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ETIAS is set to launch by end of 2026. Vanuatu was formally removed from the EU visa-free list in December 2024. The two together permanently close the cheap-Schengen-weekend logic. Ken maps where a backup passport should go now.
ECCIRA's regional 30-day rule has been postponed to mid-2026, but Antigua is unilaterally weighing a 90-day cumulative requirement—three times harsher. Ken maps how a family of four sequences a child's overseas study schedule against 90 days of presence.
Grenada's Investment Migration Agency has confirmed a residency requirement is coming in 2026, currently in final review. This is not a 'last chance' gimmick—it is a real policy timeline. Here is how I am sequencing two paths for a 55-year-old founder.
Istanbul IDMM's April procedure update + SPS mandate + 9x residence permit fee hike + in-person biometrics. Four moving pieces. Turkey's 4-month CBI story ends in May. Ken plans a Web3 founder's timeline to late November.
Dominica CBIU is rewriting source-of-funds and source-of-wealth scrutiny to the FATF 2024 standard. Three bank statements plus one audit report no longer pass DD. Ken walks through a cross-border trader's 5-week pre-review.
Two parts of the Saint Kitts reform articles skip: all dependents ≥16 attend interviews, and biometrics is mandatory by end of Q1. Ken walks through a 4-person manufacturing family's actual schedule.
OECD has flagged Vanuatu CBI as a high CRS risk for 8 years. The EU has held Vanuatu on its non-cooperative jurisdictions list for 9 years uninterrupted. By 2026, international banks price this passport on its own. Ken Huang, California-licensed, walks through a Singapore family office case.
The Caribbean Investment Summit opens in Saint Lucia on May 6. Will NEF rise from $240K? Will residency be added? Will the 20-to-24-month backlog get worse? Ken Huang, California-licensed, walks through the three summit topics that actually move HNW client decisions.
Grenada's April-June 2026 CBI reform makes the first passport 5-year only, requires 30 cumulative days on-island, biometrics, and a civics module before any 10-year renewal. Ken Huang, California-licensed, breaks down what most WeChat agents do not put in their pitch.
Vanuatu lost Schengen visa-free in December 2024 and UK visa-free in July 2023. I look at what this passport actually solves in 2026, why most Web3 founders should not pick it, and the narrow scenario where it still earns its keep.
Antigua's residency rule is still 5 days over 5 years as of May 2026, but the May 6 Caribbean CBI summit put a 30-day move on the table. I look at how a Beijing four-person family planning UK boarding school should sequence the filing inside the old-rule window.
São Tomé received 98 CBI applications between September 2025 and January 2026, but only 27 made it through review. I delivered the first Chinese-applicant São Tomé approval. I break down what the queue means for cross-border e-commerce founders planning a 2026 filing.
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