Nicolas Laurin calculates that, on the reported terms, a fully financed US$800,000 bond costs more than the US$350,000 contribution.
The starting price is lower than what the media has been circulating, with a dependent-based pricing framework in play.
Paraguay admitted more than 6,500 permanent residents in 2024 and issued 45 naturalization resolutions. Brazilians took the most permits. Argentines took the most citizenships. The two lists have pointed in opposite directions for a decade.
Every route to citizenship has two timelines: the one its nationality law sets and the one the queue adds. Across eight routes, the second is where the surprise lives.
The “anchor baby” label promises parents an immigration shortcut most countries never deliver. A US-born child cannot sponsor a parent until age 21. A small group of countries, led by Brazil, works differently, granting the foreign parent immediate residency and a faster path to citizenship.
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.
Months after courts undid the world’s highest wealth tax rate, Colombia’s new president wants to abolish the levy altogether.
Pound for pound, one of the most powerful citizenship-by-investment propositions the market has seen. And passport power is the least interesting thing about it.
Resolution 407 makes real economic activity the test for permanent residency, leaving the Investor Pass the passive route around it.
Readmission would restore settlement rights across the world’s largest free-movement zone by area; consensus remains elusive.
Across the Americas, being born on national soil usually means citizenship on day one. In Brazil and Costa Rica, the parents benefit too.
A jurisdiction long favored by Bitcoin holders for its territorial tax regime and non-CRS status now requires transaction-hash disclosure above US$5,000 a year.
Honduras’s autonomous jurisdiction of Próspera introduces a crypto-friendly flat-tax residency with a seven-day annual visit.
Maduro’s capture Saturday triggered celebrations across the Venezuelan diaspora, and possibly quiet calculations about investing in a nation with the world’s largest oil reserves and real estate at half its 2014 value.
Peru has exited the short list of countries with a two-year citizenship timeline, leaving Argentina as the only Mercosur member with a quick pathway to citizenship.
According to Alexey Nosovsky, head of iWorld’s legal department, families are increasingly considering birthing programs in Latin America.
For a long time, Uruguayan passports of naturalized citizens were useless for international travel. The government has now fixed that.
In this comprehensive guide, Gilberto Leonello explores all of Brazil’s immigration options covering investment, retiree, work visas, and more
Income tax is a scourge. Life in Latin America may eliminate it entirely. James Nuveen reveals five little-known tax havens in the region.
Latin America has some the world’s fastest and easiest paths to citizenship. But which LatAm citizenships are best suited for your needs?
