BARCELONA, SPAIN, JULY 24, 2024 Various Spanish media outlets are reporting that the Spanish government has started the legislative process to scrap their acclaimed Golden Visa program. Whilst the decision will undoubtedly be well received by the governments’ left-leaning constituencies, it will almost definitely not address the government’s stated priority, being housing cost inflation. (Which [...]
WHY THE GRENADA CBI PRICE DEADLINE EXTENSION? The Grenada Citizenship By Investment program’s price increase deadline was originally to kick in on June 30, 2024. But with Hurricane Beryl disrupting both program Agents and the Grenada Co-operative Bank’s operations, the deadline has now been extended as follows: 12 JULY, 2024: Bank clearance documentation. 31 JULY, [...]
According to a front page story published by the print edition of Diário de Notícias da Madeira earlier today (on Monday 17 April), the President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque has written to the President of the Republic to request an extension of the period during which the Golden Visa program can be offered [...]
Starting on 1 September 2022, Thailand is launching a new “Work-From-Thailand” visa category with a maximum validity of 10 years. The visa is issued for an initial period of 5 years, after which it can be renewed for an additional 5 years. And yes, one of its streams will double as a Thailand Digital Nomad [...]
4 August 2022, Porto, Portugal Looking to move to Sweden but don’t have a job offer yet? Thanks to the new Swedish job seeker visa, suitably qualified professionals can enter Sweden for up to 9 months to look for employment or start their own business. Let’s have a look at this residency program below… Sweden’s [...]
On December 10, 2021, Spain’s Council of Ministers adopted the draft of the Spanish Startups Law, a piece of legislation intended to promote the country as an attractive destination for foreign startup founders, entrepreneurs, and remote workers. In an article published by Spain's Vice-President and Minister for Economy and Digitalization, Nadia Calviño, she outlines sweeping [...]
The world is fast becoming an uncertain place, and the stats for HNW immigration to Portugal show it. Events like the previous US elections and Brexit have seen high net worth individuals (HNWIs) from the UK and America join the increasing numbers of migrant investors obtaining a Plan B in more favorable locations. As most [...]
Global instability has been a key driver of success for both the Portuguese Golden Visa and D7 Visa Program for people with means. Albeit for differing reasons, nationals from the following 12 countries are increasingly considering Portugal, either as a “Plan B” or as a permanent new home. Yet given the existence of international sanctions, [...]
And it’s not the kind of thing Golden Visa firms will EVER tell you about... The economic outlook in South Africa has been deteriorating since at least 2008, when Eskom’s controversial load shedding kicked off. Today, well over a decade later, the country faces down a plethora of intersecting crises: an electricity death spiral, corruption, [...]
