In the first half of this year, 861 Residence Permits for Investment (ARI) were granted, of which 475 in the second quarter (116 in April, 180 in May and 179 in June).

As for visas for grouped family members, 1,191 were granted in the semester (of which 167 in April, 208 in May and 192 in June). In January, 153 visas were granted, in February 209 and in March 262 visas for grouped family members.

The total investment already exceeds 7,000 million euros, totalling last month the 7,157,485,864.42 euros in accumulated terms, since the program was launched in October 2012.

In this period, 12,396 ARIs were allocated, of which 5,366 to China, 1,229 to Brazil, 713 to the United States, 592 to Turkey and 550 to South Africa.

Since the start of the programme, 11,181 golden visas have been granted through the acquisition of real estate, for a total of more than 6,337 million euros. Of this amount, 636.5 million euros relate to purchases for urban rehabilitation, out of a total of 1,783 golden' visas granted.

In terms of capital transfer, the accumulated amount amounts to 819.6 million euros, out of a total of 1,193 ARIs awarded, and in more than 10 years of the program only 22 'gold' visas were granted through the creation of work.

On July 6th, the Government's proposal to end new residence permits for housing investment was approved.