Every country Velorium follows, every programme shift, every meaningful change — held in one continuously thinking surface, always current. A small, public preview is below.
United Arab Emirates · EMEA
Mar 22 Selective revocation of 10-year visas held by Iranian nationals; AI talent fast-track in pilot.
Singapore · APAC
Jan 15 ONE Pass launch confirmed for 1 Jan 2027. Stock options now count toward income threshold.
Estonia · EMEA
Feb 20 e-Residency 2.0 launches biometric verification; AI-eligible startups expedited 14 days.
Argentina · LATAM
Feb 8 CBI framework decreed (524/2025, 366/2025); full launch tracked for Q1 2026.
Georgia · EMEA
Mar 4 IE status digitization shortened registration to 90 minutes.
Japan · APAC
Mar 15 DNV income threshold lowered; AI engineering carve-out under HSP fast-track.
Portugal · EMEA
Apr 1 Parliament moved to extend naturalization to 10 years; Golden Visa real estate route remains closed.
Mexico · LATAM
Apr 12 INM tightened tourist-stamp enforcement; nomads pushed toward Temporary Resident pathway.
El Salvador · LATAM
Jan 30 Freedom Visa 2.0 added AI/longevity research carve-out; quota raised to 5,000/yr.
Thailand · APAC
Nov 2 Visa-run cap now 2/year. TDAC digital arrival card mandatory.
St Kitts & Nevis · AMER
Oct 18 Eastern Caribbean ECCIRA regulatory body launched after EU Schengen suspension threat.
Spain · EMEA
Apr 3 Golden Visa program closed entirely with no transition period. DNV applications +40% YoY.
Filtered to changes that genuinely shift the picture. Inside Velorium, you choose which countries you care about; everything else stays quiet.
Researchers and engineers can now apply through a new pathway with a published decision target of two weeks. It is the most explicit signal yet that the Gulf is competing for serious AI work, not visiting it.
A bill in committee would extend the path to a Portuguese passport from five to ten years. People building a long horizon in Lisbon may want to revisit how that horizon is shaped.
A new framework defines tiered due-diligence and clarifies investment thresholds. The country is opening its doors to long-term residents in a more legible way than it has in a generation.
Border practice now rewards people on a published visa over those stitching short stays together. The DTV remains the cleanest route for the long-term remote worker.
Five Eastern Caribbean nations have published a harmonised due-diligence framework for their citizenship programs. It is a quiet but meaningful move toward institutional credibility.
An AI-engineering carve-out joins the Highly Skilled Professional fast-track, alongside lower thresholds on the digital nomad visa. Tokyo is clearly choosing to be a place where serious work happens.
The public preview shows fewer than ten percent of what Velorium follows. Members see the full map, save the cities they're thinking about, and ask Compass to reason about any of it for the year they're planning.