Gold for Visas

Oleg Deripaska, a billionaire businessman with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has obtained free movement...

In 2014, Malta’s government introduced a Golden Visa program which has since attracted 1,100 investors and over €850...

Money and Russians are pouring ​into ​the once-quiet seaside town of Sliema. While there’s no denying that it’s been good...

The rich and famous don’t just flock to Cannes for the film festival — the city also hosts an expo catering to the Golden...

Montenegro has welcomed dubious billionaires in the past — but at an international investors’ gathering, the country’s...

Australian-born Romy Hawatt is one of many entrepreneurs to have taken advantage of Montenegro's investor citizenship...

Portugal’s lax residency requirements attracts all sorts of high-profile investors seeking visa-free travel to the EU. But...

The fast track to Austrian citizenship can be so opaque it’s been compared to a black hole. To become Austrian, it helps to...

While Austria has no Golden Visa program per se, a vaguely-worded law allows fast naturalization for foreign citizens, but...

After a massive influx of new guests from Russia, Latvia reined in its Golden Visa program. What led to the change of...

Investors may be skeptical of making Armenia their second home — but a firm that specializes in Golden Visa programs thinks...

Lithuania once handed out plenty of residence permits to non-EU citizens, allowing them cheap access to the Schengen Zone....

Viktor Orban’s opposition to mass migration is well-known. But when it comes to foreigners with large sums of money to...

Chinese citizens have been flocking to Hungary. But since public outrage forced the suspension of the country’s Golden Visa...

Rich people moving to Hungary had to buy a €300,000 government bond from mysterious offshore companies that made a good...

Golden Visa programs intended to lure foreign investors to Bulgaria have had mixed results, reporters for OCCRP partner...

After 2003 Rose Revolution, Georgia invited everybody in. Now, with anti-immigrant groups staging street demonstrations and...