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Rule changes

What moved, and when

Visa rules are not stable. Spain closed its golden visa, Malta's citizenship route was struck down, Portugal pushed citizenship to about ten years. This is every change we have recorded to the routes we track, newest first — each one detected by comparing the catalog against its last published state, not by anyone's memory.

43 changes across 1 update

October 18, 202643 changes
  • changedAndorra: Passive (Non-Lucrative) Residence Permit — the monthly income bar changed from $3,500 to $5,296.
  • changedAndorra: Passive (Non-Lucrative) Residence Permit — the investment bar changed from $400,000 to $506,000.
  • changedAndorra: Passive (Non-Lucrative) Residence Permit — the official source page moved.
  • changedCape Verde: Remote Working Program — the monthly income bar changed from $1,615 to $1,688.
  • changedColombia: M-Pensionado (Retirement) Visa — the monthly income bar changed from $1,200 to $1,657.
  • changedColombia: M-Pensionado (Retirement) Visa — the official source page moved.
  • changedCyprus: Category F Residence Permit — the monthly income bar changed from $870 to $897.
  • changedCyprus: Category F Residence Permit — the official source page moved.
  • changedCyprus: Digital Nomad Visa — the monthly income bar changed from $3,850 to $3,939.
  • changedFrance: Long-stay visitor visa (VLS-TS «visiteur») — the monthly income bar changed from $1,596 to $1,663.
  • changedGreece: Financially Independent Person (FIP) Visa — the monthly income bar changed from $3,750 to $3,939.
  • changedGreece: Digital Nomad Visa — the monthly income bar changed from $3,750 to $3,939.
  • changedHungary: White Card (digital nomad residence) — the monthly income bar changed from $3,300 to $3,376.
  • changedItaly: Elective Residence Visa — the monthly income bar changed from $2,800 to $2,907.
  • changedJapan: Designated Activities Visa (Retiree) — the investment bar changed from $250,000 to $190,000.
  • changedMalaysia: Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) — Silver — the monthly income bar changed from $1,070 to 0.
  • changedMalaysia: Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) — Silver — the investment bar changed from $32,000 to $150,000.
  • changedMalaysia: Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) — Silver — the official source page moved.
  • addedMalta: a new route, Global Residence Programme (GRP), was added.
  • changedMalta: Nomad Residence Permit — the monthly income bar changed from $3,750 to $3,939.
  • addedMalta: a new route, Malta Retirement Programme (MRP), was added.
  • changedMexico: Temporary Resident Visa — the monthly income bar changed from $4,400 to $4,329.
  • changedMexico: Temporary Resident Visa — the investment bar changed from $74,000 to $72,965.
  • changedMexico: Temporary Resident Visa — the official source page moved.
  • changedMexico: Temporary Resident Visa (Retirement) — the monthly income bar changed from $4,400 to $4,329.
  • changedMexico: Temporary Resident Visa (Retirement) — the investment bar changed from $74,000 to $72,965.
  • changedMexico: Temporary Resident Visa (Retirement) — the official source page moved.
  • changedNew Zealand: Temporary Retirement Visitor Visa — the monthly income bar changed from 0 to $2,832.
  • changedNew Zealand: Temporary Retirement Visitor Visa — the investment bar changed from $449,000 to $425,000.
  • changedNicaragua: Retiree temporary residence (Jubilado) — the monthly income bar changed from $600 to $1,000.
  • changedNicaragua: Retiree temporary residence (Jubilado) — the years to citizenship changed from $4 to null.
  • changedPanama: Pensionado Visa — the official source page moved.
  • changedPeru: Rentista visa — the official source page moved.
  • changedPortugal: D7 Passive Income / Retirement Visa — the monthly income bar changed from $990 to $1,035.
  • changedPortugal: D7 Passive Income / Retirement Visa — the official source page moved.
  • changedPortugal: D8 Digital Nomad Visa — the monthly income bar changed from $3,950 to $4,141.
  • changedSouth Africa: Retired Person's Visa — the monthly income bar changed from $2,270 to $2,251.
  • changedSpain: Digital Nomad Visa (Startups Law) — the monthly income bar changed from $3,050 to $3,207.
  • changedSpain: Non-Lucrative Visa — the monthly income bar changed from $2,600 to $2,701.
  • changedThailand: Non-Immigrant O-A Retirement Visa — the monthly income bar changed from $2,150 to $1,945.
  • changedTurkey: Short-term residence permit (retirement) — the monthly income bar changed from $900 to $567.
  • changedUnited Arab Emirates: Retirement Visa (5-year) — the monthly income bar changed from $3,500 to $4,084.
  • changedUnited Arab Emirates: Retirement Visa (5-year) — the official source page moved.

Only the figures a mover can act on are tracked — income and investment bars, permit length, the path to residency or citizenship, whether family can come, the government fee, and the official source page. Wording changes are not rule changes, and reporting them as such would make this log worth ignoring.