Investment migration experts say there are options outside of Europe for for high-net-worth individuals looking for a Plan B.

Malta must end its "golden passport scheme," according to a new ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union.

An EU member state "cannot grant its nationality - and indeed European citizenship - in exchange for predetermined payments ...

Opposition leader Bernard Grech says that it is unacceptable that applicants for citizenship by investments insist on keeping ...

In a trenchant judgement on April 29, 2025 the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in the case of Malta v ...

Between 2011 and 2019, over 132,000 nationals of non-EU countries acquired residence permits or citizenship in the European ...

In a ruling on Tuesday, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declared the scheme illegal, calling it a “mere ...

Joseph Muscat, who was Maltese PM when the golden passport scheme was introduced, called the citizenship ruling politically ...

The last "golden passport" program in the European Union is now banned by the bloc's highest court. But there might be other ...

As an introduction, investor citizenship schemes, or "golden passport" schemes, allow any wealthy person to acquire a new nationality based on payment or investment and in most cases in the absence of ...

As Malta's golden passport is ruled to be illegal, these alternative residence by investment programmes may appeal to Britons ...