Sourced, fact-checked news on golden visas, residency and citizenship by investment programmes.
Portugal’s government says foreign nationals who engage in disorderly conduct during housing demonstrations may have residence permits cancelled, potentially leading to departure within 20 days. Return orders are not part of the warning.
Dubai’s new invitation-only Dubai Access Club pairs a five-year multiple-entry visitor visa with credits, discounts and a free SIM card for selected repeat visitors.
New Brunswick selected 203 workers for processing under the Atlantic Immigration Program in draws on October 2, 9 and 29, 2026. The province has now selected 898 candidates across nine rounds.
The UK has revised its earned settlement framework: most applicants face a 10-year qualifying period, selected care and public-service workers retain five-year routes, and refugees entering outside safe and legal routes face waits of 20 to 30 years.
Montenegro began requiring visas for nationals of Russia, Belarus, China, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye on 1 November 2026. Qualifying Schengen and other visas or residence permits can still permit entry for up to 30 days.
At Portugal’s inaugural investment forum, Paul Stannard and Chris Marson cited more than €9 billion in programme-linked investment since 2012, a €54 billion wider impact and a proposal to consider social housing and talent retention.
Barbados's House of Assembly passed rewritten immigration and citizenship bills on October 27, sending them to the Senate two days later. The proposal links permanent residence to a qualifying investment of at least $5 million, then sets 360-day and 270-day citizenship registration tests.
Latvia is investigating a residence-permit promotion tied to a disputed €50,000 nursing-home project. Inspectors and law-enforcement agencies are reviewing the business, the permits and possible misuse of the investment route.
IRCC approved 99.3% of the urgent proof of citizenship files it processed during Bill C-3’s first eight months, but the regular queue reached 130,700 people in October 2026.
Latvia’s parliament retroactively annulled Divya Kannan Vishwanath’s special-law citizenship after one week, following doubts about the information and technical defects in the original legislation.
Greece will revoke Golden Visa permits for investors using concealed rebates or illegal short-term sublets, Migration Minister Thanos Plevris said. Permits tied to properties advertised below the €250,000 minimum will be revoked regardless of how the lower price was achieved.