St Lucia reopens doors to citizenship, Vanuatu reconsiders its program
Due to improvements in the COVID-19 situation, several Caribbean states have opened their airports and are ready to examine new citizenship by investment requests
Malta citizenship program: is time running out?
Breaking: Malta will soon stop accepting new citizenship through investment applications - though not for ever
Investment-based nationality in Turkey
Turkey grants citizenship to investors and their families in return for significant contributions to the country's economy, while Turkish passports can be obtained through a simplified scheme.
Russian and CIS investment outlook in overseas real estate – A survey by Tranio, 2020
Tranio conducted its eighth annual survey, analysing the investment and property purchasing patterns of Russian and CIS nationals abroad. The survey was primarily focussed on income property, looking at the top locations for investment, yield expectations, budgets, and preferred asset classes, as well as the general presence of Russian-speaking investors in local markets.
Malta’s ‘golden passport’ programme under fire
Countries in Europe are complaining that the island’s lax stance encourages money laundering and tax evasion, especially by Russians.
Visas, residence permits and citizenship in Thailand
The Kingdom of Thailand is popular with tourists from all over the globe as well as downshifters looking to escape the expensive and humdrum life in the West and money-savvy pensioners.
Getting Montenegrin investment-based citizenship in 2020
On 3 October, 2019, the government of Montenegro announced that it was receiving applications for its citizenship-for-investment programme that will last until 2022.
How to get a Greek residence permit and citizenship in 2020
A number of Greek legislative acts, including Law No. 4146 of 2013 regulate staying in the country, obtaining a residence permit and Greek citizenship.
Why is demand for investment-based Cypriot citizenship tanking?
Since May 2019, considerably fewer people have been applying for Cypriot citizenship after changes in the country’s citizenship-by-investment programme; nationality obtainment measures have been toughened. Tranio looks into the situation and how it might change going into 2020.
Residence permit in Latvia, visas and citizenship
Residence permit in Latvia. How to obtain Latvian citizenship Golden Visa in exchange for property investment or purchase.
Overview of the current Spanish property market
The results of the Catalan referendum could not but affect the state of both the Catalonian and the Spanish real estate market as a whole. Experts and investors have made various forecasts. But, how have things turned out in the beginning of 2019?
Spain’s Golden Visa programme
State-run immigrant investor programmes, also known as “Golden Visa” programmes, are designed to attract foreign capital and businesspeople by providing residency or citizenship in return.
Spainish citizenship - how to get it in 2020?
A number of ways to obtain Spanish citizenship exist. Since 2013, Spain Golden Visa program is being offered, which allows its participants to gain citizenship in a simplified manner.
The passports that open all doors and how to get yours
Henley & Partners has published its new passport index, ranking the world’s countries by the freedom of movement they are permitted. Tranio has analysed the top 50 countries to find out which of them grant investment-based nationality.
OECD toughens bank checks for participants of residence and citizenship-by-investment programmes
On 20 November 2018, the OECD published a list of the countries whose citizenship or residence-by-investment programmes it regards as high-risk. The OECD recommends that banks more thoroughly check the documentary evidence of the investors’ physical presence in certain countries.