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Qatar01 March, 2026

Qatar announced the launch of two new residence visa categories. These residence permits are valid for up to 10...

Andorra24 February, 2026

On January 22nd, 2026, the Andorran Parliament approved the Omnibus 2 Law that changed the procedure for obtaining...

Portugal19 February, 2026

A Portuguese residence permit obtained by investment can now be renewed without visiting the AIMA agency. The...

Spain13 February, 2026

An increase in the minimum wage in Spain changes the income thresholds for digital nomad visa applicants. Amy...

10 February, 2026

In January 2026, São Tomé and Príncipe introduced new rules for applicants seeking a passport by investment. The...

United States23 December, 2025

The United States has announced visa and entry restrictions for citizens of 38 countries, including Antigua and...

Grenada05 December, 2025

Grenada has announced upcoming changes to its citizenship by investment program. Investors and their families will...

United States04 December, 2025

US Senator Bernie Moreno introduced a radical new bill that could force millions of Americans to choose between...

Portugal10 November, 2025

Portugal’s parliament approved amendments to the nationality law on October 28th, 2025. The proposed changes extend...

Portugal20 October, 2025

Portugal approved amendments to its citizenship law on October, 28th, 2025. The law increases the naturalisation...

Romania12 October, 2025

Romania is set to launch a Golden Visa program, creating a new pathway to residency in the European Union through...

Greece03 October, 2025

Annual property price growth in Greece slowed to 7.3% in the second quarter of 2025. This is the lowest figure in...

St Kitts & Nevis24 September, 2025

St Kitts and Nevis is updating its citizenship by investment program. Investors will be able to include children up...

Portugal18 September, 2025

Portugal and the UK have updated their double taxation treaty for the first time since Brexit. The agreement aims to...

St Kitts & Nevis26 August, 2025

St Kitts and Nevis has temporarily exempted investors contributing to social projects from paying government...

São Tomé & Príncipe18 August, 2025

São Tomé and Príncipe has launched a citizenship by investment program, opening a new $90,000 route to second...

St Kitts & Nevis04 August, 2025

St Kitts and Nevis has launched a temporary offer for investors. The reduced fees apply to children under 3 who were...

Malta23 July, 2025

Malta has introduced notable changes to its Permanent Residence Programme, effective for applications submitted on...

Vietnam09 July, 2025

Vietnam has approved amendments to its nationality law, allowing both Vietnamese citizens living abroad and...

Slovenia04 July, 2025

Starting from November 2025, remote workers from around the world will be able to move to one of the EU’s most...

Ukraine22 June, 2025

Ukraine's Parliament has passed a law allowing multiple citizenship. Now Ukrainians can keep passports from other...

Portugal20 June, 2025

Portugal Golden Visa reaches new heights: 4,987 applications approved in 2024. The figure surpasses the previous...

United States12 June, 2025

Immigration raids in California spark nationwide protests as the President sends in troops. The unrest prompts some...

Argentina02 June, 2025

Argentina will soon offer citizenship in exchange for investments starting at $500,000. The program is aimed at...

United States08 May, 2025

The United States is facing an unprecedented spike in citizenship renunciations. In the third quarter of 2024 alone,...

Malaysia25 April, 2025

Malaysia has introduced a new visa to attract investors. The Investor Pass streamlines the process of visiting the...

St Lucia10 April, 2025

Getting a St Lucian passport will soon become more difficult. The government plans to bring back annual quotas, as...

Kazakhstan03 April, 2025

IT specialists from around the world can now obtain a permanent residence permit in Kazakhstan under a simplified...

St Kitts & Nevis27 March, 2025

The Citizenship by Investment Unit of St Kitts and Nevis has recently updated its policy to accept cryptocurrency as...

United States14 March, 2025

Trump plans to replace the EB-5 visa with a Gold Card. His administration calls the current program "poorly managed"...

United States08 February, 2025

US birthright citizenship grants automatic citizenship to most individuals born on US soil, regardless of their...

United States31 January, 2025

The Trump administration has recently issued an executive order aimed at establishing policies that deny the concept...

Spain14 January, 2025

From April 3rd, 2025, Spain will stop issuing residence permits by investment, also known as Golden Visas....

Australia09 January, 2025

The Australian government has introduced a new visa called the National Innovation Visa, or NIV. The visa will...

Spain02 January, 2025

InterNations has released its annual Expat City Ranking, highlighting the top destinations for expats worldwide....

Hungary27 December, 2024

Hungary will not issue Golden Visas for real estate purchases. Investors had expected Hungary to start accepting...

Hungary18 November, 2024

The Hungarian government has issued the first licence to a real estate investment fund, four months after the launch...

Portugal08 November, 2024

In the 2024 US presidential election, former President Donald Trump achieved a historic comeback by defeating Vice...

Cyprus08 November, 2024

The Minister of Justice of Cyprus has submitted an application for the country to join the Schengen Area. According...

St Kitts & Nevis02 November, 2024

St Kitts and Nevis has updated the conditions for obtaining citizenship by investment. The new regulations were...

Turkey23 October, 2024

The Türkiye Tech Visa was announced in September 2024. It is a three-year work permit available to highly skilled IT...

Vanuatu07 October, 2024

The Pacific nation of the Solomon Islands is a neighbour to Vanuatu, where investors can obtain a second passport by...

Greece01 October, 2024

Greece plans to grant residence permits to those investing in local startups, as revealed by Prime Minister Kyriakos...

Cyprus05 September, 2024

In July 2024, the Cyprus government ratified a bill to the House of Representatives to pursue membership in the US...

Spain08 August, 2024

Those looking for a second home abroad may feel overwhelmed by the numerous destinations available worldwide. To...

Portugal07 August, 2024

Alessandro Palombo, the co-founder and CEO of Unbound Fund, brought up on X that possessing Bitcoin valued at...

Indonesia06 August, 2024

Indonesia has launched the Golden Visa for various categories of foreigners, such as individual investors, company...

Spain29 July, 2024

The ruling Spanish Socialist Party has put forward a proposal to abolish residence permits by investments....