India could be about to join a growing number of countries offering residence in return for investment. Asia`s third largest economy is planning to introduce a program whereby foreigners would pay 100 million rupees ($2 million) over 18 months or 250 million rupees ($5 million) over three years for a 10-year residency visa. If certain…
Malta`s citizenship-by-investment program has raised €200 million and given 202 passports to principle applicants since it opened in 2014. Despite criticism of the program, Maltese government officials say they use strict due diligence and have turned down 25 per cent of applicants received since it began. The 202 principle applicants have brought with them 503…
St Kitts & Nevis has been urged to consider ways to makes its citizenship-by-investment program more competitive, as more countries launch their own versions. Experts have told the Caribbean nation it may need to look at how it structures its VAT policy in order to get more of the program’s applicants actually living in the…
Portugal’s permanent residence-by-investment program is seeing unparalleled interest after attracting investment of more than €570 million between January and the end of July 2016. The amount represents a staggering 132 per cent increase on the same period of 2015, although the so-called ‘golden visa’ program faced some issues which saw numbers drop during that period.…
The US EB-5 investment immigration program offers the best timescale to secure a green card of any of the US immigration programs, provided a candidate has the money to invest. Economic and family class immigration in the US has a waiting period that can run over 10 years. EB-5 candidates can get their applications process…