Americans have filed more applications in 2026 than all nationalities did in 2024, and the €250,000 startup route has doubled its share.
The unannounced measure would tax unsold gains from 2027, and anyone who wants to defer must pay half the bill up front.
Pending applications fell to 25,970 in September, less than half of the 52,821 peak in March 2025.
The Treasury doubted the growth case and the visa’s main backer lost his job, but Downing Street hasn’t closed the door.
Non-EU investor residency routes stay unchanged, while EU nationals swap investment-based permits for EU rights rationed by quota.
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Non-residents would pay on Hungarian property and company stakes, and citizens would count as resident until ten years after leaving.
Under one design, investors would put £5 million into a British Business Bank fund; under another, £2.5 million plus £200,000 a year in tax.
“One thing is the blah, blah, blah and another is reality,” Sánchez fired back, likening Babiš’s rhetoric to Spain’s far-right Vox.
Revocation for short-term lets is written into the law; for rebates it rests on a ministry circular. Plevris says both will be enforced.
Dr. Aly El Dakroury argues that residency incentives should reward what an investment builds, not what it costs.
Cyprus expects to join the Schengen Area in full during 2027, its deputy migration minister said on October 10. The president of Cyprus said in May 2025 that the country would join in 2026. The 25 European Union countries already in the Schengen Area must all agree before Cyprus can join.
The committee then rejected the bill’s revenue part; the measure needs a fresh vote on the Assembly floor, where debate opens October 13.
Experts predict a change in who pays rather than a tax cut, and doubt it would keep wealthy French families from leaving.
Greece’s finance ministry has published a draft bill that would tax individuals’ gains from crypto-assets at 10%. Net gains of up to €500 a year would go untaxed, and the ministry wants parliament to vote on the bill in the first week of November.
With 30,000 biometric appointments booked for golden visa applicants, Lisbon practitioners now quote 14 to 18 months for new filings.
PASOK wants an “Angel Visa” instead; lawyer Christina Georgaki says golden visa buyers are mostly in a different market from Greek households.
The People’s Party, which fought golden visa abolition, leads the polls; the Sahrawi citizenship bill goes back to square one.
The Home Office has conceded one Italian case. Under Italian law, says one lawyer, “proof may come later; the status does not.”
At least 210,000 Britons took a second EU citizenship after 2016. The first rejoin overture from a sitting prime minister puts EU settlement rights back in play.
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