Re:Inside the Secretive World of Tax-Avoidance Experts (2015)
by s3nnyy on Monday October 08, 2018 @09:37AM
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No, you CAN NOT buy citizenship in Switzerland, not even in Zug. You can however get a permit to stay that is renewed every year, if you're wealthy (defined as: sustain life here without the need of work). The threshold is way lower than 5 million and is decided case-by-case.
If you come as an outsider to Suisse, private banks/tax companies will either refer you to their branch in place where this applies to you, or if your net worth is high enough (can't remember exact threshold but it should be in 5 mil CHF ballpark and above), you can literally buy citizenship and you're covered (ideally in Zug/Luzern as one can witness in local property market there but it always depends on the case).