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Updates on migration, citizenship, tax and assets, written from legislation and official sources. Each article names the publishing authority and the date read.
1 Oct 2026
Vietnam's new FTSE status took effect on 21 September, the government says, with the first of four inclusion steps; FDI disbursed in January to August was the highest for that period in five years.
Read →1 Oct 2026
Latvia starts its five-year citizenship clock only at permanent residence, and the ordinary routes of Indonesia, Latvia and, in its 2017 text, the UAE make Vietnamese applicants renounce their nationality.
Read →1 Oct 2026
Renewal of a passport issued under the closed programme turns on proof of lawful issuance and a place on a statutory Master List; in 2020 the state auditor reported no complete record of who obtained one.
Read →30 Sep 2026
Silver requires a USD 150,000 deposit and a home worth at least RM600,000; in 2024 the minister said new Platinum, Gold and Silver participants could not apply for permanent residence.
Read →30 Sep 2026
Cyprus's deputy migration minister expects tighter rules and says funds could also go to education, defence and innovation, press reports say. The €300,000 route is unchanged; no Schengen decision date.
Read →30 Sep 2026
Regional-centre petitions received by 30 September keep statutory protection if the programme lapses; the programme runs to September 2027, and a fee rule published today raises the I-526E fee to USD 7,850.
Read →30 Sep 2026
The main entrepreneur streams of British Columbia, Manitoba, Alberta, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador set minimum net worth at CAD 300,000 to 600,000; Saskatchewan has closed its streams.
Read →29 Sep 2026
Subclass 858 replaced Global Talent in December 2024 and is invitation-only for main applicants, with no priority tier for investors; the initial investor streams closed to new applications on 31 July 2024.
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 →28 Sep 2026
The department that issues the residential visa lists an investor at USD 200 for the first year, and the department that recommends the application publishes one uncategorised line reading USD 700.
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