{"id":47080,"date":"2024-09-16T18:36:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T11:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/?p=47080"},"modified":"2024-09-16T18:36:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T11:36:33","slug":"golden-visa-greece-new-investment-option-at-just-e250000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/golden-visa-greece-new-investment-option-at-just-e250000\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Visa Greece: New Investment Option at Just \u20ac250,000?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-sourcepos=\"5:1-5:403\"><strong>Five Eastern Caribbean countries offering Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programs are moving forward with the establishment of a regional regulatory body for CBI.<\/strong> This development follows the third U.S.-Caribbean CBI Roundtable held in Grenada on August 29, 2024. The OECS deemed the meeting &#8220;productive&#8221; and highlighted progress in implementing the six CBI principles agreed upon in February 2023.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"7:1-7:595\"><strong>Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Governor Timothy N.J. Antoine, who co-chaired the dialogue with Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Warren Ryan, revealed that &#8220;the region will soon announce the appointment of an Interim Regulatory Committee tasked with establishing the regional regulator.&#8221;<\/strong> The primary goal of this regulatory body is to standardize, regulate, and oversee CBI programs in Antigua &amp; Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts &amp; Nevis, and St. Lucia (collectively known as the Caribbean Five). It will also have the authority to impose corrective measures as needed.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"9:1-9:182\"><strong>Delegates at the dialogue acknowledged the &#8220;region&#8217;s concerted efforts toward full implementation of the principles.&#8221;<\/strong> The Caribbean Five has completed four of the six principles:<\/p>\n<ul data-sourcepos=\"11:1-15:0\">\n<li data-sourcepos=\"11:1-11:115\">Mutual agreement to reject applications, preventing individuals rejected in one country from applying in another.<\/li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"12:1-12:42\">Mandatory interviews for all applicants.<\/li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"13:1-13:79\">Conducting additional checks with each country&#8217;s Financial Intelligence Unit.<\/li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"14:1-15:0\">Suspending the processing of applications for Russian and Belarusian citizens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"16:1-16:135\">The remaining two principles, focusing on audits and the revocation of passports, are &#8220;being actively pursued for full implementation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"16:1-16:135\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46573\" src=\"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/H.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"468\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/H.png 728w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/H-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/H-24x15.png 24w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/H-32x21.png 32w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/H-48x31.png 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"18:1-18:234\"><strong>These efforts align with a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) signed by all CBI countries in March 2024.<\/strong> The U.S. delegation &#8220;welcomed the region&#8217;s progress in establishing an independent regional regulator, as envisioned in the MoA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"20:1-20:302\"><strong>While not part of the six principles agreed upon with the U.S., it&#8217;s noteworthy that all CBI countries in the Caribbean have increased their minimum investment levels.<\/strong> These increases came shortly after the Caribbean was reported to have agreed to six other principles with the European Union (EU).<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"22:1-22:216\"><strong>The OECS emphasized that CBI countries remain &#8220;steadfast&#8221; in enhancing risk management and mitigating risks to CBI programs, and &#8220;greatly appreciates the continued support of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"22:1-22:216\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46575\" src=\"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/H1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"454\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/H1.png 581w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/H1-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/H1-24x19.png 24w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/H1-32x25.png 32w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/H1-48x38.png 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five Eastern Caribbean countries offering Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programs are moving forward with the establishment of a regional regulatory body for CBI. This development follows the third U.S.-Caribbean CBI Roundtable held in Grenada on August 29, 2024. The OECS deemed the meeting &#8220;productive&#8221; and highlighted progress in implementing the six CBI principles agreed upon &#8230; <a title=\"Golden Visa Greece: New Investment Option at Just \u20ac250,000?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/golden-visa-greece-new-investment-option-at-just-e250000\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Golden Visa Greece: New Investment Option at Just \u20ac250,000?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":46575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-immigration"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47082,"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47080\/revisions\/47082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}