{ "checked": "2026-10-25", "scope": "Selected claims checked on 22–25 October 2026 against official publications. Each source and claim retains its own check date; the base inventory and unrelated dates are unchanged.", "sources": { "update-ar-tax": { "id": "update-ar-tax", "title": "Income Tax Law, current article 116", "authority": "ARCA", "url": "https://biblioteca.arca.gob.ar/dcp/LEY_C_020628_2019_12_05", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Investment naturalisation alone does not establish income-tax residence. The permanent-residence and temporary-authorisation rules remain applicable; existing permanent residents remain resident." }, "update-ar-naturalisation": { "id": "update-ar-naturalisation", "title": "Obtener Ciudadanía Argentina por Naturalización", "authority": "Dirección Nacional de Migraciones", "url": "https://www.argentina.gob.ar/servicio/obtener-ciudadania-argentina-por-naturalizacion", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Published DNM route: adults with temporary/permanent residence, two continuous legal years without departure, DNI, lawful livelihood and Argentine criminal-record evidence. Judicial issues require separate review." }, "update-ar-nationality-law": { "id": "update-ar-nationality-law", "title": "Citizenship Law 346, updated text", "authority": "Argentina official legislation", "url": "https://www.argentina.gob.ar/normativa/nacional/ley-346-48854/actualizacion", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Birth and option through a native Argentine parent are distinct from naturalisation and investment. Updated text includes the DNU provisions, whose judicial treatment remains a separate issue." }, "update-ar-deputies": { "id": "update-ar-deputies", "title": "Bill 5254-D-2026: official legislative record", "authority": "Chamber of Deputies", "url": "https://www.hcdn.gob.ar/comisiones/permanentes/caconstitucionales/proyecto.html?exp=5254-D-2026", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "A bill dated 2 October 2026 proposes prohibiting investment naturalisation; its record lists committee referrals. A proposal is not proof of enactment.", "published": "2026-10-02" }, "update-ar-senate": { "id": "update-ar-senate", "title": "Senate file S-1441/26", "authority": "Senate of Argentina", "url": "https://www.senado.gob.ar/parlamentario/comisiones/verExp/1441.26/S/PL", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Proposal entered 24 August 2026 and referred to three committees on 4 September. The reviewed record has no committee-report date. This is not a repeal law.", "published": "2026-08-24" }, "update-ar-court": { "id": "update-ar-court", "title": "Judicial competence and DNU 366/2025", "authority": "Ministerio Público Fiscal", "url": "https://www.fiscales.gob.ar/electoral/confirman-que-el-fuero-electoral-es-competente-en-cuestiones-de-ciudadania/", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Institutional account of a citizenship case: judicial competence and nullity of the DNU. This report alone does not resolve the present appeal position or every prospective investor case.", "published": "2026-07-02" }, "update-lc-faq": { "id": "update-lc-faq", "authority": "Saint Lucia Citizenship by Investment Programme", "title": "Saint Lucia application and processing FAQs", "url": "https://www.cipsaintlucia.com/faqs", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Licensed-agent submission and an approximately 90-day guideline from notification of acceptance for processing to citizenship grant; exceptional delays are acknowledged." }, "update-lc-report": { "id": "update-lc-report", "authority": "Saint Lucia Citizenship by Investment Unit", "title": "CIP annual report 2024/25, page 19", "url": "https://www.cipsaintlucia.com/s/CIP-AR-2024_web.pdf", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "FY2024/25 application activity: 2,957 received, 2,278 granted, 355 denied, 2,633 processed." }, "update-lc-statistics": { "id": "update-lc-statistics", "title": "Official annual report archive", "authority": "Saint Lucia Citizenship by Investment Programme", "url": "https://www.cipsaintlucia.com/statistics", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Official report archive through FY2024/25. Publication/retrieval dates and fiscal reporting periods are different." }, "update-tr-enforcement": { "id": "update-tr-enforcement", "authority": "Türkiye Ministry of Interior", "title": "Statement on false valuation and irregular citizenship", "url": "https://www.icisleri.gov.tr/sahte-degerlemeekspertiz-operasyonu-ve-usulsuz-vatandaslik-islemleri-hakkinda-basin-aciklamasi", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "published": "2026-08-04", "supports": "4 August 2026 statement distinguishes 1,150 investors/5,391 family members affected by irregular transactions from 263 investors/743 family members on security grounds; combined 6,134 people. No total-programme denominator is provided." }, "update-us-fees": { "id": "update-us-fees", "title": "Final EB-5 fee rule: 91 FR 61940", "authority": "U.S. Department of Homeland Security / Federal Register", "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/30/2026-20016/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-employment-based-immigrant-visa-fifth-preference-eb-5-fee", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Effective 30 November 2026: I-526 $7,615; initial I-526E $7,850, including $75 technology fee, plus the separately adjusted $1,100 Integrity Fund fee for regional-centre petitions. Initial I-526E filing component is $8,950, not total immigration cost.", "published": "2026-09-30", "officialPdf": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-30/pdf/2026-20016.pdf" }, "update-nz-build-rent": { "id": "update-nz-build-rent", "title": "Build to Rent option announced for Active Investor Plus", "authority": "Immigration New Zealand", "url": "https://www.immigration.govt.nz/about-us/news-centre/new-build-to-rent-investment-option-added-to-active-investor-plus/", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Eligible Build to Rent investment through approved managed funds is announced for the Growth category from December 2026; further implementation details are to follow.", "published": "2026-09-09" }, "update-gr-tax": { "id": "update-gr-tax", "title": "Prime Minister’s 6 September 2026 speech", "authority": "Prime Minister of Greece", "url": "https://www.primeminister.gr/2026/09/06/39186", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Announces an increase in property transfer tax from 3% to 15% for buyers from third countries outside the EU. A speech is not the operative tax law or proof of a final effective date.", "published": "2026-09-06" }, "update-mt-tax": { "id": "update-mt-tax", "title": "Individual Tax Programme Rules, LN 195/2026", "authority": "Malta official legislation", "url": "https://legislation.mt/eli/ln/2026/195/eng/portalpdf", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Rules commence 1 January 2027 and set a €35,000 minimum annual tax and €700,000 qualifying owned-property floor. Special tax status is distinct from MPRP and citizenship.", "published": "2026-07-14" }, "update-ag-property": { "id": "update-ag-property", "authority": "Antigua and Barbuda CIU", "title": "Approved real-estate investment route", "url": "https://cip.gov.ag/investment-options/real-estate/", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Minimum $300,000 approved real estate, holding/resale conditions and property-related processing delays; programme eligibility is not investment-quality assurance." }, "update-cn-agencies": { "id": "update-cn-agencies", "title": "Official explanation of Order 841", "authority": "National Immigration Administration of China", "url": "https://www.nia.gov.cn/n741440/n741577/c1793235/content.html", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Rules effective 15 September 2026 establish filing management for intermediaries, including a 90-day transition for existing providers. The official explanation distinguishes filing from the earlier licensing system.", "published": "2026-07-31" }, "update-ar-property": { "id": "update-ar-property", "title": "Informe Nº 1: ownership and encumbrances", "authority": "Argentina Ministry of Justice / RPI Capital Federal", "url": "https://www.argentina.gob.ar/servicio/tramitar-informe-ndeg-1-dominio-y-gravamenes", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "CABA property ownership/encumbrance report, registry identifier and separate provincial registers. An advertisement is not a title report." }, "update-ar-cdi": { "id": "update-ar-cdi", "title": "Clave de Identificación: CDI", "authority": "ARCA / Argentina.gob.ar", "url": "https://www.argentina.gob.ar/servicio/obtener-la-clave-de-identificacion-cdi", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "CDI procedure for individuals without CUIT/CUIL needing a bank/financial transaction or registrable asset; listed identification differs by residence status." }, "update-ar-judgment": { "id": "update-ar-judgment", "title": "CNE 8843/2023/CA1, judgment of 30 June 2026", "authority": "National Electoral Chamber; official MPD repository", "url": "https://repositorio.mpd.gov.ar/jspui/bitstream/123456789/6475/1/YL%20%28Causa%20N%C2%B0%208843%29.pdf", "type": "Original judicial decision", "published": "2026-06-30", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Declares DNU 366/2025 null, reverses the lower decision, and orders communication to the Security Ministry and federal electoral judges. The file concerns an ordinary pre-decree citizenship application, not an investment application." }, "update-vc-target": { "id": "update-vc-target", "title": "Saint Vincent targets early 2027 for proposed CBI launch", "authority": "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Ministry of Finance", "url": "https://finance.gov.vc/finance/index.php/news/433-saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines-targets-early-2027-for-launch-of-cbi-programme", "type": "Official announcement carrying an NBC Radio report", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Government hopes for Q1 2027 launch with stronger due diligence and regional/central-bank coordination. This does not establish enacted tariffs or operational intake." }, "follow-lv-notice": { "id": "follow-lv-notice", "title": "Latvia immigration changes effective 15 September 2026", "authority": "Latvia PMLP", "url": "https://www.pmlp.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/speka-stajas-jaunais-imigracijas-likums-galvenas-izmainas-un-prasibas", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "The new law removes real-estate and subordinated-bank-liability residence grounds. The €150,000 state-fund provision was not applicable because the fund did not yet exist." }, "follow-cy-monitoring": { "id": "follow-cy-monitoring", "title": "Immigration permits for investors: monitoring and amendments", "authority": "Cyprus Migration Department", "url": "https://www.gov.cy/mip-md/en/documents/companies-investors-permanent-residence-3/immigration-permits-for-investors/", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "Amended annual investment/health-cover evidence and three-year criminal records; unlimited adult residence right with ten-year card renewal, one-year residence activation and loss after permanent residence abroad or two years absent.", "published": "2025-12-29" }, "follow-hu-draft": { "id": "follow-hu-draft", "title": "Wealth-tax draft published for consultation", "authority": "Hungary Ministry of Finance", "url": "https://kormany.hu/dokumentumtar/tarsadalmi-egyeztetes-a-vagyonadorol-szolo-torvenyjavaslatrol", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "6 October 2026 consultation draft; submissions closed 14 October. Draft sections 4, 6, 9 and 32 distinguish resident/nonresident assets, a HUF1 billion threshold, proposed rates and a proposed 15 December commencement." }, "follow-hu-pdf": { "id": "follow-hu-pdf", "title": "Original wealth-tax consultation draft, sections 2–9 and 32", "authority": "Hungary Ministry of Finance", "url": "https://kormany.hu/application/documents/d7cbe62a-f849-4056-824c-2186cfc74240/download", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "Draft worldwide scope for residents and specified Hungarian assets for nonresidents; collective investment securities are distinct from company participations." }, "follow-uk-legacy": { "id": "follow-uk-legacy", "title": "Tier 1 Investor caseworker guidance: legacy deadlines", "authority": "UK Visas and Immigration", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tier-1-investor-caseworker-guidance/tier-1-investor-caseworker-guidance-accessible", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "New initial applications closed on 17 February 2022; legacy extension applications had to be made before 17 February 2026; settlement applications must be made before 17 February 2028." }, "follow-eu-mechanism": { "id": "follow-eu-mechanism", "title": "EU revision of the visa-suspension mechanism", "authority": "Council of the European Union", "url": "https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2025/11/17/council-greenlights-new-eu-rules-for-the-suspension-of-visa-free-travel-for-third-countries/", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "Investor citizenship without a genuine link is a ground for suspending a country’s visa exemption. A mechanism is not itself a country-specific suspension." }, "follow-cip-dialogue": { "id": "follow-cip-dialogue", "title": "Participating CBI heads of government: EU dialogue", "authority": "Office of the Prime Minister, published by Saint Lucia government", "url": "https://homeaffairs.govt.lc/news/statement-by-participating-heads-of-government-of-cip-on-european-union", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "13 July 2026 statement records a coordinated response and planned engagement over European Commission communications." }, "follow-us-pause": { "id": "follow-us-pause", "title": "January immigrant-visa pause no longer in effect", "authority": "U.S. Department of State", "url": "https://travel.state.gov/en/newsroom/visas/2026/immigrant-visa-processing-updates-for-nationalities-at-high-risk-of-public-benefits-usage.html", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "28 August notice says the January 75-nationality immigrant-visa issuance pause was no longer in effect as of 21 August 2026 under the CLINIC court order. Tourist visas are a separate category." }, "follow-ar-mercosur": { "id": "follow-ar-mercosur", "title": "Mercosur residence agreement, Law 25.903, articles 2–5", "authority": "Argentina official legislation", "url": "https://www.argentina.gob.ar/normativa/nacional/96650/texto", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "Treaty nationality definition includes naturalised nationals who have held nationality for five years. Temporary residence and its conversion require an application and documents." }, "follow-ar-consulate": { "id": "follow-ar-consulate", "title": "Argentina–Brazil/Mercosur residence questions", "authority": "Argentine Consulate in Curitiba", "url": "https://ccuri.cancilleria.gob.ar/es/node/44072", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "Consular explanation repeats the five-year naturalisation condition and says conversion from temporary to permanent residence is not automatic." }, "follow-ar-information": { "id": "follow-ar-information", "title": "Deputies information request 5568-D-2026", "authority": "Chamber of Deputies of Argentina", "url": "https://www2.hcdn.gob.ar/proyectos/proyectoTP.jsp?exp=5568-D-2026", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "16 October 2026 proposal requests executive information about the programme announced on 2 October; referred to Constitutional Affairs and Population/Human Development." }, "follow-ar-appointment": { "id": "follow-ar-appointment", "title": "Decree 285/2026: APCI executive appointment", "authority": "Argentina official legislation", "url": "https://www.argentina.gob.ar/normativa/nacional/norma-425223", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "Published 28 April 2026; appoints Aixa Granara as APCI executive director ad honorem from 22 April." }, "follow-gr-scope": { "id": "follow-gr-scope", "title": "Government presentation: proposed housing-transfer tax scope", "authority": "Government of Greece", "url": "https://www.government.gov.gr/exidikefsi-ton-ikonomikon-metron-pou-anakinose-prothipourgos-stin-90i-deth/", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "Presentation narrows the announced 15% tax to specified residential purchases and describes excluded categories; it is not a new Golden Visa investment threshold." }, "follow-gr-date": { "id": "follow-gr-date", "title": "Finance Ministry presentation: July 2027 timing", "authority": "Greece Ministry of National Economy and Finance", "url": "https://minfin.gov.gr/dimitris-markopoulos-ta-metra-einai-apotelesma-ousiastikou-dialogou-me-tin-koinonia-kai-tous-paragogikous-foreis/", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "Deputy minister describes a transition until 1 July 2027 for the announced third-country housing-transfer tax." }, "follow-ag-eu-request": { "id": "follow-ag-eu-request", "authority": "Antigua and Barbuda, Office of the Prime Minister", "title": "Government response to EU communication on CBI", "url": "https://ab.gov.ag/detail_template.php?page=press_release%2F2026%2Fjuly%2F2026_july_07-govt_responds_to+eu_communication_on_cip", "type": "Official government statement", "checked": "2026-10-23", "published": "2026-07-07", "supports": "Government reports a 25 June Commission letter requesting phase-out by 1 June 2028 and a 24-month transition; government says its programme will continue." }, "alternative-cy-forms": { "id": "alternative-cy-forms", "title": "Investor immigration permits: application forms", "authority": "Cyprus Migration Department", "url": "https://www.gov.cy/mip-md/en/documents/immigration-permits-for-investors-ip/", "type": "Official forms directory", "published": "2025-12-29", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "Current MIP2 application and accompanying checklists; follow the current authority forms rather than a legacy copy." }, "alternative-st-reporting": { "id": "alternative-st-reporting", "authority": "STP-PRESS, state news agency", "title": "Prime minister opens the first citizenship-by-investment conference", "url": "https://www.stp-press.st/2025/10/21/primeiro-ministro-preside-abertura-da-1-a-conferencia-sobre-cidadania-por-investimento/", "type": "State-news account of a prime-ministerial statement", "checked": "2026-10-23", "published": "2025-10-21", "supports": "The prime minister promised periodic reporting of applications, amounts allocated, fund balance and sector use. This does not authenticate the September 2026 first-year report or its figures." }, "verify-uk-nonnational": { "id": "verify-uk-nonnational", "authority": "UK Visas and Immigration", "title": "UK visa requirements: non-national travel documents", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-visa-requirements-list-for-carriers/uk-visa-requirements-for-international-carriers", "supports": "The non-national/refugee document section requires a visa for UK entry on a non-UK non-national document. Airside transit has separate nationality and exemption rules.", "checked": "2026-10-24", "type": "Government guidance" }, "verify-ca-nonnational": { "id": "verify-ca-nonnational", "authority": "Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada", "title": "eTA eligibility: alien passport and stateless travellers", "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/eta/eligibility.html", "supports": "Alien-passport holders and stateless individuals travel with a visitor visa; Canadian status and US permanent-resident exemptions remain separate.", "checked": "2026-10-24", "type": "Government guidance" }, "verify-eu-register": { "id": "verify-eu-register", "authority": "European Commission DG HOME", "title": "Travel-document recognition register, published 19 October 2026", "url": "https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/document/travel-documents-issued-third-countries-and-territorial-entities-part-i_en", "published": "2026-10-19", "supports": "Notifications through 16 October. Panama special-passport recognition differs by state; Tuvalu investor-passport recognition is limited to exit back to Tuvalu in Germany, Austria and Romania.", "checked": "2026-10-24", "type": "Government document register" }, "verify-nz-documents": { "id": "verify-nz-documents", "authority": "Immigration New Zealand", "title": "Passports we do not recognise", "url": "https://www.immigration.govt.nz/process-to-apply/once-you-have-a-visa/manage-your-visa-and-passport/passports-we-do-not-recognise/", "supports": "Current guidance explicitly rejects Kiribati investor passports and Tongan Protected Person passports for visa issuance and travel to New Zealand.", "checked": "2026-10-24", "type": "Government guidance" }, "verify-jo-issuance": { "id": "verify-jo-issuance", "authority": "Jordan Civil Status and Passports Department", "title": "First issuance of passport for investment encouragement", "url": "https://www.cspd.gov.jo/AR/ListDetails/_%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84__%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA/41/68", "supports": "Published first-issuance service: personal attendance, Interior/Cabinet/security approval; listed JOD 25,000 first-issue fee; 14-day service time; three-year initial validity.", "checked": "2026-10-24", "type": "Government guidance" }, "verify-us-vwp": { "id": "verify-us-vwp", "authority": "US Department of State", "title": "Visa Waiver Program nationality and passport requirements", "url": "https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-visit/visa-waiver-program.html", "supports": "VWP requires participating citizenship/nationality, a qualifying passport and ESTA. A noncitizen investment document does not itself establish those requirements.", "checked": "2026-10-24", "type": "Government guidance" }, "verify-pa-apap": { "id": "verify-pa-apap", "authority": "Autoridad de Pasaportes de Panamá", "title": "First-time Rentista Retirado passport requirements", "url": "https://www.apap.gob.pa/index.php?Itemid=154&id=20&option=com_sppagebuilder&view=page", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-24", "supports": "First-time Rentista Retirado checklist, B/.1,500 listed procedure cost, bank evidence and migration-first sequence. The page also states a general 24-hour handover after the passport procedure." }, "publication-ar-launch": { "id": "publication-ar-launch", "authority": "Argentina Ministry of Economy", "title": "Argentina citizenship-by-investment announcement, 2 October 2026", "url": "https://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/luis-caputo-anuncio-la-puesta-en-marcha-del-programa-de-ciudadania-por-inversion-de", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-24", "supports": "Announced contribution and bond options, family amounts, Q4 2026 target and APCI-to-DNM assessment sequence.", "published": "2026-10-02" }, "publication-bw-concept": { "id": "publication-bw-concept", "authority": "Government of Botswana", "title": "Presidential Impact Report 2025, programme concept pp.24–25", "url": "https://crm.gov.bw/v1/storage/buckets/69123786002b3b19da09/files/sona-report-2025/download?project=63d67d7e1b18255e90e4", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-24", "supports": "Government concept describes an Impact Investment Programme, G2C/G2G modalities, an indicative US$75,000 single-applicant threshold and proposed governance/workflow. These are concept figures, not a final application tariff.", "published": "2025" }, "publication-vc-plan": { "id": "publication-vc-plan", "authority": "Saint Vincent Ministry of Finance", "title": "Government targets first-quarter 2027 programme launch", "url": "https://finance.gov.vc/finance/index.php/news/433-saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines-targets-early-2027-for-launch-of-cbi-programme", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-24", "supports": "Government reports the Prime Minister’s intended Q1 2027 rollout and programme-design/due-diligence plans; a target is not an operating application service." }, "publication-sv-stages": { "id": "publication-sv-stages", "authority": "Government of El Salvador", "title": "Freedom Passport steps and timing/family FAQ", "url": "https://world.adoptingelsalvador.gob.sv/welcome", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-24", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Official FAQ reports approval typically up to six weeks. US$999 application fee and US$999,001 after approval total US$1m. Naturalisation begins after payment; family administration is listed as US$999 per family member. | Published contribution and fee schedule; applicant age bands and per-person/application distinctions" }, "publication-entry-nationality": { "id": "publication-entry-nationality", "authority": "Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada", "title": "Entry requirements by nationality, status and travel document", "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/entry-requirements-country.html", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-24", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Entry conditions depend on citizenship, travel document, status and transport. Foreign residence does not itself create a new nationality. Canadian and US permanent residents have separately described document rules." }, "publication-schengen-residence": { "id": "publication-schengen-residence", "authority": "European Union / Your Europe", "title": "Travel documents and Schengen entry for non-EU nationals", "url": "https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/entry-exit/non-eu-nationals/index_en.htm", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-24", "supports": "Valid Schengen residence permits or long-stay visas can substitute for a short-stay visa; a recognised valid travel document and other entry conditions still apply. Short stays use the 90-in-180 rule." }, "publication-canada-pr": { "id": "publication-canada-pr", "authority": "Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada", "title": "Canadian permanent-resident travel documents", "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/permanent-residents.html", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-24", "supports": "Canadian permanent residents use a valid PR card or permanent-resident travel document for commercial travel back to Canada." }, "publication-kh-law": { "id": "publication-kh-law", "authority": "Cambodia Office of the Council of Ministers", "title": "Official publication of nationality-law amendment", "url": "https://pressocm.gov.kh/archives/115706", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-24", "supports": "Official notice publishes a nationality-law amendment dated 5 September 2025. This record describes legislation, not an advertised investor price.", "published": "2025-09-06" }, "comparison-eg-current": { "id": "comparison-eg-current", "authority": "Egypt Cabinet Citizenship Unit", "title": "Cabinet investment-citizenship portal: funding, application fee and stages", "url": "https://www.egyptcitizenship.gov.eg/", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-24", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "USD 250,000 contribution and USD 10,000 application fee; initial decision within three months of submission and final decision within three months after completing investment requirements. These are separate stages, not a guaranteed passport-delivery period." }, "comparison-vu-dsp-tariff25": { "id": "comparison-vu-dsp-tariff25", "authority": "Vanuatu Citizenship Office and Commission", "title": "Current published DSP selling-price and diligence table", "url": "https://vancitizenship.gov.vu/index.php/citizenship/fees-and-charges", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-25", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "DSP selling-price table and clauses 4 and 7 of Order 33/2019 read with Order 39/2020 | Current table lists USD130,000 single, USD180,000 couple and two children, plus USD5,000 FIU diligence. These are the published DSP dollar components, not a complete quote including other-currency and passport/service costs." }, "comparison-vu-dsp-regulations25": { "id": "comparison-vu-dsp-regulations25", "authority": "Vanuatu Government", "title": "DSP Regulations Order 33 of 2019, original six-page instrument", "url": "https://vancitizenship.gov.vu/images/Order_No_33_of_2019_-_New_DSP_Regulations.pdf", "type": "Official regulation", "checked": "2026-10-25", "published": "2019-04-24", "supports": "DSP selling-price table and clauses 4 and 7 of Order 33/2019 read with Order 39/2020 | Original visually reviewed: clause 4 sets minimum selling prices and includes two children under eighteen in the family tariff; clause 7 separates government remittances, VT5,000 application and VT10,000 per certificate. The older USD2,000 diligence amount is read with the separately cited 2020 amendment." }, "comparison-vu-dsp-amendment25": { "id": "comparison-vu-dsp-amendment25", "authority": "Vanuatu Government", "title": "DSP Amendment Order 39 of 2020: USD5,000 diligence", "url": "https://vancitizenship.gov.vu/images/Order_No_39_of_2020_3.pdf", "type": "Official regulation", "checked": "2026-10-25", "published": "2020-03-27", "supports": "DSP selling-price table and clauses 4 and 7 of Order 33/2019 read with Order 39/2020 | The original three-page amendment was visually read. Schedule item 5 replaces USD2,000 with USD5,000 in DSP clause 7(4), which covers diligence on the applicant and persons under that application." }, "comparison-vu-distinct-formd25": { "id": "comparison-vu-distinct-formd25", "authority": "Vanuatu Citizenship Office and Commission", "title": "Separate citizenship routes and Form D classification", "url": "https://vancitizenship.gov.vu/index.php/citizenship/forms", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-25", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "The government explicitly assigns Form D to the Capital Investment Immigration Plan under section 13C. DSP is a separate route; the Form D dollar figures are not substituted into the DSP family example." } }, "programmes": { "ar": { "items": [ { "label": "Income-tax residence", "text": "Investment naturalisation alone does not trigger income-tax residence under article 116. Permanent residence and the temporary-authorisation test still matter; this is not a blanket tax exemption.", "source": "update-ar-tax", "checked": "2026-10-22" }, { "label": "Deputies bill", "text": "Deputies file 5254-D-2026, dated 2 October, proposes prohibiting investment naturalisation. The official record lists committee referrals; it does not establish an enacted repeal.", "source": "update-ar-deputies", "checked": "2026-10-22" }, { "label": "Senate bill", "text": "Senate file S-1441/26 entered on 24 August 2026 and was referred to three committees on 4 September. The reviewed record has no committee-report date. This is a proposed prohibition, not an enacted repeal.", "source": "update-ar-senate", "checked": "2026-10-22" }, { "label": "Judicial position", "text": "The MPF reports a ruling on DNU 366/2025 and judicial competence in a citizenship case. Obtain current advice on its scope and appeals; the announcement does not settle that question.", "source": "update-ar-court", "checked": "2026-10-22" }, { "label": "Original judicial decision", "text": "The 30 June 2026 judgment in CNE 8843/2023/CA1 declares DNU 366/2025 null, reverses the lower decision and orders official communications. The file predates the decree and concerns ordinary citizenship.", "source": "update-ar-judgment", "checked": "2026-10-22" }, { "label": "Regional residence has conditions", "text": "The Mercosur agreement’s nationality definition includes naturalised nationals who have held that nationality for five years. A new Argentine passport does not itself establish immediate residence or work rights throughout the region; check the destination’s own route.", "source": "follow-ar-mercosur" }, { "label": "New request for executive information", "text": "Deputies proposal 5568-D-2026, dated 16 October, requests information about the announced programme. Its committee referrals are not an enacted prohibition, an executive answer or evidence of live intake.", "source": "follow-ar-information" }, { "label": "Agency appointment is not intake", "text": "Decree 285/2026 records APCI’s executive appointment from 22 April. It does not establish an operational application channel, a private intermediary mandate or final bond terms.", "source": "follow-ar-appointment" }, { "label": "Published funding and target window", "text": "The Ministry’s 2 October announcement gives US$350,000 contribution or US$800,000 bond subscription, a US$500,000 principal/spouse/two-minor contribution example, and a Q4 2026 target.", "source": "publication-ar-launch", "checked": "2026-10-24" } ], "guides": [ "argentina-citizenship-residence-and-tax" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" }, "us": { "items": [ { "label": "Scheduled filing-fee change", "text": "For filings postmarked on or after 30 November 2026, the final rule sets I-526 at $7,615 and initial I-526E at $7,850, including the $75 technology fee. A regional-centre petition also requires a separate $1,100 Integrity Fund fee: $8,950 for these two filing components. Other costs remain additional.", "source": "update-us-fees", "effectiveFrom": "2026-11-30", "checked": "2026-10-22" }, { "label": "Immigrant-visa pause ended", "text": "The State Department’s 28 August notice says the January 75-nationality immigrant-visa issuance pause was no longer in effect as of 21 August under the CLINIC order. This does not remove other restrictions or establish tourist-visa or Visa Waiver Program eligibility.", "source": "follow-us-pause" } ], "guides": [ "investment-migration-changes-2026", "citizenship-and-travel-policy-risk" ], "checked": "2026-10-23" }, "nz": { "items": [ { "label": "Announced future eligible investment", "text": "Immigration New Zealand announces eligible Build to Rent developments through approved managed funds for the Active Investor Plus Growth category from December 2026. Final structures and implementation details must be checked before committing; this does not make an ordinary property purchase eligible today.", "source": "update-nz-build-rent", "plannedFrom": "2026-12" } ], "guides": [ "investment-migration-changes-2026" ], "checked": "2026-10-22" }, "gr": { "items": [ { "label": "Announced tax policy", "text": "The Prime Minister’s 6 September speech announces a 3% to 15% property-transfer-tax increase for non-EU third-country buyers. Obtain the applicable tax position for your transaction; do not treat the announcement as today’s rate.", "source": "update-gr-tax", "checked": "2026-10-22" }, { "label": "Narrower announced housing-tax scope", "text": "The government presentation describes specified residential purchases, rather than every kind of property, with exempt categories. The 15% announcement is separate from the Golden Visa investment floor.", "source": "follow-gr-scope" }, { "label": "Ministry transition plan", "text": "The Finance Ministry presentation describes time until 1 July 2027 for the announced housing-transfer tax. Treat that as stated planning, not a verified enacted effective date.", "source": "follow-gr-date", "plannedFrom": "2027-07-01" } ], "guides": [ "cbi-real-estate-due-diligence", "europe-investor-route-changes-2026" ], "checked": "2026-10-23" }, "mt-pr": { "items": [ { "label": "A separate future tax regime", "text": "Individual Tax Programme Rules commence on 1 January 2027 with a €35,000 minimum annual tax and €700,000 qualifying owned-property floor. This is a special tax-status regime, not the MPRP tariff and not citizenship. MPRP fees in this profile must not be replaced with these figures.", "source": "update-mt-tax", "effectiveFrom": "2027-01-01" } ], "guides": [ "investment-migration-changes-2026" ], "checked": "2026-10-22" }, "vc": { "items": [ { "label": "Official launch target", "text": "The Finance Ministry reports a hoped-for launch in Q1 2027, with stronger due diligence and proposed regional/central-bank coordination. This is a planning target, not proof of operational intake, an enacted tariff or eligibility for an individual application.", "source": "update-vc-target", "plannedFrom": "2027-Q1" } ], "guides": [ "investment-migration-changes-2026" ], "checked": "2026-10-22" }, "hu": { "items": [ { "label": "Published tax proposal", "text": "The 6 October wealth-tax consultation draft covers residents and specified Hungarian assets of nonresidents. It is not an authenticated enacted tax or a change to the €250,000 immigration investment requirement. Review the final law, tax residence and asset structure before relying on an exemption.", "source": "follow-hu-draft" } ], "guides": [ "europe-investor-route-changes-2026" ], "checked": "2026-10-23" }, "uk": { "items": [ { "label": "Closed route and legacy deadlines", "text": "Tier 1 Investor remains closed to new initial applications. The legacy extension deadline was before 17 February 2026; qualifying settlement applications must be made before 17 February 2028. A reported replacement is not an available route.", "source": "follow-uk-legacy" } ], "guides": [ "europe-investor-route-changes-2026" ], "checked": "2026-10-23" }, "cy": { "items": [ { "label": "Residence is separate from the closed citizenship scheme", "text": "The investor-residence guidance retains annual investment and applicable health-cover evidence; its amendments remove annual income-proof resubmission and require criminal records every three years.", "source": "follow-cy-monitoring" }, { "label": "Permanent right, renewable card and residence duties", "text": "The current Gov.cy guidance distinguishes the unlimited adult residence right from a card renewed after ten years. Applicants living abroad must acquire residence in Cyprus within one year of approval. Permanent residence abroad or two years absent ends the permit. These are residence conditions, not a reopened citizenship programme.", "source": "follow-cy-monitoring" }, { "label": "Use the current application forms", "text": "The Migration Department links the MIP2 application and current checklists. Confirm the current documents with the authority before filing.", "source": "alternative-cy-forms" } ], "guides": [ "europe-investor-route-changes-2026" ], "checked": "2026-10-23" }, "pa-rentista": { "checked": "2026-10-24", "guides": [], "travelAccess": { "uk": { "label": "Visa required", "note": "For UK entry using this non-national document, a visa is required under the non-national travel-document rule. Separate UK immigration-status exemptions and airside-transit rules can apply. Document recognition is a separate requirement.", "sources": [ "verify-uk-nonnational" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" }, "canada": { "label": "Visitor visa required", "note": "IRCC requires a visitor visa for alien-passport holders and stateless travellers, subject to separate status-based exemptions. The document must also be accepted. Citizenship-based eTA eligibility is not acquired by a noncitizen passport.", "sources": [ "verify-ca-nonnational" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" }, "usa": { "label": "Nationality-based eligibility", "note": "This noncitizen document does not itself qualify the holder for the US Visa Waiver Program. The traveller needs a separate qualifying nationality, passport and ESTA, or the applicable visa or status.", "sources": [ "verify-us-vwp" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" }, "schengen": { "label": "Recognition varies by state", "note": "The register marks Panama’s Pasaporte Especial as recognised by Germany and Spain but not France. Match the issued document to that category; recognition alone is not a visa exemption.", "sources": [ "verify-eu-register" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" } }, "items": [ { "label": "UK entry rule", "text": "For UK entry using this non-national document, a visa is required under the non-national travel-document rule. Separate UK immigration-status exemptions and airside-transit rules can apply. Document recognition is a separate requirement.", "source": "verify-uk-nonnational" }, { "label": "Canada entry rule", "text": "IRCC requires a visitor visa for alien-passport holders and stateless travellers, subject to separate status-based exemptions. The document must also be accepted. Citizenship-based eTA eligibility is not acquired by a noncitizen passport.", "source": "verify-ca-nonnational" }, { "label": "Schengen document recognition", "text": "The register marks Panama’s Pasaporte Especial as recognised by Germany and Spain but not France. Match the issued document to that category; recognition alone is not a visa exemption.", "source": "verify-eu-register" }, { "label": "First-time passport procedure", "text": "APAP publishes a first-time Rentista Retirado checklist with notarised application, photographs, passport copy, criminal/health declarations and state-bank deposit evidence, plus a B/.1,500 listed procedure cost. The migration documentation must be presented to SNM before the passport procedure. The page’s general 24-hour handover statement concerns the passport procedure, not the full residence-to-passport process.", "source": "verify-pa-apap" } ], "timingSummary": "APAP states 24-hour handover after the passport procedure; SNM documentation comes first. No residence-to-passport duration is published." }, "pa-qualified": { "checked": "2026-10-24", "guides": [], "travelAccess": { "uk": { "label": "Visa required", "note": "For UK entry using this non-national document, a visa is required under the non-national travel-document rule. Separate UK immigration-status exemptions and airside-transit rules can apply. Document recognition is a separate requirement.", "sources": [ "verify-uk-nonnational" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" }, "canada": { "label": "Visitor visa required", "note": "IRCC requires a visitor visa for alien-passport holders and stateless travellers, subject to separate status-based exemptions. The document must also be accepted. Citizenship-based eTA eligibility is not acquired by a noncitizen passport.", "sources": [ "verify-ca-nonnational" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" }, "usa": { "label": "Nationality-based eligibility", "note": "This noncitizen document does not itself qualify the holder for the US Visa Waiver Program. The traveller needs a separate qualifying nationality, passport and ESTA, or the applicable visa or status.", "sources": [ "verify-us-vwp" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" }, "schengen": { "label": "Recognition varies by state", "note": "The register marks Panama’s Pasaporte Especial as recognised by Germany and Spain but not France. Match the issued document to that category; recognition alone is not a visa exemption.", "sources": [ "verify-eu-register" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" } }, "items": [ { "label": "UK entry rule", "text": "For UK entry using this non-national document, a visa is required under the non-national travel-document rule. Separate UK immigration-status exemptions and airside-transit rules can apply. Document recognition is a separate requirement.", "source": "verify-uk-nonnational" }, { "label": "Canada entry rule", "text": "IRCC requires a visitor visa for alien-passport holders and stateless travellers, subject to separate status-based exemptions. The document must also be accepted. Citizenship-based eTA eligibility is not acquired by a noncitizen passport.", "source": "verify-ca-nonnational" }, { "label": "Schengen document recognition", "text": "The register marks Panama’s Pasaporte Especial as recognised by Germany and Spain but not France. Match the issued document to that category; recognition alone is not a visa exemption.", "source": "verify-eu-register" }, { "label": "Published procedure boundary", "text": "The APAP requirements page reviewed lists a first-time Rentista Retirado procedure but does not identify a Qualified Investor passport procedure. That omission does not establish legal closure; the legal entitlement is not presented as proof of operational issuance.", "source": "verify-pa-apap" } ] }, "jo-passport": { "checked": "2026-10-24", "guides": [], "travelAccess": { "uk": { "label": "Visa required", "note": "For UK entry using this non-national document, a visa is required under the non-national travel-document rule. Separate UK immigration-status exemptions and airside-transit rules can apply. Document recognition is a separate requirement.", "sources": [ "verify-uk-nonnational" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" }, "canada": { "label": "Visitor visa required", "note": "IRCC requires a visitor visa for alien-passport holders and stateless travellers, subject to separate status-based exemptions. The document must also be accepted. Citizenship-based eTA eligibility is not acquired by a noncitizen passport.", "sources": [ "verify-ca-nonnational" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" }, "usa": { "label": "Nationality-based eligibility", "note": "This noncitizen document does not itself qualify the holder for the US Visa Waiver Program. The traveller needs a separate qualifying nationality, passport and ESTA, or the applicable visa or status.", "sources": [ "verify-us-vwp" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" }, "schengen": { "label": "Passport-series conditions", "note": "The register contains Series T restrictions but does not identify the investor passport as a separate row. An investor document cannot be mapped to that series without its actual document details.", "sources": [ "verify-eu-register" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" } }, "items": [ { "label": "UK entry rule", "text": "For UK entry using this non-national document, a visa is required under the non-national travel-document rule. Separate UK immigration-status exemptions and airside-transit rules can apply. Document recognition is a separate requirement.", "source": "verify-uk-nonnational" }, { "label": "Canada entry rule", "text": "IRCC requires a visitor visa for alien-passport holders and stateless travellers, subject to separate status-based exemptions. The document must also be accepted. Citizenship-based eTA eligibility is not acquired by a noncitizen passport.", "source": "verify-ca-nonnational" }, { "label": "Official passport issuance service", "text": "CSPD publishes a first investor-passport service requiring personal attendance and Interior/Cabinet/security approvals. Its listed first-issue fee is JOD 25,000, service time 14 days, and initial validity three years. The 14 days is a document-service target after approvals, not the total investment process or observed delivery. The same service card separately lists JOD 400 for a spouse/child document with attendance or JOD 750 without; these are document charges, not a complete family investment cost or a family eligibility decision.", "source": "verify-jo-issuance" } ], "timingSummary": "14-day passport service target after approvals; three-year temporary stage" }, "to-protected": { "checked": "2026-10-24", "guides": [], "travelAccess": { "uk": { "label": "Visa required", "note": "For UK entry using this non-national document, a visa is required under the non-national travel-document rule. Separate UK immigration-status exemptions and airside-transit rules can apply. Document recognition is a separate requirement.", "sources": [ "verify-uk-nonnational" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" }, "canada": { "label": "Visitor visa required", "note": "IRCC requires a visitor visa for alien-passport holders and stateless travellers, subject to separate status-based exemptions. The document must also be accepted. Citizenship-based eTA eligibility is not acquired by a noncitizen passport.", "sources": [ "verify-ca-nonnational" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" }, "usa": { "label": "Nationality-based eligibility", "note": "This noncitizen document does not itself qualify the holder for the US Visa Waiver Program. The traveller needs a separate qualifying nationality, passport and ESTA, or the applicable visa or status.", "sources": [ "verify-us-vwp" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" }, "schengen": { "label": "Document-specific recognition", "note": "The European register distinguishes travel-document categories. An ordinary national-passport visa exemption is not transferred to a noncitizen document; the exact document and destination determine recognition.", "sources": [ "verify-eu-register" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" } }, "items": [ { "label": "UK entry rule", "text": "For UK entry using this non-national document, a visa is required under the non-national travel-document rule. Separate UK immigration-status exemptions and airside-transit rules can apply. Document recognition is a separate requirement.", "source": "verify-uk-nonnational" }, { "label": "Canada entry rule", "text": "IRCC requires a visitor visa for alien-passport holders and stateless travellers, subject to separate status-based exemptions. The document must also be accepted. Citizenship-based eTA eligibility is not acquired by a noncitizen passport.", "source": "verify-ca-nonnational" }, { "label": "New Zealand refusal of this document", "text": "Current Immigration New Zealand guidance explicitly refuses this document for both visa issuance and travel. This is a present destination restriction, not just a historical warning.", "source": "verify-nz-documents" } ] }, "ki-investor-passport": { "checked": "2026-10-24", "guides": [], "travelAccess": { "uk": { "label": "Visa required", "note": "For UK entry using this non-national document, a visa is required under the non-national travel-document rule. Separate UK immigration-status exemptions and airside-transit rules can apply. Document recognition is a separate requirement.", "sources": [ "verify-uk-nonnational" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" }, "canada": { "label": "Visitor visa required", "note": "IRCC requires a visitor visa for alien-passport holders and stateless travellers, subject to separate status-based exemptions. The document must also be accepted. Citizenship-based eTA eligibility is not acquired by a noncitizen passport.", "sources": [ "verify-ca-nonnational" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" }, "usa": { "label": "Nationality-based eligibility", "note": "This noncitizen document does not itself qualify the holder for the US Visa Waiver Program. The traveller needs a separate qualifying nationality, passport and ESTA, or the applicable visa or status.", "sources": [ "verify-us-vwp" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" }, "schengen": { "label": "Document-specific recognition", "note": "The European register distinguishes travel-document categories. An ordinary national-passport visa exemption is not transferred to a noncitizen document; the exact document and destination determine recognition.", "sources": [ "verify-eu-register" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" } }, "items": [ { "label": "UK entry rule", "text": "For UK entry using this non-national document, a visa is required under the non-national travel-document rule. Separate UK immigration-status exemptions and airside-transit rules can apply. Document recognition is a separate requirement.", "source": "verify-uk-nonnational" }, { "label": "Canada entry rule", "text": "IRCC requires a visitor visa for alien-passport holders and stateless travellers, subject to separate status-based exemptions. The document must also be accepted. Citizenship-based eTA eligibility is not acquired by a noncitizen passport.", "source": "verify-ca-nonnational" }, { "label": "New Zealand refusal of this document", "text": "Current Immigration New Zealand guidance explicitly refuses this document for both visa issuance and travel. This is a present destination restriction, not just a historical warning.", "source": "verify-nz-documents" } ] }, "tv-investor-passport": { "checked": "2026-10-24", "guides": [], "travelAccess": { "uk": { "label": "Visa required", "note": "For UK entry using this non-national document, a visa is required under the non-national travel-document rule. Separate UK immigration-status exemptions and airside-transit rules can apply. Document recognition is a separate requirement.", "sources": [ "verify-uk-nonnational" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" }, "canada": { "label": "Visitor visa required", "note": "IRCC requires a visitor visa for alien-passport holders and stateless travellers, subject to separate status-based exemptions. The document must also be accepted. Citizenship-based eTA eligibility is not acquired by a noncitizen passport.", "sources": [ "verify-ca-nonnational" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" }, "usa": { "label": "Nationality-based eligibility", "note": "This noncitizen document does not itself qualify the holder for the US Visa Waiver Program. The traveller needs a separate qualifying nationality, passport and ESTA, or the applicable visa or status.", "sources": [ "verify-us-vwp" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" }, "schengen": { "label": "Not for tourist entry", "note": "The Tuvalu investor-passport row is recognised only for exit back to Tuvalu by Germany, Austria and Romania; the remaining listed states mark it unrecognised. This is not recognition for an ordinary tourist visit.", "sources": [ "verify-eu-register" ], "checked": "2026-10-24" } }, "items": [ { "label": "UK entry rule", "text": "For UK entry using this non-national document, a visa is required under the non-national travel-document rule. Separate UK immigration-status exemptions and airside-transit rules can apply. Document recognition is a separate requirement.", "source": "verify-uk-nonnational" }, { "label": "Canada entry rule", "text": "IRCC requires a visitor visa for alien-passport holders and stateless travellers, subject to separate status-based exemptions. The document must also be accepted. Citizenship-based eTA eligibility is not acquired by a noncitizen passport.", "source": "verify-ca-nonnational" }, { "label": "Schengen restriction", "text": "The Tuvalu investor-passport row is recognised only for exit back to Tuvalu by Germany, Austria and Romania; the remaining listed states mark it unrecognised. This is not recognition for an ordinary tourist visit.", "source": "verify-eu-register" } ] }, "ag": { "items": [ { "label": "Property and exit conditions", "text": "The CIU describes approved property from $300,000 and a five-year resale restriction, subject to its alternative-approved-property exception. It warns that the property transaction can lengthen processing. Approval for CBI does not establish the asset’s market value or resale liquidity.", "source": "update-ag-property", "checked": "2026-10-22" }, { "label": "EU phase-out request", "text": "The government’s 7 July statement reports a Commission request to phase out the programme by 1 June 2028, while saying the programme will continue. This verifies the reported request; it is not an enacted closure or proof that visa-free travel has already been suspended.", "source": "follow-ag-eu-request" } ], "guides": [ "cbi-real-estate-due-diligence", "citizenship-and-travel-policy-risk" ], "checked": "2026-10-23" }, "eg": { "checked": "2026-10-24", "guides": [], "timingSummary": "Up to 3 months: initial application decision", "items": [ { "label": "Published application stages", "text": "The Cabinet homepage lists a US$10,000 application fee, an initial decision within three months of submission, six-month temporary residence to complete documents, and a final decision within three months after completing investment requirements. Its separate six-to-twelve-month headline is not a passport-delivery guarantee.", "source": "comparison-eg-current" } ] }, "lc": { "timingSummary": "Approx. 90 days from accepted processing (CIU guideline)", "items": [ { "label": "Published processing guideline", "text": "The CIU’s FAQ describes approximately 90 days from notification that an application is accepted for processing to grant of citizenship. It acknowledges possible delays. This is not measured current performance or a passport-delivery promise.", "source": "update-lc-faq" }, { "label": "Official fiscal-year activity", "text": "The 2024/25 annual report records 2,957 applications received and 2,633 processed: 2,278 grants and 355 denials. Decisions need not concern files received in the same period.", "source": "update-lc-report" } ], "guides": [ "official-programme-statistics-and-processing" ], "checked": "2026-10-22" }, "sv": { "checked": "2026-10-24", "guides": [], "timingSummary": "Up to 6 weeks: application approval target", "items": [ { "label": "Published application stages", "text": "The official FAQ gives approval typically up to six weeks. The staged payment totals US$1 million; naturalisation begins after payment. The published family administration is US$999 per family member.", "source": "publication-sv-stages" } ] }, "st": { "items": [ { "label": "Published reporting commitment", "text": "STP-PRESS’s 21 October 2025 account records the prime minister’s promise of periodic application and fund reports. It does not authenticate the September 2026 first-year figures; those statistics remain unpublished here.", "source": "alternative-st-reporting" } ], "guides": [ "official-programme-statistics-and-processing" ], "checked": "2026-10-23" }, "tr": { "items": [ { "label": "Post-grant enforcement", "text": "The Interior Ministry’s 4 August 2026 statement reports cancellation or withdrawal affecting 6,134 people including family members. Irregular investment/valuation cases and public-order/security cases are separate groups. The notice supplies no programme-wide denominator.", "source": "update-tr-enforcement" } ], "guides": [ "cbi-real-estate-due-diligence" ], "checked": "2026-10-22" }, "vu": { "checked": "2026-10-25", "guides": [], "items": [ { "label": "DSP family cost scope", "text": "Published DSP minimum selling price for a married couple with two children under eighteen is USD180,000. Together with the USD5,000 diligence item, the known dollar subtotal is USD185,000; this is not an all-in quote.", "source": "comparison-vu-dsp-tariff25" }, { "label": "Additional vatu-denominated charges", "text": "DSP clause 7 separates a VT5,000 application fee and VT10,000 for each citizenship certificate. The example family adds VT45,000; these charges are not converted into the dollar subtotal.", "source": "comparison-vu-dsp-regulations25" }, { "label": "Amended diligence fee", "text": "The 2020 DSP amendment replaces the older USD2,000 diligence figure with USD5,000 for the applicant and persons under the application.", "source": "comparison-vu-dsp-amendment25" }, { "label": "Separate Form D route", "text": "The government assigns Form D to the Capital Investment Immigration Plan. Its published prices do not replace the DSP selling-price tariff.", "source": "comparison-vu-distinct-formd25" } ] } }, "statistics": [ { "id": "saint-lucia-fy2024-25", "country": "Saint Lucia", "period": "FY2024/25", "source": "update-lc-report", "page": 19, "unit": "applications", "metrics": [ { "label": "Received", "value": 2957 }, { "label": "Granted", "value": 2278 }, { "label": "Denied", "value": 355 }, { "label": "Total processed", "value": 2633 } ], "limitation": "Receipts and decisions are not a matched cohort. Counts refer to applications, not individual people. These totals do not establish a new applicant’s approval probability, backlog age or personal processing time." } ], "followup": { "checked": "2026-10-23", "guides": [ "europe-investor-route-changes-2026", "citizenship-and-travel-policy-risk" ], "summary": "The follow-up verifies Latvian closures, the Hungarian consultation draft, UK legacy deadlines, Cyprus monitoring guidance, EU visa-risk rules, the ended U.S. immigrant-visa pause and additional Argentina evidence. Retrieval and enactment limits remain explicit. Alternative-source review found the current Gov.cy investor-permit policy/forms and São Tomé’s dated reporting commitment; neither confirms the held audit or first-year statistics." } }