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MALTA VISA PROGRAM | 马耳他签证项目
a lack of E.U. citizenship can be a serious obstacle to
building a career, even after having pursued studies in
Europe. As time has shown, many of the children of
wealthy investors, freshly graduated from a European
university, tend to stick to their usual circle of contacts
and therefore do not immediately return home to
further their careers.
Indeed, they have countless opportunities to work
in leading European companies, apart from the fact
that quite often they take on responsibility for the
European-based faction of their parents’ business. If
they possess a European passport, they, therefore, do
not need a work permit and can freely change their
place of work any time.
QUALITY MEDICINE FOR FREE
Free healthcare is a centuries-old tradition in Malta.
First laid down by the Knights of St. John, which went
on to pave the way for the ideal of quality treatment
for all inhabitants, medical care for Maltese citizens
is still completely free. It is the state, from the taxes it
has received, that generously sponsors this industry.
More importantly, thanks to Malta’s role as an
E.U. member state, citizens are holders of the free
European Health Insurance Card. This allows them
to use medical services under the same conditions
as residents in any E.U. country, as well as Iceland,
Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. The exception,
however, relates to treatment or medical services
provided by private clinics.
PROFITABLE REAL ESTATE
For Maltese real estate, 2017 was a great year. Indeed,
the real estate market, according to the Knight Frank
Global House Index Q2/2017, was ranked first in
the E.U. and third worldwide, especially in terms of
growth, which was recorded at an impressive rate
of 14.6 percent. Undeniably, factors such as MIIP
applicants, the introduction of certain tax benefits and
Maltese substantiation of the gaming industry (whose
employees simultaneously earn high salaries and
create a demand for real estate) were all contributors
to this boost.
Over the past decade, the growth rate in property
prices has fluctuated at an average annual increase
of about 10 percent. Coupled with the possibility of
selling real estate acquired through the MIIP after
five years, such a dynamic allows the new Maltese
passport holder to return the initially invested 350,000
euros and expect to earn extra capital gains, estimated
at 150,000 to 200,000 euros. The five-year-purchase
of real estate, therefore, is the best solution for getting
back a substantial part of the MIIP investment.