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華人在世界各地置產、投資，以獲得「黃金簽證」。

The Associated Press 針對此現象做了一個統計。總共分析了十三個國家各國相關規定。

以發出的簽證張數來看，世界前五名依次為美國、加拿大、葡萄牙、匈牙利、以及澳洲：
  • 43,448: the United States’ investment visa program, known as EB-5.
  • 35,278: Canada’s investment bond programs, including a program offered by the province of Quebec.
  • 7,875: Portugal’s “golden visa” program for real estate investors.
  • 6,405: Hungary’s residence bond program, recently suspended by the government.
  • 4,640: Australia’s program for high-dollar “significant investors.”

各投資人投資什麼項目，分為：
  • $250,000: the minimum price of citizenship in Antigua & Barbuda for an investor who donates to the island government’s development fund and pays a $50,000 government fee.
  • $380,000 (350,000 euro): the minimum value of real estate investors must purchase in Portugal’s “golden visa” program.
  • $500,000: the minimum business investment in the United States’ EB-5 program, with a “green card” given to investors whose money creates or saves 10 jobs
  • $584,000 (800,000 Canadian dollars): the minimum amount of interest-free investment to be made or financed for residence in the Canadian province of Quebec. (Canada closed a similar national program in 2014.)
  • $3.7 million (5 million Australian dollars): the required investment in Australia’s Significant Investor Visa program in a mix of developing businesses and funds as defined by the government. Australia’s program is by far the most expensive in the AP survey.

各國投資人投資金額
  • $7.7 billion: estimated minimum investment in the United States through the EB-5 program.
  • $6 billion: estimated minimum investment in Australia through its Significant Investor Visa program.
  • $4.3 billion: estimated minimum investment in Canada, including Quebec, through its immigrant investor programs.
  • $1.96 billion: estimated minimum investment in the United Kingdom through its Tier 1 investor program.
  • $1.71 billion: estimated minimum investment in New Zealand through its investor and entrepreneur programs.

無論是從簽證張數或是投資金額來看，三個國家都是榜上有名，分別為美國、加拿大、澳洲。

英國在簽證張數的部份排不上前五名，但是總投資金額卻相當可觀。

黃金簽證無論是在哪一個國家，往往相關問題非常的多。

以葡萄牙來說，根據 Bloomberg 這一篇報導，葡萄牙發的golden visas之中有八成左右是發給中國人，但是這些投資者可能得等上好一陣子，甚至可能得等五年才能夠拿得到。

以英國來說，英國的黃金簽證也有自己的問題，像是依照 The Financial Times 的這一篇報導，拿到英國 Tier 1 investor visas 的人數從2015年的488位，降至2016年的35位。這是因為英國政府於2014年把原先的 £1 million投資要求調漲為 £2 million，也加強管制金錢來源，以避免英國成為國際暗黑人物的藏匿所。

就算投資金額沒有調漲，也不用排隊等很久，黃金簽證還是有引發投資地公民不爽的疑慮。無論是加拿大、澳洲、英國、葡萄牙等國，都有一些本國公民覺得黃金簽證是在販賣國家的反對聲浪。