The Portuguese Immigration Services (SEF) have released the statistics of the Golden Visa programme up to 30th September 2018. These latest numbers show that the total investment that has come into Portugal solely directly from the programme is now over 4 bn Euro.
According to these latest statistics, there were a total of 6,562 investors and 11,125 family members approved by the end of the third quarter of 2018. The preferred choice of foreign investors is still property, with over 3.6 bn euro in this category of investment.
Please contact us if you require further information on the Golden Visa programme or if you need any assistance with your initial application or renewal.
terça-feira, 30 de outubro de 2018
sábado, 20 de outubro de 2018
EDGE in Southeast Asia
EDGE international Lawyers is traveling to Southeast Asia to promote investment in Portugal and the Golden Visa programme. We will be in Singapore from the 23rd to 24th October, in Manila from the 25th to the 27th and in Hong Kong from the 28th to 30th.
Please join us and we will be happy to schedule a meeting during our visit.
Please join us and we will be happy to schedule a meeting during our visit.
terça-feira, 17 de julho de 2018
Portuguese Parliament reduces time for citizenship to 5 years
The Portuguese Parliament
has approved relevant changes to the general Law of Nationality easing up the
requirements for obtaining the Portuguese nationality. These changes have been
published in the Official Gazette on 5th July 2018 and are now in
full force.
Some of the most
relevant changes to the law, include the reduction from 6 to 5 years only for the
minimum period of residency required to obtain nationality and also the automatic
nationality for individuals born in Portugal with parents that have been residents
for at least 2 years.
Regarding the
reduction of the time of citizenship, article 6, number 1, paragraph b),
establishes that the Portuguese Government will grant citizenship for foreigners
that have been resident for a minimum of 5 years.
As to children
born in Portugal, article 1st, number 1, paragraph f), grants nationality
to individuals born in Portugal, children of foreign parents, when at the time
of birth one of the parents has legal residency for at least 2 years.
The Government
will now implement the necessary changes to the Regulation of Nationality. The changes should be decided within 30 days
from the approval of the changes to the Law of Nationality.
terça-feira, 19 de junho de 2018
Golden Visa Portugal - Statistics May 2018
The Portuguese Immigration Services (SEF) have released the statistics of the Golden Visa programme up to the end of May 2018. These latest numbers show that the total investment directly arising from the programme is now over 3.8 bn Euro.
According to these latest statistics, there were a total of 6,279 investors and 10,643 family members approved by the end of May 2018. As it has been the case since the program was launched, the preferred investment is still property, with over 3.4 bn euro in this category of investment.
We, at EDGE have witnessed the significant improvement of the processing times for applications as our clients are getting approved in around 2 to 4 months on average.
Please contact us if you have any questions or if you need assistance with your initial application or renewal.
According to these latest statistics, there were a total of 6,279 investors and 10,643 family members approved by the end of May 2018. As it has been the case since the program was launched, the preferred investment is still property, with over 3.4 bn euro in this category of investment.
We, at EDGE have witnessed the significant improvement of the processing times for applications as our clients are getting approved in around 2 to 4 months on average.
Please contact us if you have any questions or if you need assistance with your initial application or renewal.
quarta-feira, 14 de março de 2018
Golden Visa - Statistics February 2018
The Portuguese Immigration Services (SEF) have released the statistics of the Golden Visa programme up to 28th February 2018. These latest numbers show that the total investment directly arising from the programme is 3.6 bn Euro.
According to these latest statistics, there were a total of 5,876 investors and 9,861 family members approved by the end of February 2018. as to the investment types, the vast majority of investors selected property as their qualifying investment.
The recently implemented changes to the procedures around the submission and processing of residency applications have been proving to be very effective. The rate of approvals has increased and the waiting times for both initial applications and renewals has improved substantially, particularly for applications submitted in the Immigration Department's offices located outside of Lisbon.
Please contact us if you have any questions on these changes or if you need assistance with your initial application or renewal.
According to these latest statistics, there were a total of 5,876 investors and 9,861 family members approved by the end of February 2018. as to the investment types, the vast majority of investors selected property as their qualifying investment.
The recently implemented changes to the procedures around the submission and processing of residency applications have been proving to be very effective. The rate of approvals has increased and the waiting times for both initial applications and renewals has improved substantially, particularly for applications submitted in the Immigration Department's offices located outside of Lisbon.
Please contact us if you have any questions on these changes or if you need assistance with your initial application or renewal.
quarta-feira, 21 de fevereiro de 2018
Golden Visa - Statistics January 2018
The Portuguese Immigration Services (SEF) have released the statistics of the Golden Visa programme up to the end of January 2018. The recently released statistics show that the total investment brought by the programme continues to grow every month and by the end of January had passed 3.5 bn Euro.
According to the updated numbers, there were a total of 5,717 investors and 9,559 family members approved up to the end of January 2018, with property still being the investment of choice of the majority of the investors.
The authorities have recently implemented changes in the procedures of submission and processing of applications and the improvements have been very substantial. The rate of approval of initial applications and renewals has accelerated in a very significant way.
According to the updated numbers, there were a total of 5,717 investors and 9,559 family members approved up to the end of January 2018, with property still being the investment of choice of the majority of the investors.
The authorities have recently implemented changes in the procedures of submission and processing of applications and the improvements have been very substantial. The rate of approval of initial applications and renewals has accelerated in a very significant way.
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