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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.
7 Nov 2026
The Home Office response of 2 November would cut the 10-year default to 3 years for those earning at least £125,141 and to 5 from £50,271, but rules, guidance and an impact assessment are still to come.
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Comments close on 12 November; the draft would have visa, permit and extension applications not finally decided by 31 December 2026, with the fee paid by then, handled under the rules in force that day.
Read →7 Nov 2026
UK law covers only advice given in the UK and Australia's Home Affairs reads its law as not reaching unregistered offshore advice; Malta and Dominica list licensed agents and EB-5 promoters must register.
Read →7 Nov 2026
A founder can bring a spouse and children on Singapore's EntrePass only after a spending, funding, exit or intellectual-property test; parents need S$200,000 of yearly spending and two local workers.
Read →7 Nov 2026
The sum is 1.5 months of average insured monthly pay for each year before 2014 and 2 months from 2014, and the years paid out cannot count towards a later social insurance benefit.
Read →7 Nov 2026
New CIES lists only Afghan, Cuban and North Korean nationals as barred. Applicants need HK$30 million net assets held six months and HK$30 million invested; a HK$30 million-plus home counts up to HK$10 million.
Read →6 Nov 2026
Tax residence can end when Form I-407 is filed, an order is final or a treaty tie-breaker applies; after 8 of the last 15 years, Form 8854 follows and any one of three tests can bring exit tax.
Read →6 Nov 2026
Croatia's digital nomad stay runs up to 18 months, and a new application must wait six months from expiry; Vietnamese applicants need a visa and file abroad.
Read →6 Nov 2026
Canada stops at 22 and Greece at 21, while Portugal's statute names no age but an agency factsheet says 25.
Read →6 Nov 2026
New homes would be exempt, but the budget's Chapter 3 and Annexes 3 and 4 give no definition of "new" and no start date, and the current ban is due to be repealed on 1 January 2027.
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