Aatube@thriv.social 1 day ago
There was a program across many European countries where the wealthy could basically legally buy visas: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/17/realestate/europe-homes-sale-americans-lisbon-barcelona.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k8.8kzm.JXddN45A1l0k&smid=url-share Was being phased out country by country due to jacking up housing prices, though
favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
It’s n oh t really jacking up housing prices in Portugal. Only 33k ever used the golden visa route there and that includes the non-real estate investment options. That said , the perception caused them to eliminate the real estate investment route. The real issue in Portugal is they let 1 million people in on other visa types for a country that only has a population of 10 million.