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Italy is in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula, an EU member. Its capital is Rome, its official language is Italian and its currency is the euro.
5 Nov 2026
Treaties with Portugal, Spain, Malta, Italy, Hungary and Latvia let Vietnam credit tax paid on a home there; Vietnam's decree ties the credit to a signed treaty.
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Leaving Italy from 2027 after six of ten tax periods of residence, with €800,000 or more in financial instruments, would trigger tax on unsold gains where Italy loses taxing rights; the bill is not law.
Read →23 Oct 2026
Among the 61 jurisdictions counted, the last dated closure was Spain's, on 3 April 2025. The past 12 months hold no closure, 5 restrictions, 3 to 5 openings or easings and 5 instruments that do both.
Read →20 Oct 2026
Italy taxes a newcomer's foreign income at a flat €300,000 a year and Greece at €100,000, with a €500,000 investment. Portugal's and Spain's lower rates require a job, board seat or other listed activity.
Read →18 Oct 2026
Across seven countries, Cyprus requires a permit for a buyer living in Vietnam, Malta does outside designated areas, Switzerland allows only a holiday home and Spain needs military consent in defence zones.
Read →14 Oct 2026
Spain, Portugal, Italy, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia set no nationality bar on Vietnamese applicants; tests run from THB 500,000 in funds to USD 60,000 a year in income. Vietnam has no such visa.
Read →9 Oct 2026
Latvia asks €50,000 in a company plus €10,000 to the state, if the firm pays €40,000 a year in tax. Four more start at €250,000 for specific uses; Malta adds €99,000 in charges, Cyprus €50,000 a year in income.
Read →23 Aug 2026
The word is settled one layer down from the programme page: in a general immigration law, an administrative manual or a partnership statute. In two of five routes, no immigration text read names the clause.
Read →21 Aug 2026
Spain's route is gone from the statute book. The programmes still standing have narrowed what counts as a qualifying asset. The question is no longer which is easiest, but which is still open and what it buys.
Read →27 Jul 2026
Investor Visa for Italy opens four investment routes and does not require a minimum stay. It covers the mechanism, the residence route and the points that need to be verified at the source.
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