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Oceania comprises Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific island nations of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
7 Nov 2026
UK law covers only advice given in the UK and Australia's Home Affairs reads its law as not reaching unregistered offshore advice; Malta and Dominica list licensed agents and EB-5 promoters must register.
Read →31 Oct 2026
A US re-entry permit stops an absence's length alone counting against the holder; business ties abroad can still indicate abandonment. Canada counts work abroad only for a Canadian business or public service.
Read →30 Oct 2026
Since July, Vietnam's police issue certificate No. 2, electronic if filed online; the US Mission takes only stamped paper. No Vietnamese time limit was found; four destinations set 3–24 months.
Read →29 Oct 2026
Passport travellers may not carry gold bars or raw gold in or out of Vietnam; jewellery may cross, declared from 300 g. Vietnamese permitted to settle abroad may take any gold, licensed from 1 kg in total.
Read →26 Oct 2026
Since 2025 the 15% applies at any value, with no A$750,000 floor. Canada's buyer is liable for 25% of the price absent a certificate; New Zealand withholds from offshore owners who resell within two years.
Read →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 →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%.
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