Investment immigration refers to the act of investors who have certain assets and meet some other restrictive conditions to invest funds in investment funds or suitable commercial projects approved by the target government. It is also an important way for Chinese immigration. Simply put, if the money is in place, you can change your identity in another country, which is similar to buying a household registration. Usually, there is not high demand for immigration applicants. As long as the money is in place, most countries also allow the country to occupy a certain period of investment, rather than simply taking it into the pocket.
AP investigated the investment immigration phenomenon in China, collected data from 13 countries that can spend money to purchase citizenship (passports) or permanent residence (green card), and summarized the top five immigration projects approved by Chinese people in the past decade.
The Associated Press summarized the five major immigration projects approved by Chinese people in the past decade are:
first place, the US EB-5 investment immigration project, and 43,448 Chinese people were approved;
Secondly, Canada's bond investment immigration program, including the investment immigration program of Quebec , has been approved by 35,278 Chinese people.
third place, Portugal's " Golden Visa " investment immigration project was approved by 7,875 Chinese;
fourth place, Hungary's "Residence Bond Program" project was approved by 6,405 Chinese, and was recently stopped by the Hungarian government;
fifth place, Australia's "Important Investor" program, 4,640 Chinese were approved.
investment quota, national price competition
prices below are based on the exchange rate on Thursday (May 11, 2017).
.25 million USD: The threshold for obtaining citizenship in Central American island countries Antigua and Barbuda. Investors must donate at least $250,000 to the island country's government development fund and pay $50,000 in government fees.
38 million USD: threshold for investing in real estate in Portugal and obtaining a "golden visa".
.5 million USD: the minimum investment amount to apply for the US EB-5 project; investors who can create or save 10 jobs can obtain a US green card.
54,000 USD (800,000 Canadian dollars): Ensure that investment in Quebec, Canada within five years is at least 800,000 Canadian dollars (the government will repay its principal without interest in five years) and you can get the maple leaf card . Canada used to have similar projects, but they all ended in 2014.
37 million USD: Australia's "Outstanding Investor Visa" is the highest-threshold investment immigration project in the Associated Press survey.
How much does the Chinese spend?
The Associated Press evaluates how much money Chinese families have spent at least the last decade to obtain passports or green cards from a certain country (the number of investment immigrants multiplied by the minimum investment amount). The reason why it is said "at least" is that some investors' investment amount exceeds the required minimum value.
7.7 billion USD: The first place is the EB-5 project in the United States. It is estimated that Chinese people have invested at least so much money in this project over the past decade.
6 billion USD: Minimum fee for "outstanding investor visa" for Australian Chinese families.
4.3 billion: minimum spending on Canadian immigration programs, including Quebec.
1.96 billion USD: at least for first-tier projects in the UK.
1.71 billion USD: Minimum expenditure for immigration projects in New Zealand.
