
Latvia Promulgates New Immigration Law; Golden Visa Property and Deposit Routes End September 14
Filing by September 14 preserves the old rules and a five-year permit; the €150,000 fund route replacing them is not yet operational.

Filing by September 14 preserves the old rules and a five-year permit; the €150,000 fund route replacing them is not yet operational.

CIP Turkey is now CIP Türkiye, with tax residency, corporate structuring, banking, and property added to the citizenship practice.

Portugal’s cultural route drew over 70% of its total capital in 2025 alone. Patrícia Azevedo Lopes argues it is not a cheaper fund substitute.

Owners can legally refuse an inspection, but experts say the Valuation Office could simply assume a higher value that the owner must then pay to contest.

With decisions now far outpacing intake, Greece’s once-notorious backlog is shrinking fast as demand pivots to €250K conversions.

Smart Homes Group on Greece’s Golden Visa: Price got you through the door. Value decides how it looks in 2036.

Marco Mesina explains the landmark ruling that ends the two-year “minor issue” saga, and who stands to benefit.

Government data show 99.8% of project capital went to tourism; Apex’s Nuri Katz explains the rejections, litigation, and what comes next.

“Such socialist regulations may rather trigger more HNWIs to leave the EU than foreign banks to open [local] offices,” warns Philippe May.

Officials say most applicants are Russian citizens who are after a travel document. Yerevan attorney Nerses Isajanyan expects a residence permit requirement.

Common-law partners, same-sex spouses, and fiancés get very different answers depending on the jurisdiction, ranging from a notary visit to an outright second file.

Banks read a brief amendment as a freeze. Decree 550 exempts foreign individuals and lets them recover rubles already moved.

GSC International on what internationally mobile families are actually buying in Portugal, Italy, Greece, Malta, Cyprus, and Spain.

Processing speed is now part of the product. RISVAS & ASSOCIATES on what the Athens turnaround means for investors.

The DGFiP cut off the June intruder at the time, then disclosed nothing until the file went up for sale six weeks later.

Any Bulgarian permanent residency holder who fails to meet it would lose their status if the bill passes into law.

Rome reintroduced air and sea checks for one month; Brussels rejected the wider demand to strip Spain of Schengen membership.

Listed Russians can’t renew their passport. They also can’t renounce it.

Police identified 33 foreign victims whose accounts the lawyer accessed under the pretext of expediting applications. The money is “entirely dissipated.”

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