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🇱🇨 Visa-Free Access to UK Revoked 🇮🇱 How to Claim Citizenship in Israel 🇭🇰 CIES Surges 440% 🇦🇷 Exempts CBI Nationals in Tax Fix 🤔 VC: Fund Records Are Overrated 🇰🇳 FinCEN Advisory Lifted 🇨🇦 Court Rules in Favor of SUV Freeze 🇺🇸 Cuts Visa Validity for CBI Nationals 🇸🇬 GIP Processes 450 Investors in 9 Years 🇩🇰 Revives Wealth Tax Campaign 🇧🇹 World's First Blockchain Visa ++ Subscribe to the dai...

Israel’s Law of Return grants citizenship to anyone with a Jewish grandparent. But the travel document you receive depends on time spent in Israel, and the two documents open different doors internationally. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

One rule change in March 2025 triggered a 440% monthly surge. The numbers since make the first year look like a different program. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here . 

Argentina has addressed what practitioners called the CBI program’s single largest fiscal obstacle: Automatic tax residency. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here . 

Fernando Ferreira argues that institutional investors’ fixation on track records may be costing them the best returns in venture capital. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here . 

Washington has given 24 EU member an ultimatum: Open your biometric databases to American border officials or lose visa-free travel. In this video, IMI reveals what data is on the table, why not a single EU government objected, and what the US government's algorithms mean for every European traveler. Read the full article with details here.

The withdrawal closes a chapter that hung over the world's oldest CBI program for more than a decade; PM Drew credits three years of reform. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here . 

A five-year wait, a clean file, and a court ruling that says none of it matters if the incubator falls. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here . 

Saint Kitts, Saint Lucia, and Grenada retain ten-year, multiple-entry terms; only Antigua and Dominica face the downgrade. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here . 

Italy's Decree-Law 36 cut off 80 million people from claiming citizenship by descent, and birthright citizenship is contracting on every continent, including in the US where the Supreme Court will determine its validity. In this video, IMI covers the three most popular methods of nationality acquisition, how two are dying, and why one $20 billion market is the only path still expanding. Read...

When the UK ended its 226-year-old non-dom tax regime, 10,800 millionaires left in a single year, taking tens of billions in wealth with them. This video and the data we found reveal where they went – Five European alternatives from Ireland's indefinite zero-fee remittance system to Italy's flat tax and Greece's investor regime. Read the full article here.

The most detailed figures the government has ever made public on the program's outcomes arrive via a parliamentary inquiry. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .

Bhutan's digital nomad visa has no income requirement. What it does require is unlike anything in the 50-country DNV market. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here . 

Denmark last had a wealth tax in 1997. Frederiksen wants it back, proposing a 1% annual levy on the country's richest residents. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here . 

🇺🇸Negotiating EU Citizens’ Data 🤔 How to Add Mobility with No New Passport 🇺🇾 Tax Holiday Threshold Jumps to $2M 🇨🇦 Biz Immigration in Full Swing Despite SUV Pause 🌍 How CIPs Rank in Family Costs 🇵🇹 Moves GV Renewals Online 🇺🇸 Dual Citizenship Ban Unlikely as World Liberalizes 🌐 All the World’s Non-Dom Tax Regimes 🏛️ CBI Rises as These 2 Methods Retreat 💰 Only 10 Countries Still Tax Wealth ++...

The EU built the world's strictest privacy law. Now it's negotiating how much personal data to give US border agents. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here . 

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. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here . 

Francisco Litvay warns that Uruguay is repeating Portugal’s NHR mistake. Philippe May thinks the real winner is next door. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here . 

IMI Pro Charlie Maggi, a French citizen himself, dismantles 17 myths about France's golden visa framework, its €300,000 investor pathway, and taxes that stop most applicants cold. From a two-year citizenship route for graduates to a no-minimum-stay residence card with full Schengen access, this is the EU golden visa hiding in plain sight. Read the full article "17 Misconceptions About Fr...

Slava Apel argues the SUV's flaws killed it, but Canada's entrepreneur immigration model is being rebuilt, not abandoned. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here . 

Same family, twelve programs, wildly different per-passport costs. The cheapest option depends on how many children you have. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here . 

Think you can avoid taxes by staying under 183 days per country? The reality is far more complex, and getting it wrong could cost you fines, penalties, back payments, and a whole lot of stress. Shakira is the perfect case study. Here's what tax authorities in 5 major countries look for when they claim you as a resident. Read the full article "Why the 183-Day Tax Rule Works Differently in...

Portal goes live amid persistent technical glitches; in-person visits limited to biometric data collection. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here . 

The Exclusive Citizenship Act arrives six decades into a global liberalization trend that shows no sign of reversing. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here . 

The UK abolished its 226-year-old non-dom regime in April 2025, but the concept lives on elsewhere. Some countries offer distinct ways to shield foreign income from local taxation. View the full article here . Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here .