What is German investment immigration?

To put it simply, the applicant is required to invest and start a business in Germany and then issue a long-term business visa to the applicant.

At present, there are many European "investment immigration" projects on the Internet. In fact, these projects issue long-term visas for a certain period (3 to 5 years) to eligible applicants, some of which are "residence visas" and some are "business visas". This kind of visa is different from the real "immigration project".

The real immigration project corresponds to "permanent residency" (PR), which is also commonly known as "green card". Generally speaking, green card holders are completely equal to national treatment except that they have no right to vote and stand for election. Such as work, school, welfare, etc. , exactly like the locals. The United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other immigrant countries have such immigration projects.

However, in the so-called "immigration program" in Europe, applicants can not get a green card, but they can get a long-term visa with a certain period of time. After the visa expires, you must renew it to continue living in the local area. Whether to renew your contract is not entirely beyond the applicant's unilateral control. In addition, those kinds of visas also have many restrictions on the rights and interests of applicants in the local area, such as not being able to work, not to mention various social benefits of local people.

Of course, if you really want to expand your business to Europe, an investment visa program like Germany may not be a bad thing. However, if you apply for this so-called "investment immigration" program just to live in Germany, you should be cautious.

Germany is not an immigrant country (most European countries are not), so it is very difficult to obtain permanent residency in this country.