Recently, the latest "2024 Global Residency Program Index" and "2024 Global Citizenship Program Index" were released, which evaluates a total of 39 investment immigration programs around the world, and systematically analyzes the world's more valuable investment residency and citizenship by investment programs, which has super high reference value for the majority of immigration applicants.
- In the Global Residency Program Index 2024, Portugal's Golden Visa once again topped the list.
- Malta has topped the Global Citizenship Programs Index 2024 for nine consecutive years.
TOP10 list of the Global Residency Program Index 2024
1. Portugal
2. Greece, Austria
3. Switzerland
4. Italy, England
5. Spain, Canada
6. Luxembourg, United Arab Emirates
7. Singapore
8. Australia, Jersey
9. Malta, New Zealand, Panama
10. United States
Global Citizenship Program Index 2024
1. Malta
2. Austria
3. Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Saint Lucia
4. St. Kitts
5. Dominica, Turkey
6. Egypt, Jordan
7. North Macedonia
8. Vanuatu
9. Cambodia
European countries are doing well
In the "2024 Global Residency Program Index", a number of popular immigration countries in Europe performed well, and the Portuguese Golden Visa once again topped the list of global residency by investment programs. As a rising star program in the Mediterranean, the Greek Golden Visa ranks second in the list of global residency by investment programs. The United Kingdom, Spain, and Malta also came out on top.
Malta performs well in the Global Residency Program Index 2024, ranking joint with New Zealand for 9th place in the world, and has topped the Global Citizenship Programs Index 2024 for nine consecutive years, making it one of the most attractive places to live in the world.
Immigration trends in Europe
Since its launch, the investment immigration programs in European countries have been favored by investors because of their simple application conditions, fast approval, convenient passage and many other advantages. At the same time, all major developed countries in Europe have the advantages of education system, social welfare, medical conditions, and quality of life, and also attract a large number of applicants.
However, in recent years, with the increasing number of immigrants and the influx of illegal immigrants, European societies have also borne additional financial expenditures and heavy social and cultural burdens.
Therefore, the European Union has been calling for the termination of the golden visa program in European countries, and there is even news that the European Union is expected to shut down all golden citizenship programs in 2025.
In the past year, many countries have begun to use the "golden visa".
- In February 2023, Ireland announced the closure of the investment immigration program;
- In May 2023, Cyprus raised the threshold for Golden Visa applications;
- In August 2023, the immigration threshold for buying a house in the core area of Greece will be doubled to 500,000 euros;
- In October 2023, Portugal closed the immigration channel for home purchases;
- In February 2024, the price of Greek home buyers and immigrants may rise again, and the core area may rise to 800,000 euros;
- In April 2024, Greece officially announced the details of the price increase;
- In April 2024, the Spanish Golden Residence Visa Program will be cancelled and will be on the agenda today.
Ruihong overseas immigration experts said that the tightening of policies is the general trend, and the options available in the future may become more and more limited.