Citizenship · Capital · Global Mobility
Updates on migration, citizenship, tax and assets, written from legislation and official sources. Each article names the publishing authority and the date read.
3 Nov 2026
Antigua News Room reports an unpublished 30 October letter offering to close the programme by end-2030 if the EU gives financial and technical help; the Prime Minister calls 12 November a response deadline.
Read →3 Nov 2026
Greece charges 1% to 10% above EUR 150,000, Malta 5% and Spain from 7.65% under state rules that regional rules can replace; Vietnam's parent-to-child real estate exemption has no territorial limit in its text.
Read →3 Nov 2026
Taiwan may grant it for at least NT$15 million in a firm creating five or more Taiwanese jobs, or at least NT$30 million in central-government bonds, each for three years; investor residence from US$200,000.
Read →2 Nov 2026
The Foreign Affairs Manual's table has no Vietnam row. E-2 follows the nationality of a listed state, and a 2022 Act added a three-year domicile test for nationality acquired "through a financial investment".
Read →2 Nov 2026
Law 9996 let investors claim its incentives only in the five years from July 2021 and set USD 150,000 "for the period this law establishes". No official source was found that says which sum now applies.
Read →1 Nov 2026
Relatives with a valid Vietnamese passport enter on it. Vietnamese abroad with only a foreign passport, and the foreign spouses and children of Vietnamese, may hold a certificate of up to five years.
Read →1 Nov 2026
Vietnam certifies the signature on a one-sided power of attorney only for unpaid matters that transfer no property. Sales are notarised or certified; embassies may notarise the authorisation, not the sale.
Read →31 Oct 2026
A US citizen or green-card holder owes no US income tax on gifts from non-US family in Vietnam, but a year's total over $100,000 goes on Form 3520. Filing late can cost 5% of the gift a month, up to 25%.
Read →31 Oct 2026
A US re-entry permit stops an absence's length alone counting against the holder; business ties abroad can still indicate abandonment. Canada counts work abroad only for a Canadian business or public service.
Read →30 Oct 2026
Since July, Vietnam's police issue certificate No. 2, electronic if filed online; the US Mission takes only stamped paper. No Vietnamese time limit was found; four destinations set 3–24 months.
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