此外，一些国家不提供直接投资移民的方案，但通过一定的投资，可以换取居留（没错，移民和居留是两个概念，大家不要被市场上天花乱坠的说辞忽悠），也就是一般意义上所说的“黄金签证”。当然，取得居留之后，可以通过当地的相关法律进行归化入籍等也是可行的。包括葡萄牙、西班牙、比利时、澳大利亚、英国等，都有相关法案。

 

最后，我们要提醒大家，移民是一件需要慎重的事，移民市场上不乏失败的例子。比如中美洲国家伯利兹（ Belize）的移民计划2002年失败；爱尔兰（Ireland）2001年叫停；格林纳达（Grenada）2001年叫停，2014年重启；黑山2010年暂停。所以，大家在规划移民时，一定要选择专业的移民机构，详细考察当地环境，选择最适合自己的方案。

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CYPRUS CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM

 

Cyprus is one of most stunning natural environment of the world; Cyprus is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, off the coasts of Syria and Turkey. Cyprus is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean. It is located south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel and Palestine, north of Egypt and southeast of Greece. The island’s ideal strategic location has shaped its history and civilization throughout the centuries.

Cyprus is a major tourist destination in the Mediterranean. With an advanced, high-income economy and a very high Human Development Index. The Republic of Cyprus is a member of the Commonwealth since 1961 and was a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement until it joined the European Union on 1 May 2004. On 1 January 2008, the Republic of Cyprus joined the eurozone. We suggest the Cyprus Citizenship Program will offer our customers a lot of benefits.

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BENEFITS OF THE CYPRUS CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM

Starting with May 2013, the Cyprus Coucil of Ministers amended the nation´s existing citizenship by investment program and introduced the Major Collective Investment Plan (MCI) which stipulates that minimum investment amount of EUR 2,500,000 should be applied when serveral applicants jointly apply for citizenship with a total of minimum investment of EUR 12,500,00.

• Visa-free travel to more than 130 countries, including all European Schengen states, UK and others.

• Free and easy money transfer within all European countries.

• Great opportunity for investment

• Waitung time frame of 90 days.

• Easy documentations and free taxation policies

• No residence mandatory requirements

• Visa Free Travel : more than 130 countries

• PassportCostsPassport : after 3-4 months

• Cost : min. 2,000,000 EUR + application fee

• Main City : Nikosia  Total area9,251 sq km

• Currency : € (Euro)

• Population : approx 1,200,000

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• * Revisions CIP february 2019 

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• In an effort to further regulate the Cyprus Investment Program (CIP) and to secure its continuity, the Cyprus Council of Ministers has approved on the 13th of February 2019 revisions on the program.

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• The new changes aim to contribute to the research and development as well as to provide for social contribution.

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• The changes include the following:

• Applicants should be in possession of a Schengen visa;

• Applicants who were rejected by another EU country shall be excluded from the CIP;

• The investment should be maintained for 5 years following the date of naturalization, instead of 3 years;

• During the 5-year period the investor will be able to change his investment, provided that a consent will be granted in this regard by the Ministry of Finance;

• Shipping will be included in the investment sectors, while investing in government bonds shall no longer be available for the purposes of the CIP;

• A planning permit shall be mandatory for properties under construction;

• A donation of €75,000 for research and development shall be mandatory;

• A donation of €75,000 to the land development organisation to fund affordable housing schemes shall be mandatory;

• Due diligence and background checks shall be carried on by a specialised foreign firm on each applicant (the firm has not been hired yet).

 

PROCEDURE

In order to qualify for the the Cyprus Citizenship Program, the applicant should have at least 18 years old and can include also his spouse and his dependent children if they are up to 28 years. Once we receive the final approval, the main applicant and his spouse should visit Cyprus for one day to take the Oath of Allegiance in person. This does not mean you have to live all the time in Cyprus. We only recommend real estate option. The total all inclusive costs (Govt fee + Due diligence + Lawyer fee etc) for one person should come around approx EUR 2,00 Millions. Additional costs apply for dependants and family members. Furthermore our consultants will guide you through the whole submitting process for the Cyprus Citizenship Program.

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COSTS

Donation into a state fund and mixed investments:
By choosing this option, you must deposit €2 million for the purchase of shares and/or bonds of the State Investment Company and make a donation of at least €500,000 into the Research and Technology Fund. It is mandatory to maintain the shares and/or bonds for a period of three years.

 

Direct investment:
By choosing this option, you must make a direct investment of at least €2 million in the purchase of real estate property or companies, either financial assets. The mandatory hold period is as above – minimum of three years.

 

Note: An investor can qualify for cyprus citizenship program if he is a shareholder or owner of a company that is managed in Cyprus and if the company has been conducting business and paid Cyprus taxes for the past three years and the amount of taxes paid and/or business services utilized totals of at least 500,000 Euros per year.

In the case that company employs 5 or more Cyprus citizens, the amount is decreasing to 350,000 Euros, and if the company employs 10 or more Cyprus citizens, the amount is further decreased to 200,000 Euros.

Beside all above options, there will be government legal processing fees between 60,000 and 100,000 EUR and other additional costs for each dependant. Although it is not required that the foreign national establishes his residence in Cyprus, the national will not be qualified for Cyprus tax breaks until the national spends more than 183 days in the country in one calendar year. We do highly recommend the real estate option due to recent banking bailout crisis.

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CITIZENSHIP-BY-INVESTMENT SCHEME ‘THERE TO STAY’ IN TIMES OF RENEWED ECONOMIC GROWTH

 

Traditionally, citizenship has been a legal status entailing the registration of an individual, including coming from a third country, with the government of a given country and his/her acceptance into that country’s political framework through legal means. Citizenship ‘by exception’ is the citizenship acquired in exceptional circumstances by an individual from another country, whereby the requirements normally prescribed by the citizenship laws of the given country for ordinary naturalisation are waived fully or partly. One way of acquiring citizenship by exception consists in investing a certain amount of money into the country whose citizenship is sought. Such a possibility exists in various areas of the world, including within the EU, in certain Member States such as in Cyprus.

 

Cyprus’ citizenship by investment programme seems to be quite successful, if it is taken into account that it has yielded over €2.5 billion in revenues for the government since 2013 – the year the scheme was relaxed. Back then, new routes to fast-track citizenship were created in order to combat in particular the effects of the economic and financial crisis which hit Cyprus in March 2013. The Cypriot authorities had clearly indicated that they wanted to maintain and enhance the scheme, as a way to further encourage foreign direct investments and doing business in the country, notwithstanding any EU pressure. It now clearly appears that the scheme is ‘here to stay’ as Cyprus has now exited the macro-economic adjustment programme with international lenders since March 2016, has entered a new era of economic growth and is seeking as a result to create durable and at the same time flexible real market opportunities for potential investors.

 

On 13 September 2016 the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cyprus further revised the scheme providing an overall more favourable framework to foreign investors and their immediate relatives. The minimum amount to be invested has now dropped from €5 million to €2 million through several routes, such as direct investment in immovable property, development and infrastructure projects on the island; the acquisition, incorporation or participation in businesses operating in Cyprus and lawfully employing at least five Cypriots or EU citizens; direct investment in alternative investment funds and other financial assets of Cypriot businesses or organisations operating in Cyprus and regulated by the Cyprus Stock Exchange Commission; or a combination of the above. The qualifying investment is therefore €2 million, out of which only €500,000 can be in governmental bonds. The emphasis has therefore shifted to investment in the real economy.

 

Another significant change relates to the fact that investors must now hold a residence permit in Cyprus to qualify for citizenship, thereby reinforcing the link between the investor and the country while at the same time keeping it flexible enough. The application for residency is done, examined and issued at the same time as the application for the acquisition of citizenship is made. Immediate parents are entitled to apply along the investor himself, provided they also hold residence permits in Cyprus as described above and satisfy the requirement of a privately owned residence in Cyprus of a market value exceeding €500,000 plus VAT, which remains unchanged.

 

Author: Dr. Stéphanie Laulhé Shaelou
Academic and Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Law Alternative and Innovative Methods (ICLAIM)

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