, Portugal’s golden visa program raised more than EUR 28 million, fresh figures show.
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Greece to “Jump-Start” Golden Visa Program, Allow Investors to Apply by Proxy
“To accelerate the course of growth in the coming months, we will seek to lift the bureaucratic obstacles that currently exist in the property market.”
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Shock-Figures Show Greek Golden Visa Hardest Hit by COVID-19
Q1 figures show Greece – where China has been the source of four-fifths of applicants over the last year – have been disproportionately slammed.
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Weighed Down by Pandemic, Investment in Portugal’s Golden Visa Falls to 21-Month Low
But the upward trend of applicants choosing alternative investments was once more confirmed in March, rising to a record 28% of the total.
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How the Pandemic Will Change Investor Migrant Preferences – And How Programs Will Respond
“We wonder: How many economic citizens traveling on their second passports at the height of border closures encountered extreme difficulties?”
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