Argentina Golden Visa Citizenship Arrives in 2026 Without the Terms Set
Argentina’s citizenship-by-investment program, authorized under Decree 524/2025, is entering its final implementation phase, with an executive director appointed in late April 2026 and a launch targeted for the second half of the year. It would be South America’s first golden...
Starting June 13, 2026, Canada’s immigration authority began suspending recently approved citizenship-by-descent certificates and ordering recipients to return them for re-examination. It’s a dramatic shift that threatens Americans who obtained this status to live abroad. The Canada citizenship by descent...
Japan’s government expert panel has postponed recommendations on foreign property purchase restrictions until fall 2026, delaying what could have been a midsummer decision on buying property in Japan as a foreigner. For the roughly 70,000 registered American residents in Japan,...
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Dominican Republic Residence Permits Issued to Americans Hit 2,491 in 2025
Dominican Republic residence permits issued to Americans reached 2,491 in 2025, and most went through one door. Temporary residence took 64% of the total, or 1,591 permits. Every other route trailed far behind. The figures, sorted by category and nationality, sketch how Americans actually enter the country. The count covers Dominican Republic residence permits issued in 2025, not the total number of Americans living there. Each grant sorts into a category. So a rise in one bucket, like investment, points to a real change in how Americans enter, not just a bigger total. The General Directorate of Migration (DGM) reports counts, not reasons. How the permits break down Temporary residence dominated, as it tends to. The permit runs one year and renews annually, the DGM says. It’s the standard entry point for foreigners settling in the country. Most applicants hold it for years before moving up. Permanent residency came next
Ghana Citizenship by Investment Gets a Legal Mandate First
Ghana citizenship by investment now has a statutory mandate but no program behind it, an unusual sequence written into a bill Ghana’s Parliament passed April 2. For the thousands of Americans who have built lives in Accra under heritage-based pathways, the question is what a paid route changes. Ghana has courted American emigrants for seven years through ancestry, not money. The country paused and reset its diaspora citizenship program over
Portugal Residence Permit Delays Grow as American Applicants Queue at AIMA
Thousands of court cases are backing up Portugal’s immigration authority AIMA, and the resulting Portugal residence permit delays are landing on Americans mid-application. The agency was still working through thousands of outstanding court decisions in May 2026, slowing permit issuance for new residents. The squeeze comes at an awkward moment. Portugal’s American population has never been larger. The Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA) counted 19,258 US citizens legally
US Citizens in Czechia Reach 10,701 in 2025, Up 49% in 5 Years
The count of US citizens in Czechia hit 10,701 on Jan. 1, 2025, a 49% rise in five years, with Prague and a one-year trade-license route doing most of the pulling.
Americans Moving to Brazil Rank Among the Top Foreign Residence Cohorts
Americans moving to Brazil now sit among the country’s largest foreign residence cohorts, a slow climb back from the pandemic floor that the permit data only partly explains.
