
The European Golden Visa “Squeeze” and What It Means for Latin America
Fewer than 700 people have used Brazil’s golden visa in five years. Anatoliy Letaev thinks Portugal just fixed that.

Fewer than 700 people have used Brazil’s golden visa in five years. Anatoliy Letaev thinks Portugal just fixed that.

Most golden visa investments only make financial sense with the residency permit attached. This one doesn’t need it.

Immigrant Invest clears up six MPRP misconceptions, including one that lets dependent children up to 29 join a family application.

The Gulf’s residence-by-investment race is now a six-country field, from the UAE’s AED 2 million benchmark to Bahrain’s newly cut entry price. Here is what each program costs, what it delivers, and the one thing none of them will give you: A passport.

Some countries ask for a signature and a modest fee; others demand military service, an exit tax, or refuse to let go at all. Here’s your map of the nationality exit door.

The levers that decide a child’s citizenship, from where they are born to which passports they inherit, mostly close at 18. A practical guide for parents who want to plan the portfolio early.

Resolution 407 makes real economic activity the test for permanent residency, leaving the Investor Pass the passive route around it.

The Roseau statement never mentions the June 2028 deadline or any refusal; its firmest language concerns the terms of “any transition.”

In Greece’s tiered real estate system, the gap between a compliant property that earns and one that quietly bleeds comes down to two decisions: where you buy, and who you buy from.

Golden visas and citizenship by investment grab the headlines, but the cheapest routes to an EU passport cost nothing but paperwork and patience. Here are five ways to become an EU citizen without writing a check, and who actually qualifies for each.

Why are HNWIs pairing Caribbean citizenship with EU golden visas? Beyond Global breaks down the two-sided strategy.

More than three decades after the Soviet flag came down, its heirs diverged: EU passports in the Baltics, easy residency in the Caucasus, new golden visas in Central Asia, and Moscow’s own offer.

Elena Ruda on premium Caribbean pricing, a new sub-US$100k tier, and why Americans are now among CBI’s largest buyer groups.

Three years of structural change have produced a concrete result: the US Treasury has formally validated the transformation of St Kitts’ CBI program. Here is what changed and why it matters.

The price is the last simple number. A home abroad can owe tax every year you hold it, when you sell, and after you die.

From Local Expertise to Global Infrastructure: Globevisa Group’s Global Partner Program gives regional firms a route into multi-jurisdictional work backed by centralized compliance.

An open-floor Q&A with the editor for IMI Pros and Sovereigns. Breaking news, data, program updates, or whatever you want to ask.

The government explicitly barred franchises at launch. Seven months and “a single approval” later, it is changing course.

The letter offers a 24-month transition; Browne says all five Caribbean CBI states got one and vows the program will continue.

A growing number of wealthy families are pursuing a specific combination: Latvia for EU access, Paraguay for low taxes and livability, and a Caribbean nation for rapid second citizenship and asset protection.

Argentina is a unique prospect, argues Eric Major, comparing the program to those of small island nations in the Caribbean and the South Pacific.

“The 1815 Convention, in practice, runs one way.” A 211-year-old treaty still gets British investors into America, but not Americans into Britain. Mona Shah on why the durable part of the US-UK relationship is law, not sentiment.

The 6-3 ruling shuts an executive route to ending jus soli, though a concurrence leaves a statutory question open for Congress.

Greece taxes a retiree’s foreign income at a flat 7% for 15 years. OIKOS Property Developments is building in one of its quietest corners.

As the Common Reporting Standard swallows the last holdouts, a short list of jurisdictions still sits outside automatic exchange of financial information.

The 358-page proposal locks in investor wins on capital timing and codifies an enforcement regime for regional centers.

GLP Properties, the developer behind Panama’s most iconic addresses, on why property anchors the country’s Qualified Investor Visa.

Nothing changes for the investment program today. Its constitutional foundation is another matter.

If Schengen access goes, Rafael Cintron sees the Caribbean cutting prices and selling harder, Vanuatu-style, not folding.

A 20-year tax exemption, a fast route to citizenship, and a property market on the rise: Ando Living makes the compelling case for Istanbul’s serviced apartments.

A zoning-based framework replaces case-by-case discretion, aiming to direct foreign capital to Saudi’s new mega-projects while Makkah and Madinah open to Muslims only.

The confidential industry intel we can’t yet make available to the public.

The Nakamal Agreement pairs an undefined mobility benefit with a pledge to identify investor citizens separately. Signed, not yet in force.

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The June overhaul also closes the pensioner route, rules out digital nomads, and doubles the path to full status to 20 years.

With Argentina’s CBI program looming, the investment migration community gathers at IMI Connect Buenos Aires November 2-4. Get your tickets.

While investors have pulled out €95 million this year, they’ve also injected nearly three times that amount.

The citizenship timeline has changed, but the investment options haven’t. Here’s what that means for investors who want European residency and a return on their money.

The UK scrapped its last investor visa over money-laundering fears. The Treasury, Home Office, and campaigners are against a replacement.

“The speed of Middle Eastern demand growth. We knew it was coming, but the scale has been genuinely surprising.”

Holding two or more passports is the easy part. Knowing which to show at each border, and leaving on the one you arrived on, is the skill.

GSC International on how Turkey’s 20-year tax exemption, paired with citizenship, builds an entire life abroad and not just a passport.

The complaint targets both the nationality overhaul and the AIMA backlog that left investors short of the deadline that would have protected them.

The passport rules didn’t change. The ground under the asset did. Rafet Aslan on Türkiye’s quieter 2026 reforms.

The state-run fund meant to take the money does not exist yet, and lawmakers can re-pass the law unchanged to force it through.

Non-Omanis can now buy and own property across the country. Vito Magagnino says the move “signals maturity rather than desperation.”

Compliance reforms, due diligence, AML alignment, and now a PM in Hong Kong. Globevisa’s GGCC 2026 has a headliner.

The government’s draft cleared committee but not Parliament, asking for half a million dollars to settle in a still-frozen economy.

The 5% tax cleared its signature hurdle on Wednesday. A day later, its backers offered to cut the rate. Six billionaires had already left.

An even split: Portugal slipped below its record as Italy overtook Vanuatu for fastest program. IMI’s Q1 Survey is out now.