Country offers new fast-track citizenship to wealthy Americans seeking other opportunities

With the increasing popularity of "golden" visas among affluent Americans, 1 state is expanding the pathways for those funny successful gaining citizenship successful this fashion. 

Greece has introduced the "Greek Startup ecosystem" — expanding citizenship opportunities beyond conscionable an concern successful existent estate.

Those eligible tin put astir $259,000 successful prime startups listed connected the country's National Startup Registry, according to the authoritative level Elevate Greece (EG), successful sectors that see existent estate, defence and finance.

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"A beardown civilization of innovation and entrepreneurship drives the nationalist and backstage sectors to articulation forces done Elevate Greece and scope retired into planetary markets, promoting Greece arsenic a large innovation hub successful Southeast Europe," the EG website says.

Americans person been progressively seeking 2nd citizenship residencies arsenic an "insurance" against planetary uncertainty, arsenic Fox News Digital antecedently reported. 

Greece is opening a caller citizenship pathway for planetary entrepreneurs done startup investments. (Mehmet Emin Menguarslan/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Canada-based Mohamed Bennis, elder vice president astatine Arton Capital, a planetary fiscal advisory and consultancy firm, told Fox News Digital that "golden" visa programs person go "mainstream" today. 

"We’re seeing a wide displacement distant from passive existent property toward much progressive investments that straight enactment the section system — including startups, operating businesses and backstage equity, with much hazard but besides much imaginable reward," said Bennis.

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He added that countries request to innovate and accommodate to caller capitalist expectations.

"Greece is playing to win, utilizing fashionable residency argumentation tools to propulsion successful tech money, portion different countries are inactive stuck successful reddish tape," said Bennis. 

Those eligible for the caller programme successful Greece tin put astir $259,000 successful prime startups that are listed connected the country's National Startup Registry. (iStock)

"This is simply a state saying, ‘If you put and build, we’ll marque it casual for you to stay.'"

"America pioneered the thought that superior and entrepreneurship should beryllium welcomed, not punished."

Arton Capital advises high-net-worth individuals connected the process of investing successful citizenship oregon residency each astir the world.

"America pioneered the thought that superior and entrepreneurship should beryllium welcomed, not punished," said Bennis. 

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"The Trump Gold Card made that wide — and I deliberation Greece is pursuing that logic."

The Trump Gold Card was launched successful December to supply a new, streamlined way to U.S. citizenship.

"This is simply a state saying, ‘If you put and build, we’ll marque it casual for you to stay,'" said an adept successful citizenship residency and concern programs.  (iStock)

The paper is simply a visa for individuals who tin supply important payment to the United States.

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It requires a nonrefundable $15,000 processing interest and a $1 cardinal acquisition aft vetting, with expedited reappraisal erstwhile fees and documents are submitted, according to TrumpCard.gov.

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Fox News Digital’s Emma Bussey contributed reporting.