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.
The ruling caps a year of UAE golden visa fraud that has ranged from a viral “lifetime visa” hoax to a celebrity selling fake residencies.
Permit conversions and a cooling property market kept volumes high through the Gulf’s most turbulent year in decades.
Four jurisdictions, four entirely different tax models. The UAE charges nothing, Switzerland charges a lot but predictably, Singapore taxes only what you bring in, and Panama ignores anything earned abroad.
A single-portal residency channel offers operational predictability for investors and corporate mobility teams. Whether it offers security is a different question.
He left for India on a family trip. When he tried to fly back, his ten-year golden visa no longer existed.
The visa crackdown began quietly over the past two months as Saudi-UAE tensions hit a fever pitch. Mahmoud Elwakil says the unofficial policy is “unlikely to last.”
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.
Mirsatori’s team examines the reasons behind the rush of European HNWIs to Dubai, from low taxes, safety, business opportunities, and more.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs extends citizen-level consular services to Golden Visa holders in what officials describe as a globally unprecedented move.
April law enabling pooled property investments drove $48.3m in golden visa valuations during August as investors pursue residency.
Officials say the program’s participants have a combined online audience of nearly 2.5 billion followers, and highlighted its positive impact on tourism and retail.
Pakistan’s Federal Tax Ombudsman has issued a warning and set a deadline for local tax authorities as it ramps up efforts to tax Pakistanis with overseas assets.
While the UAE leads with its Golden Visa, other GCC nations are quickly catching up with competitive investor residency pathways.
Dubai’s new Golden Visa program targets 10,000 influencers, podcasters, visual artists, and digital creators through its Creators HQ initiative
Abu Dhabi launches first-of-its-kind golden visa for superyacht owners (40m+) and top maritime executives.
J. Savory, D. Lincoln, K. Nicholson, and P. May weigh in on the UAE Golden Visa’s 5-year journey, its unique proposition, and its future.
The UAE’s golden visa approval volume doubled again last year, buoyed by a surge in Russian real estate investment.
The UAE is the new Switzerland, but better: Reliable, neutral, and low-tax, but also easy to immigrate to, writes Pablo Ostrick.
Saahil Menon points out that the program is no path to permanent settlement in the UAE, and questions if settlement there is even desirable.
