Citizenship 360 https://citizenship-360.com Citizenship 360 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:32:50 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://citizenship-360.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Citizenship360-favicon-150x150.png Citizenship 360 https://citizenship-360.com 32 32 Cyprus Golden Visa 2026: Rules, Costs and the Planned Tightening https://citizenship-360.com/learn/cyprus-golden-visa-permanent-residence-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cyprus-golden-visa-permanent-residence-2026 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:30:15 +0000 https://citizenship-360.com/?p=17133 Cyprus golden visa 2026: the EUR 300,000 permanent residence rules, government fees, the planned tightening, Schengen status and the real path to citizenship. Checked 5 October 2026.

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]]> Cyprus golden visa 2026: the EUR 300,000 permanent residence rules, government fees, the planned tightening, Schengen status and the real path to citizenship. Checked 5 October 2026.

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]]> Malta Permanent Residence and Citizenship: The Complete Guide (2026) https://citizenship-360.com/learn/malta-permanent-residence-citizenship-complete-guide-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=malta-permanent-residence-citizenship-complete-guide-2026 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 02:28:10 +0000 https://citizenship-360.com/learn/malta-permanent-residence-citizenship-complete-guide-2026/ What remains in Malta after citizenship by investment ended in April 2025: the permanent residence programme, the tax programmes changing in 2027, naturalisation, costs and tax. Edition 1.0, September 2026.

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]]> Malta no longer sells citizenship: the Court of Justice ended the investor route on 29 April 2025, and what replaced it is a discretionary merit route that the government says may not be marketed. This complete guide sets out what genuinely remains, from the Malta Permanent Residence Programme and the tax programmes that are replaced on 1 January 2027 to the slow, real road to naturalisation, with every government charge and tax rate traced to its primary source.

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]]> Nauru citizenship by investment in 2026: costs, timeline and the UK and Ireland visa decisions https://citizenship-360.com/learn/nauru-citizenship-by-investment-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nauru-citizenship-by-investment-2026 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:13:09 +0000 https://citizenship-360.com/?p=16927 Nauru citizenship by investment costs USD 90,000 for a single applicant until 31 December 2026. The full official cost schedule, the three to four month timeline, and why the UK and Ireland now require visas from Nauruan nationals. Figures verified 21 September 2026.

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]]> Nauru citizenship by investment costs USD 90,000 for a single applicant until 31 December 2026. The full official cost schedule, the three to four month timeline, and why the UK and Ireland now require visas from Nauruan nationals. Figures verified 21 September 2026.

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]]> Spain Residency Routes After the Golden Visa: The Complete Guide (2026) https://citizenship-360.com/learn/spain-residency-routes-after-golden-visa-complete-guide-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spain-residency-routes-after-golden-visa-complete-guide-2026 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:04:46 +0000 https://citizenship-360.com/learn/spain-residency-routes-after-golden-visa-complete-guide-2026/ What a foreign national can still do in Spain after the investor route closed on 3 April 2025, and what each remaining route costs in tax. Edition 1.0, September 2026.

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]]> Spain closed its investor residence route on 3 April 2025, and what replaced it is not a substitute: six separate routes, every one of which assumes you will actually live in Spain, and with that, Spanish tax residence. This complete guide sets out each surviving route in operational detail, then treats the tax consequences that now decide whether a move is worth making, including the Beckham regime, the wealth tax and the solidarity tax, regional variation and the exit tax. Edition 1.0, September 2026, with every figure traced to a primary source.

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]]> Liquidity-Event Tax Planning for Founders: The Complete Guide https://citizenship-360.com/learn/liquidity-event-tax-planning-founders-complete-guide-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=liquidity-event-tax-planning-founders-complete-guide-2026 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:30:00 +0000 https://citizenship-360.com/learn/liquidity-event-tax-planning-founders-complete-guide-2026/ A UK founder who sells shares in 2026/27 pays about a quarter of the gain in capital gains tax, and Business Asset Disposal Relief is now worth at most GBP 60,000 against that bill. This guide sets out what the United Kingdom charges on a founder’s exit, what ceasing residence does and does not change, […]

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]]> A UK founder who sells shares in 2026/27 pays about a quarter of the gain in capital gains tax, and Business Asset Disposal Relief is now worth at most GBP 60,000 against that bill. This guide sets out what the United Kingdom charges on a founder’s exit, what ceasing residence does and does not change, and what each of eight destinations would charge instead, with every government figure traced to a primary source and verified on 2 September 2026. It is written for the founder who has not yet exchanged contracts, and for the adviser who will be asked what to do about it.

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]]> Malta residency by investment in 2026: what the MPRP costs and what it does not give you https://citizenship-360.com/learn/malta-residency-by-investment-mprp-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=malta-residency-by-investment-mprp-2026 Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:13:35 +0000 https://citizenship-360.com/?p=16548 Mauritius Residency by Investment: The Complete 2026 Guide https://citizenship-360.com/learn/mauritius-residency-by-investment-complete-guide-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mauritius-residency-by-investment-complete-guide-2026 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:20:06 +0000 https://citizenship-360.com/?p=16265 Mauritius residency by investment in 2026: the USD 375,000 property route, occupation permits, the retirement permit, the proposed USD 1 million golden visa, and how residents are taxed. Figures verified 17 August 2026.

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]]> Mauritius residency by investment in 2026: the USD 375,000 property route, occupation permits, the retirement permit, the proposed USD 1 million golden visa, and how residents are taxed. Figures verified 17 August 2026.

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]]> Retiring and Relocating to Europe: The Complete Guide (2026) https://citizenship-360.com/learn/retiring-relocating-europe-complete-guide-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=retiring-relocating-europe-complete-guide-2026 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:15:28 +0000 https://citizenship-360.com/learn/retiring-relocating-europe-complete-guide-2026/ Portugal, Spain, Greece, Italy, France, Cyprus and Malta compared. What each residence route requires, how a retiree is actually taxed in each, and what the official statistics say. Every figure sourced and dated.

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]]> What retiring in Europe actually involves in 2026: the seven principal residence routes compared, how a retiree is taxed in each, and what the official statistics say about how this usually goes. Includes the Portuguese ten-year naturalisation rule, the closure of NHR to pensions, and two worked tax scenarios with the arithmetic shown.

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]]> Portugal’s Constitutional Court ruling of December 2025: who the nationality reform actually protects https://citizenship-360.com/learn/portugal-constitutional-court-nationality-ruling-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=portugal-constitutional-court-nationality-ruling-2025 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:49:02 +0000 https://citizenship-360.com/?p=16090 On 15 December 2025 Portugal’s Constitutional Court struck down the transitional rule in the nationality reform. It protects applicants whose nationality application was already pending, and it did not stop the move to seven and ten years. What that means for Golden Visa holders.

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]]> On 15 December 2025 Portugal’s Constitutional Court struck down the transitional rule in the nationality reform. It protects applicants whose nationality application was already pending, and it did not stop the move to seven and ten years. What that means for Golden Visa holders.

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