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Programmes granting citizenship to investors who meet a statutory contribution or investment requirement. Eligibility, contribution levels and due-diligence procedure are set by each country’s own law and change over time.
11 Oct 2026
St Kitts and Nevis sets seven years; Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Lucia five; Dominica three, or five, and Grenada five, before the property can qualify another applicant. Early sale can cost citizenship.
Read →7 Oct 2026
An opposition bill in the Chamber of Deputies would declare invalid any citizenship granted for investment and treat pending applications as withdrawn. A second bill would simply repeal the regime.
Read →7 Oct 2026
New grants stopped in 2016, and a 2017 parliamentary inquiry found the 2008 law was never effectively adopted and called acts under it legally null, a finding that is not a court ruling.
Read →6 Oct 2026
The deadline for the special regulation meant to fix the amounts passed on 30 June 2024; a 2025 decree lists what remote-work visa applicants must file, including income evidence, but no minimum income.
Read →4 Oct 2026
The bill, entered in August, would send investment-only applications without a final decision back to the ordinary rules. Página/12 reports a second bill from Unión por la Patria; its text is not yet public.
Read →4 Oct 2026
St Kitts and Dominica vet crypto as a source of wealth; Dominica's 2022 note wants coins sold before payment. El Salvador's portal still names bitcoin as the contribution; UAE golden visas do not cover crypto.
Read →3 Oct 2026
The Economy Ministry says applications start in the fourth quarter; a US$800,000 bond is the other route. No Gazette act setting the amounts was found; a June ruling voided the underlying decree in one case.
Read →1 Oct 2026
St Kitts and Nevis investor passports issued before 14 April 2026 stop being accepted for travel after 31 July 2027; the Citizenship Unit said on 28 September its chairman had urged agents to brief clients.
Read →27 Sep 2026
The route requires foreign-currency conversion and a three-year bar on sale; on title transfer, buyer and seller each owe a 2% fee, and a resale gain within five years may be taxable.
Read →26 Sep 2026
The EU cited Vanuatu's scheme failures in 2022; the UK cited abuse in Dominica and Vanuatu in 2023 and inherent risk in Saint Lucia in 2026, while Ireland's announcement cited alignment.
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