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Caribbean Nations to Launch Regional CIP Regulator This September
After months of extensive consultations, Eastern Caribbean states that offer Citizenship By Investment Programmes (CBI/CIP) are enacting legislation to establish a regional regulator by September 2025. A new law will be enacted in September 2025 by all five member countries. Safeguarding CBI CBI/CIP Programmes provide a legitimate service and have assisted in the survival of Read more >>
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Vanuatu Expands Passport System to Dubai and Hong Kong
The Vanuatu Government has set up passport enrollment system in Asia going live this week in Hong Kong. Similar systems are being setup in key international locations, in Brussels (Belgium for Europe), extending the global reach of Vanuatu’s passport and citizenship services to benefit of citizens abroad. The new enrolment system enables applicants to register Read more >>
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What Sets Nauru’s Citizenship by Investment Apart
The Republic of Nauru launched climate change citizenship by investment program on Nov 13, 2024 to raise revenues to fight climate change and rising sea levels. The donations made to treasury will be used to relocate local people living in low lying areas to higher grounds. The Nauru Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Act – Read more >>
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Portugal President Vetoes Changes to Immigration Law
In a major blow to Government’s curbing restrictions on Immigration, Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has vetoed the immigration bill and sent back to Assembly without promulgation. This has given more breathing space and time for foreigners in Portugal Unconstitutional The Constitutional Court announced this Friday that it has rejected five provisions of the Read more >>
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Saint Lucia Launches 10 Year Passports
The Government of Saint Lucia has officially commenced the issuing of 10-year passports, fulfilling a key commitment announced by Prime Minister Hon. Philip J. Pierre during the 2025/2026 Budget Address. Effective August 5, 2025, the Immigration Department has transitioned from issuing 5-year passports to 10-year validity passports, while maintaining the current passport fee structure, according Read more >>
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Caribbean CBI Programs Propose Residence Period within 5 years
The Five Eastern Caribbean CBI nations have collectively proposed a 30 day residence period under a proposed agreement published by Eastern Caribbean Citizenship by Investment Regulatory Authority (ECCIRA) Agreement Act, 2025. The five participating countries are Residence Period The draft Agreement establishes future CBI applicants physically present within the territory of the Participating State for Read more >>
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Argentina Formalizes Citizenship for Significant Investments
The Argentinian Government has officially approved Decree 524/2025 published in the official gazette on July 30, 2025, allowing foreigners who can prove they have made significant investments in the country to apply for Argentine citizenship without residence requirement.. The Ministry of Economy will be responsible for determining which investments will be considered significant. Decree 366/25 Read more >>
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Malta Abolishes Citizenship by Investment Program
The Malta Government has officially announced ending of Granting of Citizenship for Exceptional Services programme for financial investments aligning the Maltese citizenship act bringing in line with the CJEU judgment C-181/23 of 29 April 2025. The Malta CBI program after running for 11 years being the last remaining EU citizenship by investment scheme, has been Read more >>
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Golden Visa Update: Portuguese Nationality Reform
The Portuguese government has put forward sweeping changes to the country’s nationality laws that would fundamentally alter the path to citizenship for residents. Government Proposal: A Major Shift in Nationality Rules Under the proposed reforms announced on June 23, 2025, the residency requirement for naturalization would double from the current 5 years to 10 years Read more >>
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Vanuatu PR Card for Just $7,500
The Pacific nation of Vanuatu offers cheapest and most affordable permanent residence for Just $7500. It is the cheapest PR green card in the world without any physical visit required. In countries where dual citizenship is not permitted, exit checks done by immigration authorities, you will need to show a visa or residence or PR Read more >>
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Tighter Regulations for Eastern Caribbean CBI Programmes
The Caribbean CBI/CIP nations has proposed stricter reforms to safeguard the integrity of citizenship by investment programs in the region, according to the draft legislation published by Interim Regulatory Commission (IRC) for the establishment of a regional regulator Eastern Caribbean Citizenship by Investment Regulatory Authority (ECCIRA). The Agreement applies to the citizenship by investment programmes Read more >>
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Changes to Portugal Immigration and Nationality Law Faces Setback
Last week, Portugal parliament reviewed proposed amendments to Immigration and Nationality Laws by council of Ministers. During the debate, members from multiple parties raised significant concerns, and as a result, the Government withdrew its proposal from general vote and requested amendments to Immigration and Nationality Law to be sent back to parliamentary committee stage for more Read more >>
