Canadian Citizenship by Descent Draws 2,500 American Filings
Canadian citizenship by descent just became one of the easiest second-passport routes available to Americans, and the country’s immigration agency has the application backlog to prove it. In January 2026 alone, nearly 2,500 Americans filed for proof of Canadian citizenship,...
More than 500 Golden Visa investors, predominantly American, are organizing a collective lawsuit against the Portuguese state after Lisbon raised the citizenship timeline from five years to ten years for most non-EU nationals (and to seven years for EU and...
Grenada citizenship by investment for Americans drew 27 applications in both 2024 and 2025, according to figures published by the Investment Migration Agency of Grenada. The annual American count held steady even as the program’s total intake fell from 2,297...
The share of US passport holders reached 48% of the American population in 2024, up from 5% in 1990, according to State Department figures cited in a January 2026 Congressional Research Service brief. The Bureau of Consular Affairs issued 27.3...
US asylum claims in Canada reached 634 in 2025, more than triple the 204 filed the year before and the highest annual total on record outside the first Trump administration. The figure comes from the Immigration and Refugee Board of...
American naturalizations in Italy reached 824 in 2024, up from 280 in 2014, according to Eurostat’s citizenship acquisitions dataset. The trajectory is the steepest on record for Italian citizenship by descent for Americans, a five-year compound annual growth rate of...
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Americans Moving to Spain Target Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia
Americans moving to Spain have made it one of the top destinations for U.S. expatriates, with Madrid, Barcelona, and Valencia drawing the biggest share of
Countries With The Most American Expats, Ranked
The countries with the most American expats abroad still run through Mexico, Canada and the UK. But European destinations have absorbed a larger share of
Americans Moving to Albania Get a One-Year Visa-Free Stay
A growing number of Americans moving to Albania are skipping the Schengen permit grind entirely, drawn by a bilateral arrangement that lets US passport holders
Canadian Citizenship by Descent Draws 2,500 American Filings
Canadian citizenship by descent just became one of the easiest second-passport routes available to Americans, and the country’s immigration agency
Americans Lead 500-Strong Lawsuit Against Portugal’s Golden Visa Shift
More than 500 Golden Visa investors, predominantly American, are organizing a collective lawsuit against the Portuguese state after Lisbon raised
Grenada Citizenship by Investment for Americans Holds Steady at 27 Applications a Year
Grenada citizenship by investment for Americans drew 27 applications in both 2024 and 2025, according to figures published by the
US Passport Holders Climb to 48% of Americans, Up From 5% in 1990
The share of US passport holders reached 48% of the American population in 2024, up from 5% in 1990, according
US Asylum Claims in Canada Tripled in 2025, IRB Data Shows
US asylum claims in Canada reached 634 in 2025, more than triple the 204 filed the year before and the
American Students Studying Abroad Lift Foreign Universities
American students studying abroad reached roughly 90,000 in the most recent reporting year, up from about 50,000 in 2019, Institute of International Education data tracked by CBS News shows. The strongest single-country signal sits in the United Kingdom, where US undergraduate applications through UCAS rose 14% in the 2025 cycle, the largest annual increase since UCAS began collecting the data in 2006. The numbers are catching up to what platform traffic flagged a year earlier. The post-election traffic surge Two study-choice platforms recorded measurable spikes in US student interest in the days after the November 2024 US presidential election. Studyportals registered roughly 11,000 daily searches from US-based users for foreign bachelor’s and master’s programs, up from a typical baseline of about 2,000. Study.eu logged nearly four times its normal volume from US prospective students in the week after the election, the platform reported. Search-volume surges, in Studyportals CEO Edwin van
US Brokerage Account Closures Squeeze Americans Abroad From Both Sides
US brokerage account closures have become one of the least-visible costs of American emigration. Major firms have restricted or terminated accounts held by clients with foreign addresses, citing the cost of complying with overlapping regulatory regimes for small numbers of non-resident clients. The list of institutions that have pulled back from servicing Americans abroad includes: Active-duty military and US government employees stationed abroad are typically exempted. Americans abroad are used
15,638 New Residence Permits Issued to US Citizens in Spain
Americans moving to Spain received 15,638 first residence permits in 2024, more than double the 7,383 issued in 2015 and the largest American pipeline in Europe after France. The stock figure is bigger still: Spain holds 57,379 American citizens with valid residence permits, alongside 76,180 US-born residents, a gap reflecting decades of dual nationality. American settlement concentrates in Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia. How the pipeline of US Citizens in Spain
Overseas Voter Turnout Tripled, but 89% Still Didn’t Vote
Overseas voter turnout tripled in the 2024 General Election, but the new high-water mark still left 89% of eligible Americans abroad on the sidelines. About 11.0% of the estimated 2.2 million voting-age U.S. citizens living outside the country returned a ballot, according to the Federal Voting Assistance Program’s 2024 Overseas Citizen Population Analysis. Domestic turnout that year was 76.1%. The 65-point gap between the two groups is what FVAP calls
German Citizenship for Americans Topped 1,275 in 2024
German citizenship for Americans hit a record 1,275 acquisitions in 2024, up from 225 the year before. The five-fold jump in 12 months tracks directly to a single legal change. Germany’s reformed Nationality Act took effect June 27, 2024, allowing non-EU citizens to retain their original passport for the first time as a general rule. For Americans who had built lives in Germany but balked at giving up US citizenship
