Please look up the most recent thread here, a lot of options other than PT GV are laid out with some rationale:
My personal opinion based on first-hand experience:
- PT GV is great for many reasons, but too risky to be relied upon as a sole ‘Plan B’;
- one should seriously consider pursuing a ‘Plan C’ in parallel to your main ‘Plan B’ which could well be PT GV if you are so inclined (or rather I’d call them multiple ‘Plan Bs’);
- good news is that some of the alternatives cost incomparably much less than PT GV as are not even positioned as CBI/RBI programs (i.e. no investment is required at all to obtain residence, with no physical stay required either).