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Four different situations in one region: Australia has closed its investor visa, New Zealand has loosened its terms, Nauru has opened a citizenship programme, and Vanuatu operates after losing Schengen visa-free access.
17 Sep 2026
The programme uses the Naoero name on every page read, including its Spanish and French editions. The state instruments call the statute the Nauru Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Act 2024, and a regulation requires the citizenship certificate to read Republic of Nauru.
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13 Sep 2026
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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1 Sep 2026
When a statute commences, when a treaty enters into force, which temporal rule governs a filing and which text prevails are four separate questions. An instrument can settle one and leave the next open.
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30 Aug 2026
Four texts attach continuing duties to a New Zealand investor visa, citizenship in the Eastern Caribbean, a Maltese tax status and a Latvian residence permit. Their legal status is not the same.
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4 Aug 2026
The current fee schedule produces government totals of USD 102,700–125,700 across four modelled households, while leaving one point to verify about the legal basis for the year-end promotional deadline.
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27 Jul 2026
Vanuatu citizenship is a fast and compact Pacific citizenship-by-investment program, but has completely lost its Schengen visa exemption. Analyze the mechanism, remaining passport value and appraisal lessons.
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27 Jul 2026
The Australian investment visa has stopped accepting new applications and has been replaced by a non-investment-based stream. The article explains what happened, the milestones, and the remaining options.
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27 Jul 2026
What an investor is actually committing to on New Zealand's Active Investor Plus route: the money, the days in the country, the filings — and what happens to the visa if any of them slips.
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