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Portugal’s Nationality Law: Likely changes ahead and what residents should do now
Portugal’s nationality reform is moving toward a model of longer qualifying residence, stronger integration testing, and stricter suitability filters, but the Constitutional Court’s preventive review means the final version is still being reworked in Parliament.
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Sara Sousa Rebolo
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Uglobal Immigration Magazine releases 2025 Top 25 edition
Uglobal Immigration Magazine is thrilled to unveil its highly anticipated Top 25 Awards issue, which features the leaders shaping the future of global investment immigration. In this edition, we proudly recognize outstanding achievers in two categories: 1.
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Uglobal Staff
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Vote for your Top 25 global immigration candidates now!
Members of Uglobal.com can now vote for the leading Top 25 agencies, attorneys, and companies in the global investment immigration industry for our annual Top 25 issue of Uglobal Immigration Magazine! This is an opportunity
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Uglobal Staff
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Portugal’s Constitutional Court ruling gives a boost to Golden Visa program
It was widely anticipated that Portugal’s Constitutional Court would rule on the government’s proposed amendments to immigration laws unconstitutional, given their “aggressiveness.” The proposed measures involved delaying family reunification for two years after the main
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Sara Sousa Rebolo
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Portugal tightens citizenship pathway amid Golden Visa shakeup
Portugal’s so-called Golden Visa program, once hailed as one of the easiest routes to EU residency and citizenship, is facing changes: • In June 2025, the government proposed extending the residency requirement for naturalization from
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Uglobal Staff
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Caribbean nations propose CBI reforms
Five Eastern Caribbean countries—Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts & Nevis, and Saint Lucia—have unveiled a draft agreement, dated July 1, 2025, proposing major reforms to their Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programs. Key features
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Uglobal Staff
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Nominate your Top 25 award candidates 2025!
Uglobal Immigration Magazine has officially opened nominations for its highly anticipated Top 25 Awards. This is an opportunity for professionals in the investment immigration industry worldwide to recognize the leaders shaping its future. The nomination
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Uglobal Staff
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Maldives to roll out first investor visa
The Maldives, a tropical island nation in the Indian Ocean, has formally set in motion its first residence-by-investment program, tying long-term residency rights to qualifying real estate investments as it seeks to pivot from a
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Uglobal Staff
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Malta shifts to merit-based citizenship
Malta’s citizenship-by-investment program (known as the “golden passport”) has been terminated after the EU Court of Justice ruled in April 2025 that selling EU citizenship violates EU principles. All previously granted citizenships remain valid, but
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Uglobal Staff
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Argentina’s bet: A citizenship-by-investment program for Latin America
Argentina is close to launching what would be Latin America’s only viable citizenship-by-investment (CBI) program. While Panama offers residency through investment and other small Caribbean countries have CBI programs, no major country in the region
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Andrés Solimano