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North America is the northern part of the Americas, between the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic oceans. This section covers the US, Canada, Greenland and Bermuda.
24 Oct 2026
Citizens and people domiciled in the US have US$15 million. Japan, Korea and the UK also tax what an owner in Vietnam leaves there, at up to 55% and 50%, and at 40%. Australia abolished inheritance tax.
Read →22 Oct 2026
Canada's funding rules hold provincial waits to three months; Australia's guidance sets none after permanent residency. US Marketplace plans have no stated wait; means-tested Medicaid has a five-year bar.
Read →19 Oct 2026
New Zealand's exemption lasts about four years, for people non-resident for ten. Australia's is for some temporary-visa holders. Canada has none; like Australia, it resets the cost of assets held on arrival.
Read →14 Oct 2026
Japan widened property reporting in April 2026, England and Northern Ireland levy a 2% non-resident SDLT surcharge, and US sales by foreign persons generally face 15% withholding.
Read →13 Oct 2026
Australia closed its investor visa streams in 2024; its permanent 858 visa sets no capital floor but is granted on achievement, by invitation. Canada has Quebec's CAD 2 million route and provincial streams.
Read →11 Oct 2026
Canada's ban is due to end on 1 January 2027; New Zealand offers qualifying investor-visa holders a consent route above NZD 5 million; Singapore's standard foreign-buyer surcharge is 60%.
Read →7 Oct 2026
EB-5 still asks for USD 1,050,000, or USD 800,000 in a targeted employment area or infrastructure project. Its green card is conditional for two years, and Form I-829 must be filed in a 90-day window.
Read →6 Oct 2026
Among the routes read, net worth floors run from CAD 300,000 in two provincial streams to CAD 2,000,000 in Quebec, which adds a CAD 1,000,000 placement returned after five years and a CAD 200,000 contribution.
Read →1 Oct 2026
The State Department showed the 2028 passport redesign on 29 September and plans fully online first applications; the 50-page book, issued by practice to overseas and special-issuance applicants, will end.
Read →30 Sep 2026
Regional-centre petitions received by 30 September keep statutory protection if the programme lapses; the programme runs to September 2027, and a fee rule published today raises the I-526E fee to USD 7,850.
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