Programme status & change tracker.

What changed — and when.

1. Effective 1 September 2026Cyprus

   Immigration Permit applications in Categories A–F must include blood tests (hepatitis B and C, HIV and syphilis) and a TB chest X-ray, carried out abroad and legalised. We are confirming with admitted counsel whether the requirement reaches Regulation 6(2) investor files.

   Source: gov.cy notice of 25 June 2026, Migration Department, Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection (Cyprus)

2. 20 August 2026Latvia

   The new Immigration Law was adopted on 11 June 2026, returned by the President on 19 June 2026 and re-adopted at repeated review on 20 August 2026 (60 votes to 26), a proposal to reinstate a real-estate route having been rejected. Promulgation is due between 30 August and 10 September 2026; the law takes effect on 1 January 2027 and removes the real-estate and bank-deposit routes. The government-securities route was repealed separately on 20 May 2026. The surviving routes are company share capital (€50,000 or €100,000, plus a €10,000 state fee, on a two-year permit) and a new €150,000 alternative-investment-fund route. The property route should be treated as closing.

   Source: Saeima repeated-review vote of 20 August 2026; third reading 11 June 2026; presidential return 19 June 2026 (Latvia)Announced, not gazetted

3. 13 August 2026Mauritius

   The Finance Act 2026 repealed the 2025 increase in non-citizen scheme registration duty — the rate stands at 5% again (deeds registered 1 July–12 August 2026 sat in the 10% window). The same legislative package introduces a 35% income-tax band above MUR 12m (income year from 1 July 2026, Fair Share Contribution abolished), doubles the Investor Occupation Permit minimum to USD 100,000, and creates a new HNWI Golden Visa framework with guidelines pending.

   Source: Finance Act 2026 (Act 14 of 2026, s.16(b) and s.7) and Economic and Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2026 (Act 13 of 2026), gazetted 13 August 2026 (Mauritius)

4. 31 July 2026Grenada

   The Citizenship by Investment (Amendment) Bill, 2026 passed both Houses (House 28 July, Senate 31 July). Once its commencement Order is gazetted it introduces a genuine-link requirement — five days in year one and 30 days’ aggregate presence over five years per family member — five-year initial passports, and mandatory ECCIRA pre-qualification for agents; the new requirements may apply retroactively to pending applications. Thresholds are unchanged.

   Source: Grenada Citizenship by Investment (Amendment) Bill, 2026 (Parliament of Grenada)

5. 15 July 2026Jordan

   The Cabinet raised the share-purchase citizenship route by 50% to JOD 1,500,000, extended the holding period to five years, cut the single-company concentration cap to 10% (minimum ten stocks), and barred leveraging, mortgaging, liquidation and profit withdrawal during the hold.

   Source: Council of Ministers decision of 15 July 2026, announced via the Jordan News Agency (PETRA)

6. 14 July 2026Antigua and Barbuda

   The Citizenship by Investment (Amendment) Bill 2026 was presented to Parliament, raising the post-grant presence requirement from 5 to 30 days across the first five years — already applied administratively per the Prime Minister — and mandating annual independent audits of the CIU with reporting to the regional regulator ECCIRA.

   Source: Citizenship by Investment (Amendment) Bill 2026, presented 14 July 2026 (Antigua and Barbuda)

7. Effective 1 July 2026Mauritius

   Registration / land-transfer duty on non-citizen scheme purchases rose from 5% to 10% for titles registered from this date under the Finance Act 2025 — an increase repealed six weeks later by the Finance Act 2026 (see the 13 August 2026 entry); the 5% rate now stands.

   Source: Finance Act 2025 (Laws of Mauritius), as repealed in relevant part by the Finance Act 2026

8. 30 June 2026Argentina

   The Cámara Nacional Electoral, in Yang, Liping, declared Decree of Necessity and Urgency 366/2025 — the instrument that opened naturalisation to investors regardless of residence — null for exceeding the Executive’s powers, a ruling confined to that case and open to higher review. Together with the Ministry of Economy’s decision of 14 April 2026 to set aside the tender for the programme’s implementation consultancy (RESOL-2026-522-APN-MEC), it leaves the citizenship-by-investment framework legislated but stalled, with no opening date.

   Source: Cámara Nacional Electoral, Yang, Liping (CNE 8843/2023/CA1), 30 June 2026; Ministry of Economy RESOL-2026-522-APN-MEC, 14 April 2026 (Argentina)

9. 25 June 2026EU / Caribbean

   The European Commission is reported to have written to all five Caribbean CBI states seeking a phase-out of their citizenship-by-investment programmes by 1 June 2028. The letters are not public and we have not seen them; what is published is the revised visa-suspension mechanism (operating a CBI scheme is now itself a ground for suspending visa-free access), with reinforced vetting required by September 2026. No suspension has been enacted; the five governments seek a negotiated transition.

   Source: European Commission letters of 25 June 2026 under Regulation (EU) 2025/2441; joint governmental response, Roseau, 10 July 2026Reported — document not seen

10. 15 June 2026Ireland / Caribbean

    Ireland revoked visa-free access for nationals of St Kitts and Nevis and of Saint Lucia, for all passport types including diplomatic and service passports, with a transit visa required merely to pass through an Irish airport. The Common Travel Area is therefore closed to both passports.

    Source: Irish Department of Justice visa order, effective 15 June 2026 (Ireland)

11. 11 June 2026Dominica

    The Prime Minister announced the wind-down of the pure no-visit model, with in-person requirements to be introduced for successful applicants. Dominica has bound itself under the ECCIRA Agreement Act of 14 October 2025, and confirmed in the Budget of 4 August 2026, to a 30-day presence obligation over the first five years plus genuine-link and integration requirements for new citizens. As at today no implementing regulation has been gazetted and the CBIU’s published process still requires no visit; we confirm what applies to your file at engagement.

    Source: OPM press conference, 11 June 2026; ECCIRA Agreement Act, 14 October 2025; FY 2026/27 Budget Address, 4 August 2026 (Commonwealth of Dominica)Announced, not gazetted

12. 4 June 2026Türkiye

    A 20-year exemption from Turkish income tax on foreign-source income entered into force for new tax residents (applying to those becoming resident from 1 January 2026 after three years of non-residence) — a material tax development for citizenship-by-investment holders who relocate.

    Source: Law No. 7582, Art. 4, Official Gazette No. 33270, 4 June 2026 (Türkiye)

13. 19 May 2026Portugal

    Naturalisation was extended by Organic Law 1/2026: ten years of legal residence (seven for CPLP and EU nationals), counted from the grant of the residence permit rather than from application. Only naturalisation applications filed by 18 May 2026 keep the former five-year rule; the Sephardic route is closed.

    Source: Lei Orgânica n.º 1/2026, Diário da República 1.ª série n.º 95, 18 May 2026 (Portugal)

14. 22 April 2026Greece

    Ministry Circular 1/2026 clarified the €250,000 change-of-use tier. The change of use must be completed before the application is filed (Law 5038/2023 art. 100 §2(c), as replaced by Law 5100/2024 art. 64) and must post-date 5 April 2024 (Circular 9/2024); completion is evidenced by an engineer’s technical report in the form prescribed by ΚΥΑ 214926/2025, and Circular 1/2026 confirms that completion is certified from the planning act — the building permit, small-scale works approval, file update or revision — and not from connection to utilities. The circular also requires the property to have existed with a non-residential use when Law 5100/2024 came into force on 5 April 2024, and allows the €250,000 category to be used only once per property. In practice the file is accepted once the purchase contract is signed and the price has been paid in full; we confirm the position for each specific building before it is relied on.

    Source: Ministry of Migration and Asylum, Circular 1/2026 of 22 April 2026; Law 5038/2023 art. 100 §2(c); ΚΥΑ 214926/2025 (ΦΕΚ Β΄ 6014/11.11.2025); Circular 9/2024 (Greece)

15. 23 March 2026Saint Lucia

    The Citizenship by Investment (Amendment) Regulations, 2026 added a built real-estate route — an apartment or villa at US$500,000 for the applicant and qualifying dependants, with a US$30,000 administrative fee — closed new real-estate project approvals after 1 December 2025, and made biometric enrolment mandatory for successful applicants. Real-estate administration fees are US$30,000 for a single applicant and US$45,000 with a spouse.

    Source: Citizenship by Investment (Amendment) Regulations, 2026, S.I. No. 57 of 2026, made 20 March and gazetted 23 March 2026 (Saint Lucia)

16. 5 March 2026United Kingdom / Saint Lucia

    The United Kingdom imposed a visit-visa requirement on Saint Lucian nationals at 15:00 GMT, adding Saint Lucia to the Appendix Visitor: Visa national list and ending ETA eligibility; the transitional exception for existing ETA holders expired on 16 April 2026. A Standard Visitor visa is now required.

    Source: Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules, Explanatory Memorandum HC 1691 (United Kingdom)

17. 6 February 2026Greece

    Law 5275/2026 left the Golden Visa thresholds, the €250,000 tiers and the 12-month biometrics window untouched, but changed three things that matter to investor families: article 95 §2 was restated to add adult children of the sponsor or spouse who lack legal capacity, at any age, where they live with and are maintained by the sponsor and the incapacity is established by a final court decision; a late renewal may now be filed up to three months after expiry rather than one, against a €100 fine for each month of delay; and for any permit with a nominal validity of three years or more the one-stop service must leave at least two years running at the date of its decision, adjusting the expiry if necessary — a protection against processing delay eating into the five-year term.

    Source: Law 5275/2026, ΦΕΚ Α΄ 17/6.2.2026, articles 12, 14, 29 and 69 (Greece)

18. 3 February 2026Nauru

    The Economic and Climate Resilience contribution moved to a per-person model: US$90,000 for the principal applicant under the Iruwa window, which runs to 31 December 2026 (the standard level is US$105,000), US$2,000 per dependant aged 16 or over and US$15,000 per sibling on the published schedule, with government fees on top.

    Source: ECRCP contribution & fee schedule, amendment of 3 February 2026 (Nauru Program Office)

19. 8 January 2026St Kitts and Nevis

    The Government announced a mandatory residency feature and global biometric enrolment, with a stated 2026 transition away from contribution-based routes; the Citizenship by Investment Unit had announced a genuine-link requirement built on structured physical presence in December 2025. No implementing regulation has been gazetted, so the Regulations in force still impose no residency or visit requirement. Biometric enrolment has been mandatory since 14 April 2026 and is charged. We confirm the terms applying to your file, in writing, at engagement.

    Source: Government of St Kitts and Nevis announcement, 8 January 2026 (SKNIS); CIU Chairman, December 2025; CIU biometrics programme, 14 April 2026Announced, not gazetted

20. 1 January 2026United States / Caribbean

    Presidential Proclamation 10998 placed Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica under partial entry suspension — covering immigrants and B-1/B-2, F, M and J nonimmigrants — expressly citing citizenship-by-investment without residency. St Kitts, Grenada and St Lucia are not named.

    Source: Presidential Proclamation 10998 of 16 December 2025, effective 1 January 2026 (Federal Register)

21. Effective 1 January 2026Saint Lucia

    Section 30A, inserted by Act No. 22 of 2025, requires the applicant and each dependant to comply with prescribed residency and genuine-link requirements. The requirements have not yet been prescribed by regulation; the regional standard under the ECCIRA Agreement is 30 days’ presence in the first five years. Until they are prescribed the Unit imposes no visit, and we confirm the position at engagement. The Act also restated the dependant definition, barred change-of-name applications (s.36A) and set a 10–25% National Economic Fund marketing retention (s.19A).

    Source: Citizenship by Investment (Amendment) Act, No. 22 of 2025, s.30A (Saint Lucia)

22. 17 December 2025Botswana

    Parliament passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2025, creating an economic-citizenship framework; the Act has been assented to and takes effect once its Regulations are complete, expected during 2026. No official price or application procedure has been gazetted, and economic citizens are excluded by law from voting, public office, free government schooling, state or tribal land and the disciplined forces.

    Source: Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2025 (No. 30 of 2025); Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs, Committee of Supply, 26 February 2026 (Botswana)

23. 9 December 2025United Kingdom / Nauru

    The United Kingdom made Nauru a visa nationality with effect from 15:00 GMT the same day, deleting it from the ETA national list; the explanatory memorandum gives the citizenship programme itself as the reason. A Standard Visitor visa is now required, and a Direct Airside Transit Visa merely to connect through a UK airport. Nauru must not be presented as a route to UK access.

    Source: Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC 1491, laid 9 December 2025 (United Kingdom)

24. 1 August 2025São Tomé & Príncipe

    The world’s newest citizenship-by-investment programme was created by decree, taking applications from September 2025: a US$90,000 contribution — about €78,000 — to the national transformation fund (US$95,000, about €83,000, for a family of two to four), applied for only through licensed agents and paid only after approval-in-principle.

    Source: Decreto-Lei n.º 07/2025 (RNID), Diário da República I Série N.º 33 (São Tomé & Príncipe)

25. 31 July 2025Argentina

    Decree 524/2025 created the Agencia de Programas de Ciudadanía por Inversión, following Decree 366/2025 (29 May 2025) which opened naturalisation regardless of length of residence to foreigners who have made a relevant investment. Routes and thresholds were still to be prescribed, and applications were at that time expected to open in the second half of 2026 — superseded: see the 30 June 2026 entry, after which no opening date can be given.

    Source: Decreto 366/2025 and Decreto 524/2025, Boletín Oficial (Argentina)

26. 29 April 2025Malta

    The Court of Justice of the EU ruled Malta’s investor-citizenship route (MEIN) incompatible with EU law; it is closed to new applicants. We retain it in our records for honest comparison only.

    Source: CJEU, Commission v Malta, Case C-181/23, judgment of 29 April 2025

27. 3 April 2025Spain

    The investor Golden Visa closed to new applicants. Spain is retained in our comparisons for honest context only.

    Source: Organic Law 1/2025 (Spain)

28. 15 October 2024Panama

    Executive Decree 193 replaced the earlier temporary-period provision, so real estate of at least USD 300,000 is the standing minimum for the Qualified Investor permit — paid in full and lien-free, with any balance above that financeable by a local-bank mortgage. There is no scheduled increase to USD 500,000; the Executive reviews minimum amounts every two years. Panama is not a route we place clients on.

    Source: Executive Decree 193 of 15 October 2024 (Republic of Panama)

29. 2024St Kitts and Nevis

    The programme moved under the Citizenship by Investment Unit Act 2024 and new regulations: the Sustainable Island State Contribution starts at US$250,000, covering a main applicant or a family of up to four.

    Source: Citizenship by Substantial Investment Regulations, 2024 (SRO 20 of 2024) as amended by SRO 43 of 2024 of 25 October 2024 (St Kitts and Nevis)

30. 28 June 2024Dominica

    New Citizenship by Investment Regulations were gazetted: the Economic Diversification Fund donation starts at US$200,000, approved real estate at US$200,000, and every applicant aged 16 or over attends a mandatory interview.

    Source: Citizenship by Investment Regulations, S.R.O. No. 8 of 2024 (Commonwealth of Dominica)

31. 5 April 2024Greece

    Golden Visa property thresholds were tiered by area: €400,000 in standard areas and €800,000 in the Region of Attica, the Thessaloniki regional unit, Mykonos, Santorini and islands of more than 3,100 residents — each on a single property of at least 120 m² — with €250,000 for a completed change of use from non-residential to residential or a restored listed building, neither of which carries a size or location floor. Transitional completions ran to 28 February and 30 April 2025.

    Source: Law 5100/2024, Art. 64, in force 5 April 2024 (ΦΕΚ Α΄ 49/5.4.2024) (Greece)

32. October 2023Portugal

    The real-estate route to the Golden Visa was abolished; fund, cultural and other routes remain. We advise on the surviving routes only.

    Source: Mais Habitação law (Portugal)

33. 2 May 2023Cyprus

    The Regulation 6(2) fast-track secured-income requirement was raised to €50,000 per year (plus additions for dependants). The €300,000 property minimum was unchanged.

    Source: Migration Department revision (Cyprus); the Department has sat under the Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection since 17 June 2024