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Portugal’s Golden Visa requires a one-week stay in the
first year and two-week stays in subsequent years. These
kinds of policies help investors be more flexible in moving
and maintaining their businesses.
HOW DOES THE GOLDEN VISA WORK
IN THE VIETNAM MARKET?
In recent years, the term Golden Visa has become
commonly known in the Vietnam market. This is occurring
as American, Canadian and Australian investment programs
face their own issues, such as changing requirements,
difficulty regarding source-of-funds documentation and
application backlogs. In a developing country like Vietnam,
there are a lot of rich people who may have trouble with
source-of-funds documentation, which is one reason why
EU Golden Visas are becoming increasingly popular. Within
the last three to four years, Vietnamese are eying desirable
countries like Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Portugal, Spain and
Latvia. Vietnamese want EU permanent residency so they
can benefit from a good education system, health care and
visa-free travel.
TRÚC (GIGI) NGUYEN
Trúc Nguyễn has 10 years of experience in Canada and New
Zealand immigration, specializing in visa applications. She is a
former regional manager of a leading education corporation in
New Zealand for the Southeast Asia market. She is experienced
working with government immigration officers, NGOs and
markets through understanding investment trends. This has
driven her passion to work in the immigration industry. She is
currently marketing manager of Kornova, one of the leading
pioneers in Vietnam with 12 years of immigration experience
consulting in the United States, Canada and EU.