Grenada: IMA Grenada issued Circular No. 2 of 2026 saying the residence requirement would not take effect on 31 August 2026 and would await the regional regulator becoming operational.
Jordan: The Cabinet approved amendments to the criteria for granting residency and citizenship to investors, as reported by Jordan News.
Jordan: Jordan News reported that the programme had granted citizenship to 681 investors since 2018.
Antigua and Barbuda: Prime Minister Gaston Browne presented the Citizenship by Investment Amendment Bill 2026, raising the minimum residency from five to 30 days and requiring annual financial and biennial operational audits of the Unit, as reported by the Antigua Observer.
Grenada: The Grenada Citizenship by Investment (Amendment) Bill 2026 was published by Parliament to align the programme with ECCIRA, including a 30 day physical presence requirement.
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Biometric enrolment became required for all persons who obtained citizenship through the programme, with a deadline of 31 July 2027.
Sao Tome and Principe: The Citizenship by Investment Unit told licensed agents that new applications from people holding three or more foreign nationalities were on hold under Nationality Law No. 07/2022.
Nauru: A USD 25,000 discount on the contribution began to apply to current and new applications filed before 31 December 2026, marking the programme's first anniversary, according to the official site.
Antigua and Barbuda: Ambassador Sanders issued a statement that Antigua and Barbuda is included in a US visa bond pilot programme for a limited group of new applicants.
Antigua and Barbuda: The US entry restrictions on Antigua and Barbuda nationals took effect.
Dominica: The US entry restrictions on Dominica nationals took effect.
Saint Lucia: Citizenship by Investment (Amendment) Regulations No. 57 of 2026 listed by the Unit.
Antigua and Barbuda: Ambassador Sir Ronald Sanders said existing US visas held by Antigua and Barbuda nationals would continue to be accepted.
Antigua and Barbuda: A US presidential proclamation suspended entry of Antigua and Barbuda nationals on immigrant visas and B-1, B-2, F, M and J visas, citing citizenship by investment without residency.
Dominica: A US presidential proclamation suspended entry of Dominica nationals on immigrant visas and B-1, B-2, F, M and J visas, citing citizenship by investment without residency.
Cyprus: Parliament passed a law repealing the regulations that gave the cabinet power to grant citizenship to investors and their families, as reported by the Cyprus Mail, which said 7,329 people including 3,522 investors had received passports through the scheme.
Cambodia: A sub-decree on implementing the Law on Nationality took effect, raising investment and donation thresholds for naturalisation.
Saint Kitts and Nevis: The Chairman of the Citizenship Unit said the programme would move away from contribution based routes towards residency and participation based routes starting in 2026.
Dominica: The Citizen By Investment (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SRO No. 46 of 2025) were listed by the Government Printery.
Antigua and Barbuda: The House of Representatives passed the bill formalising ECCIRA, according to the Antigua Observer.
Dominica: Parliament passed the ECCIRA Agreement Bill 2025.
Vanuatu: Parliament passed the Citizenship Amendment Act 2025 with 36 votes in favour and 10 abstentions, as reported by PINA citing VBTC.
Antigua and Barbuda: OECS Heads of Government of the five programme states announced the signing of the ECCIRA agreement.
Dominica: OECS Heads of Government announced the signing of the ECCIRA agreement establishing a regional regulator.
Grenada: OECS Heads of Government announced the signing of the ECCIRA agreement establishing a regional regulator.
Saint Kitts and Nevis: OECS Heads of Government announced the signing of the ECCIRA agreement establishing a regional regulator.
Saint Lucia: OECS Heads of Government announced the signing of the ECCIRA agreement establishing a regional regulator.
Antigua and Barbuda: Prime Minister Gaston Browne signed the agreement establishing the Eastern Caribbean Citizenship by Investment Regulatory Authority (ECCIRA), according to the Antigua Observer.
Cyprus: The cabinet approved six proposals to withdraw citizenship from 28 naturalised individuals, bringing revocations since March 2023 to 41 decisions involving 150 individuals, as reported by the Cyprus Mail.
Cyprus: The Cyprus Mail reported that 332 citizenships granted under the programme had been revoked so far, covering 95 investors and 237 family members, of which 122 (35 investors and 87 relatives) were revoked since March 2023.
Cyprus: The cabinet authorised revoking the nationality of 7 investors and 19 family members, on a proposal by Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou.
Sao Tome and Principe: A group of lawyers including the Bar Association president filed for an injunction at the Supreme Court to suspend the Passport Legacy concession, as reported by Forbes África Lusófona citing Lusa.
Sao Tome and Principe: Forbes África Lusófona reported that ADI opposition deputies had asked the Constitutional Court to declare the decree-law unconstitutional.
Sao Tome and Principe: President Carlos Vila Nova promulgated the decree-law, according to Lusa.
Malta: The Maltese Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2025 (Act XXI of 2025) was published in the Government Gazette and entered into force.
Malta: A Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was tabled in Parliament through Motion No. 381, as reported by CC Malta.
Sao Tome and Principe: The government signed a 10 year public service concession with Passport Legacy, a company set up under Dubai law, as exclusive administrative partner, as reported by Lusa.
Sao Tome and Principe: The Council of Ministers approved Decreto-Lei n.º 07/2025 regulating nationality by investment or donation, as reported by Lusa.
Malta: The Court of Justice ruled in Case C-181/23, Commission v Malta, that the 2020 scheme infringed EU law.
Malta: The Government of Malta said it was studying the judgment and that decisions under current and previous frameworks remain valid.
Vanuatu: Prime Minister Jotham Napat signed an amended CIIP regulation raising investment amounts, as reported by IMI Daily.
Vanuatu: The Citizenship Commission suspended new CIIP applications until further notice, as reported by IMI Daily.
Nauru: AFP reported a price of USD 105,000 per passport and official projections of about 66 successful applications in the first year.
Vanuatu: Regulation (EU) 2025/11 entered into force, ending the visa exemption for Vanuatu nationals.
Vanuatu: A Bill for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2025 was tabled in Parliament's second ordinary session of 2025 to address the integrity of the citizenship by investment programmes.
Malta: Legal Notice 159 of 2025 substituted most provisions of S.L. 188.6, retitling it the Granting of Citizenship by Naturalisation on the basis of Merit Regulations.
Vanuatu: Regulation (EU) 2025/11 amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 as regards Vanuatu was adopted.
Vanuatu: The Council of the EU decided to remove Vanuatu from the list of countries whose nationals are exempt from the visa requirement, amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1806.
Nauru: Nauru announced the programme at the COP 29 climate conference in Baku, as reported by IMI Daily.
Antigua and Barbuda: Regional minimum price of USD 200,000 under the Memorandum of Agreement took effect, according to the Saint Lucia Office of the Prime Minister.
Dominica: Regional minimum price of USD 200,000 under the Memorandum of Agreement took effect.
Grenada: New minimums of USD 235,000 for the National Transformation Fund and USD 350,000 for approved real estate took effect.
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Regional minimum price of USD 200,000 under the Memorandum of Agreement took effect.
Saint Lucia: Regional minimum price of USD 200,000 under the Memorandum of Agreement took effect.
Dominica: The Citizenship by Investment Regulations 2024 were gazetted, repealing the earlier regulations.
Grenada: The Minister made the Grenada Citizenship by Investment (Amendment) Regulations 2024, SRO No. 12 of 2024.
Antigua and Barbuda: Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Saint Lucia published a Memorandum of Agreement on citizenship by investment programmes.
Dominica: Dominica and four other Eastern Caribbean states published a Memorandum of Agreement on citizenship by investment programmes.
Grenada: Grenada and four other Eastern Caribbean states published a Memorandum of Agreement on citizenship by investment programmes.
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Saint Kitts and Nevis and four other Eastern Caribbean states published a Memorandum of Agreement on citizenship by investment programmes.
Saint Lucia: Saint Lucia and four other Eastern Caribbean states published a Memorandum of Agreement on citizenship by investment programmes.
Turkey: An amendment to Article 20 published in Official Gazette No. 32397 (Presidential Decision No. 7938) limited qualifying real property to land with condominium ownership, construction servitude or a building on it.
Montenegro: RFE/RL reported that 1,100 applications had been filed, 484 applicants approved and 413 applications still in processing.
Saint Lucia: Interviews and identity verification for the main applicant began for applications received from this date.
Dominica: The United Kingdom imposed a visa requirement on Dominica nationals, citing the operation of its citizenship by investment scheme.
Vanuatu: The United Kingdom imposed a visa requirement on Vanuatu nationals, citing the operation of its citizenship by investment scheme.
Antigua and Barbuda: Canada announced that eligible Antigua and Barbuda nationals could apply for an electronic travel authorization for air travel instead of a visa if they had held a Canadian visa in the last 10 years or held a valid US non immigrant visa.
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Canada announced that eligible Saint Kitts and Nevis nationals could apply for an electronic travel authorization for air travel instead of a visa if they had held a Canadian visa in the last 10 years or held a valid US non immigrant visa.
Saint Lucia: Canada announced that eligible Saint Lucia nationals could apply for an electronic travel authorization for air travel instead of a visa if they had held a Canadian visa in the last 10 years or held a valid US non immigrant visa.
Egypt: A Prime Minister's decision published in the Official Gazette set four investment options for granting Egyptian nationality.
Vanuatu: The EU visa waiver agreement with Vanuatu was suspended in its entirety under Council Decision (EU) 2022/2198.
Montenegro: The programme was officially completed, according to the European Affairs Ministry.
Malta: The Commission referred Malta to the Court of Justice of the EU.
Turkey: The real estate minimum of USD 400,000 took effect, one month after publication of the 13 May 2022 amendment.
Turkey: An amendment to the citizenship regulation was published in the Official Gazette, adding a private pension option and raising the real estate threshold.
Malta: The Commission sent Malta a reasoned opinion.
Bulgaria: Bulgaria's abolition of the investor citizenship scheme took effect, according to the European Commission.
Bulgaria: The National Assembly adopted at second and final reading amendments to the Citizenship Act that end citizenship in return for investment, while investment based residence remains.
Bulgaria: Euronews, citing AFP, reported that over 100 foreigners had obtained Bulgarian citizenship through the scheme since 2013.
Vanuatu: The Council of the EU partially suspended the EU to Vanuatu visa waiver agreement for ordinary passports issued from 25 May 2015 (Council Decision (EU) 2022/366).
Turkey: An amendment published in Official Gazette No. 31711 required qualifying investments to be made in foreign currency, according to Bosca Hukuk.
Jordan: The Cabinet amended investor citizenship criteria, including a USD 1 million Central Bank deposit option and a cap of 500 investors per year, as reported by the Jordan Times.
Vanuatu: The Real Estate Option Program (REO) commenced, requiring investment in a Government approved project in addition to prescribed fees.
Cyprus: Cyprus finished processing all pending applications, according to the Commission.
Cyprus: The Commission sent Cyprus a reasoned opinion because it continued processing pending applications.
Malta: The Commission sent Malta an additional letter of formal notice after the new scheme was introduced.
Cyprus: A government appointed inquiry led by Myron Nicolatos found 51.81 percent of passports examined were illegally issued, as reported by Al Jazeera.
Malta: The Granting of Citizenship for Exceptional Services Regulations (Legal Notice 437 of 2020) entered into force.
Cyprus: Cyprus suspended the programme and stopped receiving new applications.
Malta: The European Commission sent Malta a letter of formal notice concerning its investor citizenship scheme.
Cyprus: The European Commission opened an infringement procedure against Cyprus over its investor citizenship scheme.
Malta: Malta amended its Citizenship Act to provide for naturalisation for exceptional services by direct investment.
Moldova: The citizenship by investment scheme was repealed, with existing applications to continue to be assessed, according to GLOBALCIT.
Moldova: 20 applicants and 32 family members had acquired citizenship through the scheme, according to figures cited by GLOBALCIT.
Moldova: Members of Parliament voted at first reading to repeal the citizenship by investment law, as reported by Ziarul de Gardă and IPN.
Moldova: Parliament approved a moratorium under which no new applications would be accepted for four months, as reported by IPN.
Montenegro: Applications under the programme began, according to figures from the Montenegrin Investment Agency reported by RFE/RL.
Egypt: Parliament passed a law allowing nationality for a bank deposit of 7 million Egyptian pounds, as reported by Gulf News.
Moldova: The scheme was launched at the Global Conference on Residence and Citizenship in Dubai, according to GLOBALCIT.
Vanuatu: Vanuatu began operating investor citizenship schemes, according to the Council of the EU.
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Canada imposed a visa requirement on Saint Kitts and Nevis citizens, citing concerns about passport issuance and identity management in the citizenship by investment programme.
Grenada: The programme began under the Grenada Citizenship by Investment Act 2013.