Spain’s golden visa may be one of the few reputed programs offering a route to EU permanent residence in 2023. Greece is set to double its golden visa investment requirement from €250,000 to €500,000. Portugal has already barred golden visa investors from buying homes in Lisbon and Porto and is seriously considering terminating its…
Close to 75 percent of the top 20 wealthiest cities in the world share a unique link: they all have an investment immigration program. They include six cities from the US, which has the top-rated EB-5 visa program offering fast-track permanent residence to anybody investing $1.05 million and creating 10 full-time jobs in the country. …
Investor interest in Malta’s citizenship-by-investment program — the Maltese Exceptional Investor Naturalisation Program — remains high despite ongoing efforts by the European Commission to shut it down. The commission recently filed a complaint before the European Court of Justice to force Malta to terminate the sole citizenship by investment program in the European continent. The…
The EB-5 program has long been a source of inexpensive and low-risk capital for real estate developers across the US. How have the changes introduced by the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 impacted this aspect of the program? The increase in minimum investments and reauthorization of the Regional Center program have dominated the…
A new Ontario immigration Entrepreneur Pilot has been launched, with the aim of welcoming 100 newcomers outside the Toronto area and drawing an investment of $20 million. The two-year pilot is named the OINP Entrepreneur Success Initiative, administered by the Toronto Business Development Centre (TBDC). “The initiative will help 100 immigrant entrepreneurs to establish and…