China Can Now Ban Its Citizens From Leaving for Three Years, and Never Tell Them Why
Beijing codifies its power to keep citizens home. Lesperance says wealthy Chinese are leaving “before they get the knock on the door.”
Jordan Naturalizes 65 Investors With $102 Million in H1 2026, More Than Doubling Last Year’s Pace
The strongest semester on record came entirely under the old rules, weeks before the government made the stock route 50% pricier.
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Netherlands Retreats From 36% Unrealized Gains Tax, Will Propose Sale-Based Model Instead
Dutch investors keep the notional-return system until at least 2029 while the government drafts a tax charged only at the point of sale.
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North Macedonia to Scrap €400,000 Citizenship Threshold, Brussels Wants Full Repeal
Skopje removes the price tag but keeps the product: discretionary passports for “special interest” individuals remain on the table.
Which Citizenship by Investment Programs Make a Child Born After the Grant a Citizen
A child born after the parent’s citizenship by investment grant is named in no application. Whether that child is a citizen, and what it costs, is decided by 14 nationality laws, not 14 programs. Ten make the child a citizen at birth. Four make the family apply and pay a second time.
Dubai Court Orders Fraudsters to Pay AED 4.65 Million in Golden Visa Property Con
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.
China Can Now Ban Its Citizens From Leaving for Three Years, and Never Tell Them Why
Beijing codifies its power to keep citizens home. Lesperance says wealthy Chinese are leaving “before they get the knock on the door.”
Panama Capital-Based Visa Approvals Down 41% in H1 2026, Friendly Nations Visa Near Record Low
Approval rates held between 96% and 98%, placing the contraction on the filing side rather than in the decisions.
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Why the number of generations a country lets you count back tells you almost nothing about whether you will get the passport.
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