Citizenship · Capital · Global Mobility
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Residence routes for founders and entrepreneurs. Applications are assessed on a business proposal rather than a fixed capital sum, and several countries also require a letter of support from a designated body.
10 Oct 2026
Section 21 of the Residence Act sets no fixed investment minimum, but authorities still assess the capital committed, business viability and economic effects; Vietnamese applicants file at German missions.
Read →5 Oct 2026
The wealthy-foreigner residence ground closed on 17 April 2024 after fewer than ten permits in a decade; in the annex that scores the self-employed permit, capital is one input among many, not a threshold.
Read →29 Sep 2026
Money or staff once satisfied it; the new test takes both, plus a Japanese speaker, a qualifying background and an outside verifier, and the investor route whose deadline passed in March 2025 is still a draft.
Read →16 Sep 2026
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.
Read →10 Aug 2026
The 30 June 2026 deadline closed the last window for certain 2025 commitments. Applications accepted before it continue; the proposed replacement pilot remains a policy plan on the pages reviewed.
Read →27 Jul 2026
North American investment settlement revolves around US EB-5 and Canadian streams, in addition to markets such as New Zealand. Overview map of mechanisms, differences and policy risks.
Read →21 Jul 2026
Canada's Start-Up Visa stopped accepting new applications on 1 January 2026; the window for 2025 commitment letters closed on 30 June 2026. Mechanism, conditions, designated-organisation letters and status.
Read →20 Jul 2026
Compare the US EB-5 investment residency programme, the Canadian Start-Up Visa Program and the European investment residency programme by mechanism, role and risks.
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