{"id":14162,"date":"2023-08-15T10:39:55","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T10:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frrimmigration.com\/en-us\/?p=1636"},"modified":"2023-08-15T10:39:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T10:39:55","slug":"over-132000-europeans-gain-citizenship-through-residency-and-citizenship-investment-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frrimmigration.com\/en-us\/over-132000-europeans-gain-citizenship-through-residency-and-citizenship-investment-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 132,000 Europeans Gain Citizenship Through Residency and Citizenship Investment Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an era where international mobility and global opportunities become increasingly crucial, <a href=\"https:\/\/frrimmigration.com\/en-us\/residency-by-investment\/\">Residency by Investment<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/frrimmigration.com\/en-us\/citizenship-by-investment\/\">Citizenship by Investment<\/a> programs offer viable solutions for individuals and families. These programs, as the names suggest, allow foreigners to obtain residency or even citizenship in a particular country by making a significant financial investment. It could be in real estate, business enterprises, or other qualifying investment categories.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2011 and 2019, European countries, namely Portugal, Greece, Italy, and Spain, witnessed more than 132,000 individuals obtain citizenship through these investment avenues. A recent report from Biz News highlighted that, despite concerns, the difficulty of procuring a visa via these schemes hasn&#8217;t seen a notable surge.<\/p>\n<p>A closer look at the statistics from individual countries is enlightening:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Portugal:<\/strong> In 2022, the authorities issued 1,218 golden visas. The first half of this year alone saw 861 applications, marking a sharp increase from the 624 applications during the same period the previous year.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Greece:<\/strong> The country recorded 4,365 golden visa applications last year, with a whopping 2,432 coming in the final quarter of 2022.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spain:<\/strong> The Spanish authorities sanctioned a total of 2,462 golden visas in 2022, presenting an impressive 60% growth from the 2021 figures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For those considering these pathways to European residency or citizenship, FRR Immigration offers expert guidance and support to navigate the complexities of these programs.<\/p>\n<p><em>*Source: Newswire.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an era where international mobility and global opportunities become increasingly crucial, Residency by Investment \/ Citizenship by Investment programs offer viable solutions for individuals and families. These programs, as the names suggest, allow foreigners to obtain residency or even citizenship in a particular country by making a significant financial investment. It could be in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[41,42,32,43,44,45],"class_list":["post-14162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-events","tag-european-citizenship","tag-european-residency","tag-frr-immigration","tag-immigration-by-investment","tag-second-passport","tag-second-residency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frrimmigration.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frrimmigration.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frrimmigration.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frrimmigration.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frrimmigration.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frrimmigration.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frrimmigration.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frrimmigration.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frrimmigration.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frrimmigration.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}