A cliffside villa in Mauritius, a lagoon house in Dubai, and Thai pool villas on Phuket: five homes for the months the rest of the world spends indoors.
Thailand hasn’t stripped a dual national of citizenship since 1965. Kuwait tolerated it for decades, then revoked 50,000 citizenships in a year.
Seven bedrooms on Phuket, a hillside above Elia Beach, and a three-house compound in the Pearl Islands: this month’s island trophies.
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.
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.
Compare Asia’s top investment visas: Singapore GIP, Hong Kong CIES, Thailand Privilege, Malaysia MM2H, and more. Investment thresholds, residency paths, and citizenship options explained.
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.
Central bank to monitor large non-resident transfers as speculative gold trading peaks at 60% of forex transactions and expat population swells.
Thailand’s influential ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra claims a $1 million golden visa could attract $600 billion in investments, but modest uptake of existing pathways tells a different story.
Easy requirements made the Destination Thailand visa popular, but administrative roadblocks may limit its appeal.
Existing and new Elita Visa holders can save between US$15,500 and US$46,000 per dependent under the limited-time promotion.
Thailand expects crypto tax cuts to drive over $30M in mid-term revenue by stimulating investment and market activity.
The Thai tax proposal lets wealthy residents bring foreign earnings home tax-free if repatriated within two years of generation.
The non-dom may be dead in the UK, but Marco Mesina shows its legacy lives on globally from Thailand’s beaches to Singapore’s skyscrapers.
Thailand has scrapped the income requirement for one of the LTR’s categories, removed the dependent cap, and introduced sweeping changes
Thailand Privilege Card new memberships growth drops to 7,305 in 2024 after hitting 11,245 in the previous year
“Recent data showed no adverse effect from restricted countries,” Bastien Trelcat notes as Thailand Elite Visa lifts ban on 28 nationalities.
For just over $500, you can stay in Thailand for up to a year, and six months a year after that, thanks to the new Destination Thailand Visa.
Thailand’s PM hopes to boost tourism in the region, which sees about 70 million travelers a year, by making it available on a single visa.
Thailand’s Elite Visa revamp boosts membership amid global unrest, aims for US$1.5bn revenue with a focus on new markets.
