{"id":56466,"date":"2021-08-20T15:14:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T19:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/?p=56466"},"modified":"2021-08-20T15:14:44","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T19:14:44","slug":"demand-for-investment-immigration-surges-as-wealthy-indians-seek-safe-havens-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/demand-for-investment-immigration-surges-as-wealthy-indians-seek-safe-havens-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Demand for Investment Immigration Surges as Wealthy Indians Seek Safe Havens Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pandemic or no pandemic, Indian demand for the EB-5 visa, the Tier-1 Investor visa, and other golden visa programs of EU countries continues to grow unabated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

EB-5 I-526 filings by Indians surged by more than 400 percent between 2016 and 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2019, more than 7,000 high net-worth individuals (HNIs) moved out of India. Despite pandemic-induced restrictions, inquiries for investment immigration programs from Indians surged by 62 percent in 2020 followed by an additional 30 percent spike in the first five months of 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Why Indians Love Investment Immigration<\/h3>\n

A weak passport, lack of easy access to developed markets, very few top-ranked institutions for higher education, and poor quality of life are some of the reasons behind the popularity of investment immigration and golden visa programs among wealthy Indians.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The pandemic-induced lockdown has compelled HNIs to reassess their long-term investment, education, and retirement plans for themselves and their family members.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Professional Advantages<\/h3>\n

For a professional, the privileges offered by a golden visa facilitate easy access to developed markets. A \u20ac250,000 investment into a holiday home in Greece or a \u20ac500,000 home purchase in Spain or Portugal offers guaranteed freedom to work, study, or live in any or all of the Schengen countries in the European Union.<\/p>\n

This means an Indian professional or entrepreneur can travel within the EU and work in any EU country with minimal work permit hassles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Benefits for Family and Children<\/h3>\n

For families, it offers access to a better standard of living, freedom to travel and vacation across the world without onerous visa restrictions.<\/p>\n

For young students, investment immigration can lead to lower tuition fees applicable to in-state students and multiple post-graduation work or entrepreneurship opportunities without having to worry about visa backlogs and employer sponsorship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ideal Protection for the Worst-Case Scenario\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Now, the virus has given wealthy Indians an additional reason to look to investment immigration as a safety backup for themselves and their families. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that even worst-case-scenarios can come true.<\/p>\n

In such a scenario, a one-time investment in a foreign country can create a safe haven that the investor and their family can utilize in time of any political, economic, or medical crises.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

India\u2019s overburdened public health infrastructure was clearly unable to cope with the pandemic. Further, inadequate resources means it will take longer for the government to revitalize the economy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At such a time, the \u00a32 million price tag for the UK Tier-1 Investor Visa or the $1.8 million (currently $1 million post invalidation of the EB-5 Modernization Rule) investment for the US EB-5 visa can seem like a small price to pay for a safe and secure life \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Choice of destinations of wealthy Indians clearly indicates that long-term benefits and advantages are more important than the cost of the visa. This is why more expensive options like the US EB-5, the UK Tier-1 Investor visa, Malta\u2019s citizenship program, and other golden visa programs of the EU are preferred over low-cost citizenship by investment programs offered by the Caribbean countries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pandemic or no pandemic, Indian demand for the EB-5 visa, the Tier-1 Investor visa, and other golden visa programs of EU countries continues to grow unabated.\u00a0 EB-5 I-526 filings by Indians surged by more than 400 percent between 2016 and 2019.\u00a0 In 2019, more than 7,000 high net-worth individuals (HNIs) moved out of India. Despite…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56467,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[454,347],"tags":[5842,5846,5844,5822],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Wealthy-Indians_437622355-scaled.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8hnWW-eGK","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56466"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}