A golden visa doesn’t prevent extradition nor US tax filing or payment requirements (unless you’re renouncing US citizenship and paying your exit tax due).
> The program had previously by dominated by the Chinese and the Russians, data shows, but a 447 percent jump in inquiries from 2019 has helped American nationals take the top spot.
Americans had wealth in 2019 too. That's not what is driving the change.
Top 10 Countries with the Highest Number of Foreign-Born Residents (Immigrants) - United Nations 2020:
United States — 50.6 million
Germany — 15.8 million
Saudi Arabia — 13.5 million
Russia — 11.6 million
United Kingdom — 9.4 million
United Arab Emirates — 8.7 million
France — 8.5 million
Canada — 8.0 million
Australia — 7.7 million
Spain — 6.8 million
> Considering the green card wait has increased 400% in the past 2 years, it’s safe to assume this number is dramatically higher now.
No, its not; actual volume of immigration has been flat. Wait times are a measure of the degree to which per category and per country quotas are misaligned with demand, not an indicator of immigration volume.
Do you have a source to backup your claim? USCIS is telling me different. There is currently a 4-year wait on secondary green cards, in which 2021 there was a 2 year wait.
According to the Center of iImmigration Studies, immigration has doubled since Biden took office: https://cis.org/Report/ForeignBorn-Population-Hits-Nearly-48...
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 44.6 ms ] threadThe the article doesn’t say anything about people ‘wanting out’. It discusses the controversial practice of wealth buying citizenship.
This is the only reason given in the article:
> many of the millionaires and billionaires who want this kind of passport are trying to escape crimes" such as tax evasion and money laundering.
If you want to write a piece about that, go right ahead. It’s just nothing to do with this article.
Americans had wealth in 2019 too. That's not what is driving the change.
United States — 50.6 million Germany — 15.8 million Saudi Arabia — 13.5 million Russia — 11.6 million United Kingdom — 9.4 million United Arab Emirates — 8.7 million France — 8.5 million Canada — 8.0 million Australia — 7.7 million Spain — 6.8 million
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/immigrati...
US: 15.2%, Germany: 19.0%, Saudi Arabia: 37.6%, Russia: 8.1%, UK: 13.9%, UAE: 92.8%, France: 12.5%, Canada: 20.9%, Australia: 30.0%, Spain: 14.3%
Considering the green card wait has increased 400% in the past 2 years, it’s safe to assume this number is dramatically higher now.
No, its not; actual volume of immigration has been flat. Wait times are a measure of the degree to which per category and per country quotas are misaligned with demand, not an indicator of immigration volume.