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2020-07-24 Britain

Revealed: Tens of thousands of 'golden visas' have been granted to wealthy foreign investors - including 3,966 to Chinese and 2,477 to Russians - since 'backdoor' scheme was launched 12 years ago

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-07-24 08:17|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Revoke them.

Posted by Sniper Glavimble7848 2020-07-24 09:00|| 2020-07-24 09:00|| Front Page Top

#2 How... lucrative.

Revoke them and investigate those that issued them.

Posted by DarthVader 2020-07-24 09:29|| 2020-07-24 09:29|| Front Page Top

#3 That sound you hear is the State Dept taking notes....

Posted by Mercutio 2020-07-24 10:00|| 2020-07-24 10:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Not our circus or our monkeys, thank goodness.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-07-24 11:54|| 2020-07-24 11:54|| Front Page Top

#5 State Dept taking notes

EB-5 and E-2 visas. US State is cheaper to bribe. Used to as little as $500,000. Whole clans have moved starting with them. Terry McAuliffe (D-Psychopath) is notorious for his EB-5 investor schemes.

Posted by Cromoth Sheatch5463 2020-07-24 12:02|| 2020-07-24 12:02|| Front Page Top

#6 moved here starting with them

Posted by Cromoth Sheatch5463 2020-07-24 12:03|| 2020-07-24 12:03|| Front Page Top

#7 This program has largely been a failure. The idea is to bring in foreign investment, so there are a lot of rules around how much money you spend, how many jobs you create, etc. Other countries' version of the program just allows you to buy the visa, which people prefer. As a result, the annual allotment of these visas has never been used up.

Posted by Iblis 2020-07-24 13:01|| 2020-07-24 13:01|| Front Page Top

#8 ^ Yep. With the Swiss it's just cash on the barrel head. So why go anywhere else if you can afford it?

Posted by Secret Master 2020-07-24 13:56|| 2020-07-24 13:56|| Front Page Top

#9 EB-5 and E-2 visas. US State is cheaper to bribe.

I worked a huge EB-5/E-2 case in LA a few years ago. What a racket. Soooo much fraud. It was a license to print money.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/attorney-pleads-guilty-federal-charges-stemming-50-million-scheme-defrauded-eb-5-visa

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2020-07-24 22:45|| 2020-07-24 22:45|| Front Page Top

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