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SA’s 2026 Offshore Allowance: Euro Assets, Yield, Residency and Schengen Access
The investment threshold quoted for a European residence programme is not the amount a South African needs to move offshore. Five current residence-by-investment cases in Greece, Cyprus and Portugal, priced complete — foreign taxes, VAT, government charges and professional costs alongside the qualifying asset — and read against a single year’s R10,000,000 allowance.
Planning rate €1 = R19, set above the market so a rand figure is never understated. Indicative planning cases, not quotations. Cyprus grants permanent residence in an EU member state and is not yet fully part of the Schengen area.
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After the EU’s Golden Passports
What ended, what remains, and how a lawful structured alternative should be assessed
A 519-page study of what legally ended with the European Union’s investor-citizenship market and how the structures now offered in its place should be assessed. It draws on 267 sources. Every legal, regulatory and fiscal claim is either cited to a primary or official source, or expressly identified as requiring confirmation — there is no third category. It is free, and there is no registration wall.
The report’s central conclusion is a limiting one: the structure it examines is not a substitute for European Union citizenship. It also tests Kestrel Private’s own published planning figure line by line and publishes the full costed range.
The executive summary read in full — the published wording, unabridged.
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For interviews, commentary, data requests or fact-checking, write to our media desk. Please include your publication, the angle and your deadline so we can route your enquiry to the right person quickly.
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Andrew J. Taylor
Founder and Managing PartnerAvailable for comment and interview on Cyprus and Greece residence, Mauritius, investment-migration trends, qualifying real estate, and the mobility decisions of high-net-worth individuals and families.
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