
Qatar to Introduce 10-Year Entrepreneur Residency
Qatar to launch extended residency option for entrepreneurs, aligning the program with GCC competitors.

Qatar to launch extended residency option for entrepreneurs, aligning the program with GCC competitors.

Marco Mesina breaks down Italy’s new €300,000 flat tax and why ultra-wealthy families are likely to continue choosing Italy despite the hike.

American and Chinese investors lead the surge in New Zealand’s revamped program as “US applicants pursue multi-generational planning,” says Mischa Mannix-Opie.

Bahrain’s program now prices into the GCC’s lower-to-mid band, undercutting Oman and Saudi Arabia, but at nearly twice the UAE’s Golden Visa minimum.

The new threshold could give Qatar’s program a price edge over regional rivals such as the UAE, albeit with caveats.

Counting begins at residence permit issuance, potentially adding a further 2-3 years to the naturalization timeline.

Industry experts praise changes as Saint Kitts removes education requirements that “weren’t working” for modern families.

The new Business Investor Visa has two investment options, one of which provides a fast track to permanent residency within 12 months.

Jordan’s revamped citizenship program now accepts existing investors retroactively based on current business operations.

“A residency clause will be part of the new [CBI] law,” Drew emphasized. “Let me say that clearly, residency clause and the biometrics.”

Vanuatu plans to increase CIIP investment thresholds by 15-20%, as single applicant contributions rise from $100,000 to $115,000.

Central Asia on the rise? Kazakhstan follows neighboring Uzbekistan’s footsteps and launches a new golden visa program.

The new program, which will require a donation starting at $250,000, will come into effect on June 1, 2025.

For a long time, Uruguayan passports of naturalized citizens were useless for international travel. The government has now fixed that.

Italy will no longer allow foreign-born descendants of Italian emigrants to inherit citizenship unless they can prove a recent genuine link.

The Hong Kong Investment Promotion Agency confirmed two Chinese investors proved US$3.8m in Bitcoin and Ethereum to qualify for the CIES

“No one has ever invested 15 million actual dollars”: New Zealand admits investor visa rules were “an absolute nightmare”

New Grenada citizenship by invitation program cuts wait times by 50% and includes annual advisory sessions with Prime Minister Mitchell

Thailand has scrapped the income requirement for one of the LTR’s categories, removed the dependent cap, and introduced sweeping changes

The new options shorten the path to Sierra Leone’s citizenship from eight years to only 60-90 days.