After COVID-19 Opportunities and Challenges
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Governo vai testar a realização de atos autênticos à distância
O Conselho de Ministros aprovou um regime experimental para a realização de atos autênticos, termos de autenticação de documentos particulares e reconhecimentos de letra e assinatura através da internet. O novo regime vai permitir que conservadores de registos e oficiais de registos, notários, advogados e solicitadores realizem estes atos, que, de outro modo, exigiriam a presença física…
Investment in Portugal’s Golden Visa Stable Despite Pandemic, Interest in VC-Option Gathers Steam
Application volumes and processing speeds are holding up remarkably well for the program, despite widespread immigration office closures and a global pandemic. The April statistical release from the Portuguese Borders and Immigration Service (SEF) show 53 main applicants (along with 93 of their family members) obtained golden visas in Portugal during the month no the…
Portugal Bets on Safe-Haven Status to Spur Coronavirus Comeback
Portugal is hoping its track record as a safe haven will help attract foreign investors and tourists who will help spur a “sharp” recovery once confinement measures to tackle the coronavirus are eased. Economy Minister Pedro Siza Vieira said Portugal, where a lockdown has been less severe than in many European countries, will start allowing…
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Iberian real estate cycle will be long term says economist
By Essential Business Ignacio de la Torre, Chief Economist at Spanish investment bank Arcano discussed ‘Why Portuguese and Spanish Real Estate Markets will keep rising’ at an event organised by the Portuguese Association of Real Estate Investors and Developers this week and dismissed fears of a another looming recession or property bubble on the Iberian Peninsula.Both…
Golden visas bring in €742M in 2019
The investment raised by the golden residence visa scheme for foreigners fell by 11.4 percent in 2019, compared to the previous year, to €742 million. According to data from the Foreigners and Border Service (SEF), during last year 1,245 golden visas were granted, of which 1,160 Residence Authorisations for Investment Activity (ARI) raising €660.7 million…
The Outlook On Immigration In 2020
For the fourth straight year, we should not expect Donald Trump to visit the Statue of Liberty and deliver a speech celebrating America’s tradition as a nation of immigrants. But here’s what we should expect to happen on immigration in 2020. H-1B and L-1 Visas: Employers should expect denials of H-1B petitions, particularly for companies that serve…
Porto makes Forbes list of “best European cities to invest in for 2020”
A Portuguese city has once again made Forbes magazine’s list of “best European cities to invest in”, with Porto replacing Lisbon which had made the list last year. Forbes contacted LeadingRE, a global consortium of 565 real estate brokerages across 70 countries, to create the list for 2020 and find out what cities were showing…
2019: The eyes of the world on Portugal – Press Review
By Len Port Portugal has been much in the international news this year and most of the reports in the major papers have been positive. When Portugal was rated number three in this year’s Global Peace Index, published annually by the Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace, the Sydney Morning Herald was naturally among those quick off the…