Citizenship · Capital · Global Mobility
Long-term residence and settlement routes: conditions, accepted forms of investment, physical-presence duties and timelines as published by the competent authorities.
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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29 Aug 2026
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.
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28 Aug 2026
An unnamed official told the Associated Press the pause should end by mid-September. The department has not said which categories it covers, so an approved investor cannot tell if it reaches their interview.
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28 Aug 2026
EB-5 would charge more where the business receiving the money operates mainly in an area with unemployment well below the national rate. The tier is a proposal; its comment period closed on 31 August 2026.
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27 Aug 2026
Latvia's new Immigration Law removes the €250,000 property and €280,000 bank residence routes, adds a €150,000 state fund route, and fixes no commencement date.
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23 Aug 2026
The word is settled one layer down from the programme page: in a general immigration law, an administrative manual or a partnership statute. In two of five routes, no immigration text read names the clause.
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22 Aug 2026
Investor residence is described as buying a flat and receiving a card. In the two European programmes examined, the rules no longer say that; the difference decides whether money is locked, recoverable or gone.
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21 Aug 2026
Spain's route is gone from the statute book. The programmes still standing have narrowed what counts as a qualifying asset. The question is no longer which is easiest, but which is still open and what it buys.
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20 Aug 2026
Investors compare these programmes on capital. The clause that decides whether a permit is a convenience or a first rung is the presence requirement — and most authorities do not publish it clearly.
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