- all visas and residencies cost increase - business visa capital raised from Y 5M to 30M - citizenship - was 5 years and now 10 years - new mechanisms to revoke PR - stricter rules for language and also work visa usage What do you think. Do you still want to move to Japan? Looks like they are starting to be a bit anti-foreigner and make everything harder.

This is likely a bigger trend than just the attached EU chart. We first saw in China a few years ago where it had very high youth unemployment rates... then they stopped reporting the numbers. then they rejigged the algo. We are seeing it across the west now as well with graduates finding it harder and harder to get jobs in their fields. And in high immigration countries like Canada, UK etc., we are seeing the adult immigrants take all the local low level service jobs that teens used to do during uni and summer breaks. Then we have the rise of technology and AI that will likely remove forever many entry level positions in many industries and roles. And then we have degree and graduate inflation, where the world thinks that white collar university degrees are the ticket to high paid jobs and middle class lifestyle. but now there are too many degrees and candidates. this is the "baristas need a uni degree now" effect of this. so lots of issues for the next generation to navigate. What do you guys think?

Here is a graph about wealth migration. What do you think?

The passport game is changing... and not in the way most people expected. For years, the assumption was simple: Buy a second passport = become a citizen with the same rights as everyone else. That assumption is starting to break down. Under a new agreement with Australia, Vanuatu has agreed to distinguish between citizens by birth and those who obtained citizenship through investment. The reason? Governments are under increasing pressure from larger countries to prove who is a "traditional" citizen and who acquired nationality through a CBI program. This may seem like a small administrative change. It isn't. If more countries follow this model, we could see the emergence of tiered citizenship, where two people hold the same passport but receive different treatment when it comes to visa-free travel, immigration privileges, or international agreements. That's a major shift in how citizenship has traditionally worked. For wealthy expats and globally mobile families, the lesson isn't that CBI is "dead." Far from it. The lesson is that the quality and long-term resilience of your Plan B matter more than ever. A passport isn't just about how many countries it opens today. It's about whether those rights remain equal tomorrow. The world is moving from simply issuing passports to scrutinizing how those passports were obtained Smart international planning is becoming less about collecting documents and more about understanding geopolitical risk before everyone else does. Curious to hear your thoughts Is this the beginning of two-tier citizenship, or just an isolated case?

Wealth Tax Slide... Where It’s Going The debate is shifting fast. What started as a “tax billionaires” idea has now moved again: some lawmakers are backing a 2% annual wealth tax on people worth $50M+, including assets held in trusts and other structures. Critics argue the pattern is predictable: - First it was “only billionaires” (california 5% tax) - Then proposals expanded to $100M+ households - Now it’s $50M+ - The concern is the threshold keeps moving downward over time This is a slippery slope where the definition of “ultra-wealthy” keeps expanding as policy evolves. For globally mobile expats and wealth planners, the takeaway is simple: once asset-based taxation starts, the threshold tends not to stay fixed it becomes a moving target. Keep building your optionality to escape this https://www.zerohedge.com/political/first-1-billion-now-50-million-khanna-says-wealth-tax-must-not-stop-billionaires