AI assistants and developers can now query IMI’s data on 328 programs and citizenship rules in 195 countries, for free.
Renunciants holding visa-waiver citizenships are being told to apply for visas instead. No public rule has been issued.
IMI found 21 countries that can tax some people after they move abroad. In 16 of them, the rule depends on your citizenship.
France came out closest to a debt crisis of the 43 rich economies that IMI compared, with Belgium and Italy next.
A short list of countries and territories charge no annual tax on a home, most of them small states or Gulf monarchies. The United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States collect the most. In many other countries the tax is small for residents and higher for foreign owners of second homes.
The EU offer covered defense, tech, and the Arctic, but not mobility. Experts put visa-free movement rights years away, if ever.
The IRS’s Q2 2026 expatriation list is the fifth-largest ever published, putting the year on track to challenge 2020’s record of 6,707 names.
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.
The state gained 28,000 millionaires and still lost billions in potential tax revenue, a paradox now at the center of one of America’s fiercest tax debates.
Some countries ask for a signature and a modest fee; others demand military service, an exit tax, or refuse to let go at all. Here’s your map of the nationality exit door.
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.
Across the Americas, being born on national soil usually means citizenship on day one. In Brazil and Costa Rica, the parents benefit too.
Most people plan where to move. Few consider what their current country will charge them for leaving.
A second passport is not the only way to expand your global mobility. The right residence permit can unlock dozens of additional destinations without the time, cost, or complexity of acquiring citizenship.
After nearly 4 decades as a non-citizen, the Trinidad-born rapper says she’s now finalizing US citizenship paperwork after receiving a “free” Gold Card.
U-Haul data shows California and New York hemorrhaging residents to low-tax Texas and Florida. Attorney Mona Shah: “The exodus is real and significant.”
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The synchronized announcements are no coincidence, says Rafael Cintron.
Matthew Galati welcomes the proposal but argues it amounts to a concession that DHS overcharged EB‑5 investors for 18 months.
