Applicants investing $5 million can also qualify if they create substantial local jobs; a pending directive will set the exact quotas.
Passport rankings measure how many countries you can enter for a short visit. They say nothing about where you can settle, work, and stay. Visa-free access and the right of residence are two different legal instruments, and only a handful of citizenships bundle both.
Fewer than 700 people have used Brazil’s golden visa in five years. Anatoliy Letaev thinks Portugal just fixed that.
The Gulf’s residence-by-investment race is now a six-country field, from the UAE’s AED 2 million benchmark to Bahrain’s newly cut entry price. Here is what each program costs, what it delivers, and the one thing none of them will give you: A passport.
More than three decades after the Soviet flag came down, its heirs diverged: EU passports in the Baltics, easy residency in the Caucasus, new golden visas in Central Asia, and Moscow’s own offer.
As the Common Reporting Standard swallows the last holdouts, a short list of jurisdictions still sits outside automatic exchange of financial information.
The 358-page proposal locks in investor wins on capital timing and codifies an enforcement regime for regional centers.
The June overhaul also closes the pensioner route, rules out digital nomads, and doubles the path to full status to 20 years.
While investors have pulled out €95 million this year, they’ve also injected nearly three times that amount.
The citizenship timeline has changed, but the investment options haven’t. Here’s what that means for investors who want European residency and a return on their money.
The UK scrapped its last investor visa over money-laundering fears. The Treasury, Home Office, and campaigners are against a replacement.
The complaint targets both the nationality overhaul and the AIMA backlog that left investors short of the deadline that would have protected them.
The passport rules didn’t change. The ground under the asset did. Rafet Aslan on Türkiye’s quieter 2026 reforms.
The state-run fund meant to take the money does not exist yet, and lawmakers can re-pass the law unchanged to force it through.
Non-Omanis can now buy and own property across the country. Vito Magagnino says the move “signals maturity rather than desperation.”
Greece offers wealthy newcomers a flat €100,000 annual tax on all foreign-sourced income, unchanged since 2020. Georgaki & Partners Law Firm explains why stability is important.
About 70% of applicants already live in Oman, so the volume reads more as residents securing status than fresh foreign money.
Don’t put all your flags in one jurisdiction: Letaev reads Portugal’s nationality shock as a case study in that rule.
Most countries demand 183 days a year before you become a tax resident. A small group of jurisdictions, from Cyprus and the UAE to Anguilla and Mauritius, have codified faster pathways. Here is what each requires and where the catches are.
3 Comma Capital makes the case that Portugal’s ten-year reform strengthens the passport rather than diminishing its appeal.