A short list of countries and territories charge no annual tax on a home, most of them small states or Gulf monarchies. The United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States collect the most. In many other countries the tax is small for residents and higher for foreign owners of second homes.
Turkey and Cyprus have revoked in the thousands, four programs in the dozens, and five with the thinnest safeguards not at all.
Non-EU applicants face more than double today’s minimum tax from 2027; applications received by December 31 keep current terms until 2031.
Vanuatu shuts investor citizens out of the ballot for life. St. Kitts closes parliament to them forever. Turkey draws no line at all.
Turkey, Egypt, and Cambodia pass citizenship down without limit, while three of the five Caribbean programs pass nothing down automatically.
From Athens’ €50,000 Airbnb fines to Dubai’s anything-goes freeholds, what golden visa investors may do with a qualifying property now varies wildly.
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.
In nine of them, the loss happens automatically, with no order issued and no notice served.
The now-defunct program’s final full-year report shows record capital generation even as the ECJ ruling that would kill Malta’s CBI loomed.
Six continents, six fastest routes to a new passport. CBI programs dominate where they exist. Where they do not, naturalization timelines decide the race.
Both Malta and Cyprus grant permanent residency to non-EU investors, but they differ on Schengen access, family inclusion, investment options, and the path to citizenship. Here is how they compare.
Crypto gains can go untaxed in 21 countries in 2026, through no tax, territorial rules, or an exemption after a set time.
Every country where your foreign pension faces single-digit taxation or less. Covers dedicated retiree flat-tax regimes, 29 territorial tax jurisdictions, and the EU’s 10% flat-rate options in Romania and Bulgaria.
Malta revoked Semen Kuksov’s citizenship after he was sentenced to five years in UK prison for money laundering.
Muscat Azzopardi, Major, Willis, and Aysever agree that Malta’s CBM model won’t rest on fixed-value donations or one-off payments.
Vertex Alliance details how the Mediterranean jurisdiction is positioned to capture displaced wealth as London loses appeal.
Malta’s fast-tracked citizenship bill would remove agents from the equation and shift to direct government applications.
Malta ditches CIP for expanded citizenship by merit system targeting philanthropists, tech innovators, and job creators.
The 13 special tax regimes that allow you to pay single-digit tax rates in 8 otherwise high-tax European countries in 2025.
At IMI Connect Athens, industry veterans James Muscat Azzopardi and Eric G. Major weighed in on the ECJ’s Malta ruling.
