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Kevin Hosam commends the Caribbean effort to harmonize CBI thresholds but argues that it will only work if St. Lucia gets on board, too.

To qualify for the program's entrepreneurship route, applicants will need a compelling business plan and endorsement from an incubator.

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The CBI countries have agreed to a price floor and to make "underselling" practically unfeasible. But one country is conspicuously opting out.

Short-term rental is forbidden, but investors can qualify at EUR 250,000 throughout the country by renovating or converting properties.

Japan is courting international investors and entrepreneurs in an effort to stimulate an economy weighed down by its demographic profile.

Officials are reportedly debating whether to include a ban in the new set of real estate rules it plans to bring to parliament "next week.

Fund investments become cheaper and are likely to become more popular with the expected introduction of higher real estate minimums.

IMI Pro Csaba Magyar provides a comprehensive overview of how real estate fund investments work for Hungary's new Guest Investor Program.

If the European Council and Parliament agree on the proposal, the EU will have a mandate to suspend visa-free access for CBI countries.

Malaysia is in the midst of its third MM2H revision in as many years. Some 56,000 participants remain active, nearly half of them Chinese.

"The most likely scenario is now a EUR 400,000 threshold for most of Greece, and EUR 800,000 in places like Athens," says Alexander Varnavas.

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Following the example recently set by the UK, Ireland imposes visa restrictions on nationals of CBi countries Dominica and Vanuatu.

When one door closes, another opens. As the United Kingdom shuts down their non-dom regime, high-net worth individuals will undoubtedly move themselves and their capital elsewhere. For those seeking low-tax regimes in Europe, seven European Union members offer attractive programs.

As CBI programs worldwide face pressures to root out bad actors, Malta's response signals a willingness to rescind rights when warranted.

After 225 years of helping Britain attract global wealth, the non-dom regime will end next year - ironically, thanks to the Tories.

16 countries have formal citizenship by investment programs, but hardly a dozen get any attention. Here's why we never hear about the other four.

The government has also issued detailed stipulations for how investors must allocate the HKD 30 million.

Ana Sofia Lamares explains how millions of people worldwide can proceed to claim Portuguese citizenship through their grandparents

Third-party databases are critical to the due diligence process but have limitations only human sources can help CIUs overcome, writes Fabienne de Blois.

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If the court says taxing unrealized capital gains is constitutional, more Americans will give up their citizenship. Ditto if it goes the other way, says David Lesperance.

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But golden visa experts question what "date of application" means in practice and whether the law will help those who have already started the process.