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.
One rule change in March 2025 triggered a 440% monthly surge. The numbers since make the first year look like a different program.
The most detailed figures the government has ever made public on the program’s outcomes arrive via a parliamentary inquiry.
Bhutan’s digital nomad visa has no income requirement. What it does require is unlike anything in the 50-country DNV market.
The April 2025 overhaul that slashed the minimum from NZ$15 million to NZ$5 million has produced a 48-fold increase in committed investment over the prior regime’s total.
MM2H approved 9,511 participants in 18 months after managing just 1,900 in the three years prior; 2,637 property transactions remain pending.
The threshold places the program within the mid‑range of an increasingly competitive digital nomad visa market; undercuts regional peers.
Americans lead investor visa surge as New Zealand’s growth category draws bulk of applications since April reforms.
Chinese buyers lead with 304 transactions, 41% of the total, followed by Taiwanese nationals at 91 and Singaporeans at 63.
Nauru’s citizenship overhaul: No dependent age limits, married dependents accepted, 30% discount running until June 30.
Beijing’s tax crackdown uses AI surveillance and self-reporting to chase $940B in offshore assets, but can’t verify amounts.