The United States ranked 10th on the 2026 Henley Passport Index, down from 4th in 2006, the third-largest two-decade decline of any country behind Venezuela and Vanuatu. Americans now hold visa-free access to 179 destinations, one fewer than in late 2025.
A survey of American Citizens Abroad members conducted in October 2025 found 57% support extending Medicare to cover overseas medical services, with 34% backing full reimbursement and 23% partial. AudienceNet and NP Agency conducted the poll with 833 U.S. citizens living overseas; results were published May 19, 2026.
Latin America has long offered Americans the most accessible second-passport landscape in the world, with Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Panama, Costa Rica, and most neighboring countries permitting dual citizenship without renunciation. The region accounts for the bulk of U.S.-citizen naturalizations abroad each year, including more than 125,000 Mexican-American dual citizenships granted in 2025 alone.
Mauritius will require golden visa holders to invest $1 million within 12 months of arrival, Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam told parliament on May 5, with the program capped at 100 approvals per year.
An estimated 9,600 U.S. citizens moved to Ireland in the year ending April 2025, nearly double the 4,900 recorded the previous year and the highest level of American arrivals since the Central Statistics Office began tracking the figure nearly 40 years ago. For the first time in the modern record, more Americans are moving to Ireland than Irish citizens are emigrating to the United States.
180,000 U.S. citizens left the country in 2025, the largest single-year outflow in decades, according to a Global Citizen Solutions briefing analyzing Pew Research Center data. In the first quarter alone, 1,285 Americans formally expatriated, a 102% year-over-year increase. The figures carry inherent imprecision: the federal government stopped tracking permanent departures in 1957.
A survey conducted March 17 to 18, 2026 found that 49% of Americans in Portugal would consider renouncing U.S. citizenship after obtaining a Portuguese passport. The result points to a shift in how Americans abroad weigh dual nationality against domestic political conditions and the ongoing obligations of U.S. international tax law.
France issued 13,122 first residence permits to U.S. citizens in 2024, with 7,182 classified under education, representing 54.7% of the American first-permit mix and up from 38.3% in 2015. The shift has reoriented France from a broad lifestyle and work destination into one where universities and academic programs are the dominant entry point for arriving Americans.
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 stay up to one year without a visa. The policy, restored under Diplomatic Circular Memorandum No. 124/2022, is one of the most permissive entry rules in Europe for US citizens. […]
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 new arrivals. More than 50,000 U.S. expats are currently living in Spain, a figure that has only continued to rise. In fact, in the last two years, the number of […]
Wealthy Americans retiring in Panama can secure permanent residency the day their visa is approved, with a verified lifetime pension of $1,000 a month, no investment minimum required. The program, called the Pensionado, was designed for ordinary retirees in the late 1980s. Private bankers and tax lawyers now treat it as a serious second-residency option […]
From sole proprietors to corporations, the way Americans abroad set up their businesses can dramatically reshape their tax bill, reporting load, and personal risk exposure. Running a business as a U.S. citizen overseas opens doors to new markets and international clients, but it also locks you into one of the world’s most complex tax systems. […]
As political division deepens and institutions falter, a growing wave of Americans leaving the US (from scientists to young families) are in search of new beginnings abroad. Alyssa Bolaños should have been a model of the American Dream. According to The Independent, she was born in New York to Cuban immigrant parents, she built a […]
Wealthy Americans leaving the US are running a split strategy: capital stays in American markets, families don’t. The pattern shows up in two datasets that landed in late 2025, one from UBS and one from the IRS. Private bankers and tax lawyers are describing it the same way. UBS published its 11th Billionaire Ambitions Report […]
