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Nauru Creates Global Climate Citizens Via Citizenship Program
The Tiny Nation of Republic of Nauru has welcomed its first new citizens under the government’s Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Program, which was launched at COP29 summit late last year. Under the climate change citizenship program, responsible investors are required to contribute $105,000 plus fees to the Nauru climate fund in exchange for permanent… Read more >>
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Indonesia Remains Flagship Golden Visa Programs in Asia
The Indonesia’s Golden Visa program has proven highly successful in Asia, surpassing all initial expectations. By September 2025, just over a year since its launch, the government had already issued 1,012 Golden Visas and generating investments worth more than Rp48 trillion ($2.9 billion). This was announced by the Directorate General of Immigration. The scheme contributed… Read more >>
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Botswana Unveils $75k Citizenship Program
The Diamond rich African country of Botswana is launching an economic citizenship program to boost foreign investment and trade and diversify the economy from diamond exports. Botswana Economic Citizenship Botswana Has Launched a Citizenship-by-investment Program to Diversify its Diamond-dependent Economy. Botswana President Duma Boko announced that the country will launch a citizenship-by-investment program to help… Read more >>
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AIMA to Resolve All Backlogs by End of 2025
The Minister of the Presidency António Leitão Amaro, has announced that the pending cases at AIMA will be resolved by the end of this year, which will allow for improved services in 2026. The aim of the government is give fresh start to 2026 with no backlog cases. To improve efficiency, AIMA (Agency for Integration,… Read more >>
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Caribbean CIP’s Undergo Major Reforms
The Heads of Government of the CIP’s of the Eastern Caribbean States today announced the signing of an agreement to further strengthen the integrity, credibility, transparency, and sustainability of the Citizenship by Investment Programmes (CIP) offered by the five Member States in the Eastern Caribbean. The overhaul means that Caribbean CIP’s enter a New Era… Read more >>
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Why Trump Gold Card Outshines Europe’s Golden Visas
Trump boldly launched selling $1m US Gold cards to super rich around the globe, directly competing with Europe to attract foreign capital and cut national debt. The scheme is expected to raise $100 billion dollars making US the global destination for millionaires and mega corporations. As the Trump administration moving forward implementing the initiative, Europe… Read more >>
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PBO Option – Untold Path to St.Kitts Citizenship by Investment
The Saint Kitts and Nevis introduced a new Public benefit investment option (PBO) under the citizenship by investment program. The PBO option has not gained much popularity, unlike donation and real estate options is most overlooked investment route. The PBO allows investors to make a meaningful contribution to St. Kitts and Nevis by supporting national… Read more >>
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Why HNWIs Secure a Freedom Passport in Today’s World
A Freedom passport has become an important and valuable asset to HNWIs in 2025 gives direct access to safe havens. expanding personal freedom, global mobility, away from one government’s detrimental policies, giving focus more on growing wealth. Bankers, family offices, fiduciaries, wealth and hedge fund managers and well known lawyers tend to recommend atleast one… Read more >>
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Portugal GVP: Overview of Investment Fund Route
Portugal investment funds has gained spotlight after the government closed the real estate purchase for golden visas. Unlike real estate which is a straightforward purchase, new investors may find it difficult to understand how the investment fund works, fees, returns and risks associated with the fund. What are they? Portuguese investment funds for company capitalization… Read more >>
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Rich Africans Turn to St. Kitts & Nevis for a Strong Visa-Free Passport
Wealth is growing rapidly and transforming Africa creating many millionaires. Among all the economic citizenship program, St.Kitts and Nevis is quite popular wih rich African investors. The projected growth of Africa millionaire population expected to rise by 65% over the next decade. High net-worth individuals investing outside traditional sectors, more cross-border investments. St. Kitts and… Read more >>
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USCIS Raises Bar on Good Moral Character
USCIS has implemented a new policy by making nautralization harder, as a result of implementation of executive orders. Some of the important changes include.. USCIS has also provided officers guidance on assessing aliens’ good moral character, looking for positive contributions to American society instead of a mere absence of bad behavior. USCIS has already announced… Read more >>
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ETIAS will Start on Q4 2026
The European Commission has announced ETIAS electronic travel authorization system is scheduled to commence on the last quarter of 2026. The European Union will inform travelers about the specific date for the start of ETIAS several months prior to its launch. ETIAS travel authorisation is an entry requirement for visa-exempt nationals travelling to any of… Read more >>