Regions
Content by geography. An article can belong to several regions when a policy spans multiple countries.
Where most investors set out from, and which runs routes of its own: Singapore’s investor thresholds, alongside tax residence, dual nationality and the Vietnamese passport.
The Apostille Convention took effect for Vietnam on 11 September 2026
Vietnam deposited its instrument of accession on 31 December 2025, and the Government's portal names the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the competent authority for the certificate.
15 Sep 2026
In Cambodia, the larger figure cites one condition fewer
Sub-Decree 225 sets a floor of four billion riel for Cambodia's investment route to nationality and twelve billion for the donation route, while in the 2018 law the two cite different numbered conditions.
15 Sep 2026
Vietnam’s land law splits Vietnamese abroad into two categories
The statute, in force since 1 August 2024, groups a citizen settled abroad with domestic individuals and gives a person of Vietnamese origin settled abroad named acquisition routes in place of a general right.
12 Sep 2026The five citizenship-by-investment programmes of the Eastern Caribbean: the donation-or-property choice, and why single-applicant figures mislead families.
Dominica proposes to stop taxing residents’ foreign income
The same budget proposes a flat 10% rate from 1 January 2027. Both were announced as proposals, and on 8 September the government's register of laws showed no income tax amendment later than 2025.
8 Sep 2026
Which text applies to a file: four questions, one still open
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.
1 Sep 2026
Grenada defers the 30-day residence requirement by circular
An agency circular suspends the residence obligation until two undated conditions are met — and the 31 August start date it names appears in no gazette, Act or order this desk could find.
31 Aug 2026Investor residence and citizenship across Europe: what each threshold actually totals, how permanent residence leads to citizenship, and EU scrutiny of visa-free access.
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.
16 Sep 2026
Austria’s published criteria say money alone is not enough
The Interior Ministry's criteria for citizenship in the special interest of the Republic carry no euro figure at all, and state that mere flows of money are not sufficient.
16 Sep 2026
North Macedonia’s law still carries the investor citizenship clause
The European Commission asked in December 2025 that the scheme be abolished and its legal basis repealed. Article 11 incorporates two ordinary naturalisation conditions and adds a national-interest test.
16 Sep 2026The main investment-migration routes across Latin America and the stage each one has reached.
Investment migration in Latin America: the main routes
Latin America offers residence routes tied to investment or income, but the mechanism differs from Europe and the Caribbean. This article sets out the main groups and what to verify at source.
3 Aug 2026
Argentina has a CBI framework, but no application date yet
Two decrees created the legal route and review process, but the terms that fix a capital commitment—minimum investment, eligible categories and filing procedure—still await an Economy Ministry resolution.
2 Aug 2026Long-term investor residence that does not lead to citizenship across the Gulf, set beside the two citizenship programmes of Egypt and Jordan.
Egypt and Jordan set different citizenship terms
Egypt's four routes start at USD 250,000 under a March 2023 decree. In Jordan a new project outside the Capital Governorate needs JOD 500,000 and ten jobs, and three routes issue a temporary passport first.
6 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.
5 Sep 2026
Residence status and healthcare cover: Portugal, Dubai or Singapore?
Portugal uses public-system registration, Dubai mandates insurance, and Singapore brings permanent residents into MediShield Life with limits and patient liability.
29 Aug 2026The United States and Canada: EB-5 thresholds and deadlines, the obligations attached to a green card, and Canada’s suspended start-up visa with capital already committed.
US proposes ending the 60-day grace period for treaty investors
Homeland Security proposes deleting the paragraph that, for up to 60 days, stops an E-2 investor being treated as out of status merely because the qualifying activity stopped; comments close 10 November 2026.
12 Sep 2026Which text applies to a file: four questions, one still open
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.
1 Sep 2026
US public-charge rule creates three tracks by Form I-485 filing date
A 23 December 2022 boundary and the 18 September 2026 effective date divide pending and new Form I-485 filings into three public-charge frameworks.
29 Aug 2026Four 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.
Nauru’s citizenship programme now calls itself the Naoero Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Program
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.
17 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.
13 Sep 2026Which text applies to a file: four questions, one still open
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.
1 Sep 2026The São Tomé and Príncipe citizenship-by-investment programme in its first year: files approved, passports issued, and what the report leaves out.
