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Ghana Citizenship by Investment Gets a Legal Mandate First

Elmina castle is a popular tourist attraction on the Ghanaian Coast. a place where many considering Ghana citizenship by investment program deem iconic.

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 […]

Portugal Residence Permit Delays Grow as American Applicants Queue at AIMA

Rua Augusta Arch at Praca do Comercio in Lisbon, where Americans face Portugal residence permit delays 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 […]

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