Hotel investments has become an exciting new trend in the citizenship by investment (CBI) industry. With rising tourism and soaring commercial property prices hotels are viewed as care free investment vehicles by foreign investors who seek a passport, that comes as additional perk that comes with investing hotel. How it works? You can invest in hotels through the following options…
Greek Government has now approved using POS transactions using credit or debit card payments to pay for real estate under Golden visa scheme. The POS transactions were suspended before but the new government in Greece is re-enabling plastic card payments in an effort to push Greece towards digital economy and attracting FDI in the country This decision was made after…
Malta extended the stamp duty exemption for property buyers which was announced during Budget 2020. This makes it attractive for foreign property buyers in Malta through Malta Residence and Citizenship schemes First Time Buyers The stamp duty exemption for first-time buyers has been extended once again and the exemption shall now apply to the first €175,000 (currently €150,000) of the…
2017 turns out to be one of the most important year for the CBI industry. The prices of Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programs dropped in 2017 almost by half, after the Caribbean hit by Hurricanes in a desperate need for passport money to recover from hurricane damages. This only made it cheaper to citizenship investors to buy a citizenship under…
Antigua will not increase its prices for the citizenship by investment program (CIP) after Oct 31, 2019. As per to the Oct 14 announcement made by Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU) of Antigua in a notice sent to agents, the cabinet removed the end date for Limited Time Offer (LTO) which offered discount by 50% for NDF donation and real…
We have compiled the most important differences between three citizenship by investment schemes in Europe. Based on this you can decide which citizenship scheme is better for you. From our point of view, Cyprus is far better scheme than Montenegro and Malta, no doubt it is the best CBI scheme for investors but it way too expensive. Montenegro is a…
Education has been one of the most important deciding factor for families applying for golden visa residence schemes. Do you know there are also some countries that offer golden visa schemes also offer absolutely free or low cost education to foreign students?. If you have children education in mind and planning to immigrate to a country, where there is free…
The Citizenship by Investment Programs (CIP) of Malta, Montenegro, Turkey and Dominica offer no real privacy for citizens who invest in these countries for passport. These two countries publish names of citizens who acquired citizenship through investments in Official Government gazette to general public. The name of investors and any family members are also published. This means anybody can subscribe to…
These are the Best and worst citizenship by investment (CBI) passports for 2019, in terms of visa free travel, according to the latest passport rankings released by Henley and Partners. Malta and Cyprus are the Best CBI passports for 2019. Turkey is the worst CBI passport for 2019, followed by Moldova and Montenegro in second and third positions. Best CBI…
The Investment immigration industry which consists of Citizenship by Investment (CBI) and Golden Visas (GV) is now worth $17 billion annually, according to our rough calculations. This industry is expanding at at an unprecedented rate, due to global volatility and geo political activities (eg. Brexit, Hong Kong protests etc.) and the increasing demand for second residency and citizenships. China, Russia,…
