Chinese nationals filed half the applications. Property purchases now outweigh fixed deposits, reversing the order Malaysia reported for 2025.
Malaysia’s tourism minister has asked the Immigration Department to increase checks on MM2H participants who do business without permission. MOTAC lists business as permissible only on the Platinum tier, which made up 46 of the program’s 3,172 approvals in 2025.
Contrary to reports, the Citizenship Office denies any decision to revoke Tate’s citizenship. Daniel Agius of the Vanuatu Investment Migration Bureau tells IMI a ruling is imminent.
Fifteen months after finding no fault with Tate’s file, Port Vila reverses course without naming which Citizenship Act ground it relied on.
Beijing codifies its power to keep citizens home. Lesperance says wealthy Chinese are leaving “before they get the knock on the door.”
Growth category applicants can invest through approved managed funds only, and cannot live in what they fund.
For three decades, Central Asia sat on the margins of the investment migration market. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan changed that in 2025. Two of the five republics now sell residence permits to foreign investors, though none offers a passport worth chasing.
A DSP investor’s voting appeal fails, permanently barring CBI citizens from the ballot. Glen Craig: “He knew the rules when he applied.”
Three of the five changes to the Active Investor Plus visa add evidentiary weight. One lifts it, and none touch the thresholds.
Firms already trading have until mid-December to file, and overseas companies may no longer sell the services inside China directly.
The country’s experience hints at a lucrative “life after Schengen” that Caribbean leaders will observe closely.
Section 17 makes the foreign mother the only parent that counts, and the 2024 reform does not reach anyone already born.
The zero-tax zone will have special courts, a presidentially appointed governor, and a ring-fenced offshore enclave. Philippe May: “Looks like they are desperate.”
The government explicitly barred franchises at launch. Seven months and “a single approval” later, it is changing course.
The Nakamal Agreement pairs an undefined mobility benefit with a pledge to identify investor citizens separately. Signed, not yet in force.
The program’s second publicized stateless case revives a recognition pitch the office first ran in September 2025.
Growth category applicants can direct up to 20% of their investment toward charities; the option was previously limited to the Balanced tier.
Corporate investors account for 97.7% of the program’s Rp 52.1 trillion total; Americans are the largest holder group.
Philippe May calls the Dubai-modeled financial zone a “PR stunt”; no legislation or timeline exists.
After eight years of talks, Australia and the EU embed labor mobility in a trade deal; ratification could take two years.