Your Child's Age Is a Key Factor in Citizenship Planning
When families pursue residence or citizenship by investment, the age of any children can be as decisive as investment thresholds, processing times, or travel benefits. Turning 18 does…
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Ballots, no-further-stay conditions and student visa limits: Migration reforms explained
Australia’s migration agenda is being reshaped with a suite of reforms aimed at lowering net overseas migration (NOM) and tightening visa conditions across several streams. NOM target reduction…
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Three Facts Straightening Out the Debate Over Bonus Depreciation
The 2025 tax package, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), restores permanent 100 percent bonus depreciation for short‑lived assets and adds several other expensing provisions. By allowing firms to deduct…
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Americans whose Canadian ancestors died before 1947 may still have a citizenship by descent claim
Canadian citizenship by descent can still be claimed by descendants of ancestors who died before Canada formally recognized citizenship in 1947. The Citizenship Act contains “death‑bridge” provisions that remove…
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Understanding Using a UAE Company for International Wealth Structuring: What Investors Need to Know
International wealth planning increasingly uses UAE‑based companies because they combine zero personal income tax, a low corporate tax rate, extensive treaty network and a variety of legal forms…
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Latvia’s Progressives File Bill to Scrap €150,000 Golden Visa Fund Route
Latvia’s Progressives have introduced a bill to eliminate the €150,000 “fund” option of the country’s golden‑visa program. The draft legislation (bill 1521/Lp14) was submitted on 3 September, just 12 days before…
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Panama Raises Investor Visa Property Minimum to US$500,000, With a US$300,000 Carve-Out
Panama’s Qualified Investor Permanent Residency program now distinguishes between new‑construction and resale real‑estate investments. Effective September 16 2024, a first‑sale (new) property qualifies with a US $300,000 minimum, while any resale purchase…
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Canada Could Become the EU’s First ‘Associate Member.’ What Would That Actually Mean?
Canada is in talks with the European Union about creating a new, unprecedented partnership that would go beyond the existing Canada‑EU free‑trade agreement. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen raised the…
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The Spiraling Cost of Federal Healthcare Subsidies and Carveouts
Federal spending on healthcare programs and tax breaks for health care now accounts for nearly one-third of the federal budget and is on track to keep growing faster…
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New Zealand to Add Build to Rent Fund Investments to NZ$5 Million Investor Visa From December 2026
New Zealand’s Active Investor Plus Visa will allow applicants in the NZ$5 million Growth category to count investments in Build‑to‑Rent (BTR) developments from December 2026, but only through Invest New Zealand‑approved managed funds.…