According to a recent survey, citizenship and residency through investments programs will grow in demand, due to concerns about the coronavirus. Investors will consider these programs as “Plan B”
Read MoreThe Irish Golden Visa Program was created in 2012. and is officially considered a program for immigrant investors (IIP). Despite the pandemic, it remains open for applications to attract more investment in the country. Applications can be submitted until June.
Read MoreIn recent years Greece's and Portugal's Golden Visa programs broke records and showed excellent results. Alas, the coronavirus, which surprised everyone, had a negative effect on Portugal after the SEF officially announced the closure of the migration offices from March 30.
Read MoreSEF announced that all offices will be closed until July 1. Such measures were taken due to an outbreak of coronavirus. This means that appointments for gold visas will be suspended and reappointed in chronological order from July 1.
Read MoreThe new immigration system that introduces the UK government will be score-based and will work from January 2021.
Read MoreThe Portuguese Golden Visa program allows successful applicants to obtain the right to reside, study and work in Portugal, as well as travel without visas to 26 countries of the European Union.
Read MoreBetween January and September 2019, Brazilian applicants invested 46.5% more (132.6 million euros) in Portugal's Golden Visa than in 2018. The Chinese spent 11% less (180 million euros).
Read MoreForbes magazine selected the 6 best European cities to invest in in the coming 2020. This list includes the city of Porto in Portugal. Last year, this position was held by Lisbon.
Read MoreAccording to the latest Eurostat report, in 2018, the EU has issued 3.2 million residence permits for people from countries outside the European Union (the main beneficiaries are Ukrainians and Chinese). About 28,193 of the first residence permits were issued under the Golden Visa program (this is 0.88% of the total number of first residence permits issued).
Read MoreA recently published report shows that Greece is ahead of Portugal in terms of Citizenship by Investment program: Greece has issued almost twice as many passports for the entire existence of the program.
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