How Spain Became a Golden Visa Powerhouse Without Even Trying
While stakeholders in other investment migration countries promote their programs actively, the Spaniards don’t. Why, then, are they still so succcessful?
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Which RCBI-Jurisdictions Score Highest on The Global Health Security Index?
The COVID-19 outbreak has put health front and center among investor migrant concerns. How does your RCBI-country stack up in the health security index?
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Portugal’s Govt. Backpedals on Golden Visa: “No Need to Cancel” as Changes Won’t Take Effect Until 2021
The happy news comes just as Portugal’s SEF reports the program has passed the historic EUR 5 billion revenue milestone.
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Portugal GV-Reforms “Not in Force Yet” – Key Questions Unanswered After Parliamentary Session
“We need to be prudent and see what – if anything – happens and then take appropriate measures,” a senior attorney specializing in the program tells IMI.
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Vietnamese Investors Account for 1 in 3 Latvia Golden Visas in 2019
Latvia’s residence by investment program logged marginal gains in 2019, but Vietnamese appetite for the business investment option remains strong.
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Uruguay’s President-Elect to Court Argentine HNWIs With Tax Residency Program
The incoming Uruguayan government’s plans have Argentine Peronists nervous about losing their biggest taxpayers.
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Portuguese Govt. Moves to End Golden Visas for Lisbon and Porto
Mendes, leader of the Socialist bench, said her party would do away with golden visas for hotspots Lisbon and Porto in favor of less developed regions.
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Inefficient Bureaucrats Costing Greece Billions in Lost Golden Visa Revenue Say Practitioners
Greek residence by investment practitioners say program revenue could be more than double its current level if only the country’s Decentralized Authorities weren’t so inefficient.
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Chinese Investors’ Association Says Chinese Will Spend €1 Billion on Greek Golden Visas in 2020
The Association of Chinese Investors in Greece says their countrymen will spend €800 million to €1 billion on Greek golden visas in 2020. Is that realistic?
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100+ Residence/Citizenship by Investment-Qualified Properties Listed on IMI Real Estate
Launched only last month, IMI Real Estate – our platform exclusively dedicated to RCBI-qualifying real estate – already has more than 100 properties listed.
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How China’s Investment Migration Market Will React to Higher Investment Requirements
Faced with rising minimum investment requirements among RCBI programs across the globe, China’s Investment Migration market will respond in three ways.
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After Record 2019, Thailand Elite Visa Eyes 10,000-Member Milestone in 2020
Thailand’s Elite Residence Program again broke records in 2019, growing its member-base by 2,149 individuals, or 28% more than the 1,679 it added last year.
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Greek Golden Visa Has Raised Some €2 Billion From Almost 19k Participants
Having already beaten all European records in 2018, there was little left for Greece to outperform in 2019 but its own achievements, which it did by 34%.
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Portugal Realtors’ Association Urges Caution on Golden Visa Reform
“I would not be shocked if [in Lisbon and Porto], the minimum investment requirement went from EUR 500,000 to EUR 1m,” says the President of APEMIP.
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1 in 4 Portugal Residence Investors Now Opt for Alternative Assets
The share of investors who pick options other than the conventional EUR 500,000 property purchase has more than tripled in the last three years.
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UK Tier 1 Firms in Hot Water Over Self-Serving Investment Advice
One firm’s director lent more than GBP 100 million to UK Tier 1 applicants on the condition they invest it in a company controlled by his wife.
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Chinese Agents Frustrated by Greek Golden Visa Developers’ Payment Issues
Paying returns to old investors with funds from new ones: In finance, that’s called a Ponzi scheme. In Golden Visa real estate, it’s par for the course.
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Australian Govt. Says Min. Investment Requirements for Investor Visas Are Too Low
Capped at 6,862 applications a year, Australia’s BIIP is invariably oversubscribed. This, says the government, leaves room for significant price increases.
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The Year in Investment Migration: 2019 in 12 Graphs
As 2020 beckons, we review the year in investment migration with 12 graphs and their accompanying articles, telling the visual story of 2019.
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Investor in Portugal Golden Visa Gets Citizenship After Fulfilling 35-Day Stay Requirement
Confirmation of the citizenship route, coupled with Portugal’s likelihood of becoming an E2 country in the near future, will give the program a major boost.
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