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.
Network sold counterfeit MM2H stickers for US$2,530 each to applicants seeking to use them to obtain entry into a major Western destination.
Wellington killed one cash loophole in December and is reviewing others; only 1.4% of AIP capital went directly into businesses.
Application growth moderates after the second-year surge; annual pace remains well below the government’s 4,000 target.
3,172 approvals and nearly US$1B in deposits and property; MM2H’s rebound from its disastrous 2021 overhaul is now quantifiable.
Citizenship Commission chairman says March 9 memo restricting Russian and Sudanese applicants was released in error; both nationalities remain eligible.
Memo adds Russia and Sudan to restricted nationalities list, but a source says it may reflect internal miscommunication rather than a ban.