Ten of the world’s most popular investor immigration schemes
By International Adviser, 17 Nov 15
With investor immigration programs rapidly rising in popularity around the world, the Global Investor Immigration Council publishes its latest report giving an overview of a number of investor visa schemes.
The US Immigration Act of 1990 led to the creation of the EB-5 visas for immigrant investors.
The EB-5 program has not yet been made permanent. However, it has been consistently re-authorised.
In both 2009 and 2012, President Obama authorised three-year extensions to the program.
The American Entrepreneurship and Investment Act of 2015 aims to make the program permanent and introduce several improvements.
The investment requirements for the EB-5 visa have remained unchanged since the program’s inception.
The minimum investment is $1m (£660,000, €940,000) for investments in most of the country, but $500,000 in Targeted Employment areas. Investors can either manage their investment personally or invest passively in a Regional Center.
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