Home stolen, locks the door. After November the credibility of visas gold have been devastated by a storm called Operation Labyrinth , with 11 defendants and five detainees, the government now wants to do the inspection – “Previous , posterior, internal and external, “as enumerated the Deputy Prime Minister -. the slogan
Declining to admit the lack of supervision potentiate the investigated fraud or to comment on the lawsuit, Paulo Portas refused “confuse the tree with the forest” and merely wish that “if there was a case or another in someone abused, that you fall the force of law and justice above. ” But never tired of defending the intention-based visas gold – attract foreign money – to refuse the end of the program. “There are 13 EU countries to compete with Portugal with visas gold or similar. I do not think is very smart we close the shop for other countries to benefit from these investments. “
The inspection is a major news that the Executive intends to add to the process, with the holding of two annual audits of the program, among which also include the extension of the possibility of investment in the sectors of science and culture. Here suffice 350,000 euros for a foreigner applying for a residence permit in Portugal. And there is also a new factor of reducing the minimum investment by 20% if they are made in low-density areas, ie areas NUT III, with GDP per capita less than 75% of the national average and less than 100 inhabitants per km2, specified Paulo Portas on Monday during the presentation press conference of the proposal of the executive.
The debate generally in Parliament is scheduled for March 12, and Paulo Portas expected that the opposition make proposals during the discussion on the details, since no party responded to the invitation of the Government to present ideas at this early stage.
Keeping the minimum investment of half a million euros in furniture, a million in capital transfers or creating at least 10 jobs as a bargaining chip for the allocation of IRA called – residence permit for investment activity – , are now added areas of science, culture and urban regeneration. In the first case, the investor must apply at least 350 thousand euros in scientific research activities conducted by public or private institutions integrated into the scientific and technological system. In the second, the same minimum value may be invested in supporting artistic production, recovery or maintenance of national heritage.
The tighter mesh in the surveillance will materialize in two annual audits by IGAI, whose recommendations with and conclusions have to submit to Parliament; the Foreigners and Borders Service will prepare a “Manual of harmonious and coherent internal procedures for all entities on the way of processing the ARI processes”, and will be clarified the powers of the monitoring group. Added to this is “greater decentralization in the proceedings”, passing through the opinions of the regional authorities and the national director of the SEF; the possibility of consular verification of means of evidence at the request of the SEF, and is made mandatory the presentation of the book building, which allows you to compare the value of the property acquisition with the taxable value.
The system the golden seen “brought to Portugal until the end of January, more than 1 270 million euro investment in our country and left more than 100 million tax euros, ie, stimulated private investment and brought revenue to the Treasury . Helped mainly stimulate the real estate market was in a very critical situation and so contributed to the recovery of the economy, in due proportion, “argued Paulo Portas.
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