🛂 TON Golden Visa?

Not quite. No official UAE partnership. No government backing. Just one big misunderstanding — and now, a public correction.

📢 TON Foundation Breaks Its Silence

After viral tweets, slick promotional videos, and whispers of "staking your way into the Emirates," the TON Foundation is setting the record straight:

“There is currently no official Golden Visa program in partnership with the UAE government. Any suggestions otherwise are premature.”

What’s really happening? A private collaboration — not an Emirati initiative — that’s now under public scrutiny.

🤝 What This Is (And What It’s Not)

TON's involvement centers around an independent collaboration with a licensed private partner in digital asset infrastructure. It’s not fake — but it’s not government-issued either.

🧾 Here’s what we know:

• The project is in exploratory stages
• It has no formal UAE endorsement
• Applications, if any, must still go through standard immigration channels
• There is no guarantee of visa issuance

🛡 UAE Regulators Respond

Three heavy hitters — ICP, SCA, and VARA — issued a joint denial:

• No official Golden Visa linked to digital assets exists
• TON is not licensed or recognized by UAE regulatory bodies
• Public urged to deal only with licensed virtual asset providers

In response, TON voiced support:

“We welcome the joint statement and fully support the UAE’s focus on regulatory clarity and consumer protection.”

🌐 What’s Next for TON?

While this specific "visa staking" concept may be off the table (for now), TON says its bigger mission stands:

To build compliant, on-chain bridges between crypto and real-world services — residency, identity, property, and more.

It’s a vision that aligns with Web3’s core promise: borderless access, underpinned by trust.

⚡ TL;DR

🛑 There is no official TON-backed Golden Visa in the UAE 📣 The current initiative is private and exploratory, not government-run 🛡 UAE regulators have denied the program’s legitimacy ✅ TON supports regulatory transparency and is hitting reset on its messaging 📍 All updates will come from official TON channels going forward

Always verify before staking for promises that sound too golden to be true.