21 Sep 2026
Three residence tests state a ratio, not a sum
Spain's regulation carries no euro figure at all; Portugal's reference was set by a decree-law of 29 December 2025, and Colombia's wage decree states that it applies transitorily.
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Investor Visa
Investor routes that do not fall into the categories with a section of their own. It covers smaller or country-specific residence-by-investment programmes.
20 Sep 2026
Latvian MPs move to delete the €150,000 fund residence route
Filed on 3 September, twelve days before the provision took effect, the repeal bill still has no recorded reading — one of the cumulative conditions Rule 39(2) sets for the next Saeima to continue it.
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19 Sep 2026
Colombia’s investor visa thresholds rose 23% in pesos
Colombia sets its investor, retirement and nomad thresholds as multiples of the minimum wage, and the decree that fixed the 2026 wage says it applies only until judgment in a pending case.
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18 Sep 2026
Panama raises the resale threshold on its Qualified Investor route
First-sale property keeps the 300,000-balboa minimum, and a buyer whose binding contract predates the decree has six months to apply under the old rules — counted from a date the decree never names.
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18 Sep 2026
Thailand’s LTR tax breaks are written for separate categories
Section 3 of Royal Decree No. 743 names the highly-skilled group for the 17 per cent rate, and section 5 names the other three for relief on foreign income brought into Thailand.
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16 Sep 2026
Montenegro adds a 150,000 euro test to its property residence route
The figure is read off the tax office's assessment rather than the contract, and renewals of property permits issued before 17 January 2026 are still decided under the previous law.
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13 Sep 2026
New Zealand to open build-to-rent to investor visa’s Growth category
Ministers say build-to-rent will count towards a Growth investment from December 2026, but the immigration instructions did not mention it as at 13 September; the NZD $5m threshold holds, approved funds only.
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5 Sep 2026
Kuwait’s investor residence runs up to 15 years, tied to the company
Two of the four Gulf jurisdictions compared here grant permanent residence from the outset, which makes Kuwait's ceiling of 15 years less generous than it reads, and none of the four promises nationality.
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4 Sep 2026
Hungary expects a wealth-tax bill in October
A government resolution orders the rules to be drafted while the rate and the threshold remain unpublished, and the guest investor permit does not by itself establish tax residence.
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3 Sep 2026
Latvia’s two investor routes end on 15 September with the 2002 law
The Immigration Law the Saeima adopted in August sets no commencement date of its own, so the Constitution fixed one for it. The register now shows where the count stopped, and what stops with it.
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