A dated record of changes made by governments to the citizenship, residency and immigration programs we advise on: fees, deadlines, eligibility and travel rules. Each entry carries the official effective or announcement date and a link to the official publication, and the affected program page is updated at the same time.
The Nauru ECRCP Program Office extended the Iruwa limited-time contribution of US$90,000 — US$25,000 below the standard US$115,000 — from the original end date of 30 June 2026 to 31 December 2026. Applications must be filed by that date to qualify; application, due-diligence and passport fees are unchanged. Our Nauru page and fee calculator reflect the extended pricing.
Nauru has adopted its Indigenous name, Naoero. The constitutional amendment was certified by the Speaker on 13 May 2026 and notified to the United Nations on 26 June 2026; the UN now lists the country as Naoero, with the country code NRO and citizens known as dei-Naoero. The ECRCP itself is unchanged: eligibility, fees and procedures remain the same, the Program Office continues to use 'Nauru' in the program's formal name, and existing passports and certificates remain valid.
A US presidential proclamation of 16 December 2025 moved Sierra Leone from partial to full entry restrictions with effect from 1 January 2026: immigrant and non-immigrant entry by Sierra Leone nationals is suspended, subject to the proclamation's exceptions, which include dual nationals travelling on the passport of a country not subject to restrictions. The Sierra Leone program page reflects this in its description of passport mobility.
Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act, took effect on 15 December 2025. It changes the first-generation limit on citizenship by descent: people born abroad to a Canadian parent who was also born abroad may now be citizens in some situations, and those born after 15 December 2025 qualify where their Canadian parent has 1,095 days of physical presence in Canada before the birth. Claims are assessed by IRCC; our Canada page describes the pathway and the documents involved.
By the Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules HC 1491, laid before Parliament on 9 December 2025, the United Kingdom imposed a visit-visa requirement on nationals of Nauru. Vanuatu nationals already required a UK visa. Neither passport offers visa-free access to the Schengen Area, and our program pages state mobility accordingly.
São Tomé and Príncipe's citizenship act establishing a donation-based citizenship program came into effect on 1 August 2025, with applications accepted from September 2025. The donation is US$90,000 for a single applicant and US$95,000 for a main applicant with up to three dependants (+US$5,000 per further dependant), payable after approval in principle; the program is administered by the Citizenship Investment Unit (CIU), and at launch the government indicated a processing target of about six weeks. Pacific Link Consulting Pty Ltd acts as a licensed Marketing Agent for the program.
On 12 December 2024 the Council of the European Union permanently removed Vanuatu from the EU's visa-exempt list, citing the country's investor citizenship scheme; the exemption had already been suspended since 2022. Vanuatu passport holders therefore require a visa for the Schengen Area. The DSP continues to operate, and our Vanuatu page states the current mobility position without overstating it.
An entry is added whenever a government changes the fees, deadlines, eligibility or travel rules of a program we advise on, dated by the official effective or announcement date and linked to the official publication. The figures on every program page, the comparison page and our fee calculators are updated in the same release. Where this page and an official publication differ, the official publication prevails.
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