Canada extended its ban and Australia froze sales of existing homes, while New Zealand and Saudi Arabia opened their doors again. What you can own, market by market.
Filing by September 14 preserves the old rules and a five-year permit; the €150,000 fund route replacing them is not yet operational.
Access to Information releases suggest IRCC weighs Start-Up Visa applicants as a group, and that Commitment Certificates lock in early
The drafting is finished and the bill reaches parliament in October, at 1% a year on wealth above one billion forint. Hungary’s last wealth tax was struck down over the same problem the new one has yet to solve, which is how to value a stake in a private company.
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.
The word “permanent” promises less than most investors assume. A residence permit with no expiry date can still lapse through time abroad, fail to renew, or be withdrawn for a criminal record or a broken tie to the country. The fine print is what keeps the status alive.
Answer questions about who you are and what you want, and we’ll match you with residency and citizenship paths you didn’t know you qualified for.
LGBTQ+ US residency inquiries rose 3.1× since late 2024, with same-sex couples over 55 emerging as the fastest-growing cohort, finds new research by Get Golden Visa.
Eva Maria Kullmann argues the costliest error in international planning is expecting a passport to do a structure’s job.
Smart Homes Group on Greece’s Golden Visa: Price got you through the door. Value decides how it looks in 2036.
Approval rates held between 96% and 98%, placing the contraction on the filing side rather than in the decisions.
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.
Three of the five changes to the Active Investor Plus visa add evidentiary weight. One lifts it, and none touch the thresholds.
Everyone asked whether Dubai was safe. Fatma Cakir of Beyond Global Partners says that was the wrong question.
The Western Balkans look cheap and uniform from the outside. Scored on the fundamentals that drive long-term property returns, the region’s six capitals pull sharply apart, and the EU accession frontrunner is not the one that comes out on top.
Any Bulgarian permanent residency holder who fails to meet it would lose their status if the bill passes into law.
Four years past the government’s own target date, the bills still carry no investment threshold and no list of qualifying assets.
Brazilians accounted for 76% of the total. Permanent approvals fell in the second quarter; applications for the status did not.
Strip away the residence permit and weigh seven golden visa cities purely as long-term property bets. On IMI’s Global Property Scoreboard, the popular European favorites land near the bottom and the Gulf markets lead, with Abu Dhabi first.